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Fab Freebie: Richmond Or Bust!

***THIS GIVEAWAY HAS REACHED ITS 10,000 ENTRY CAP AND IS NOW CLOSED – SEE WHO WON BELOW!***

And our VERY lucky winner this week is… Hallie (who knows that Belle Isle was once a fishing village for the Powhatan Indians – something even we hadn’t heard). Congrats – and see you in a few weeks!

We’re spending today with the family for the holiday, but we had to drop in with our big giveaway for you guys. See, when we found out we’d be speaking at this year’s R.Home for the Holidays event on November 8th (which we’ve gone to for the past four years for fun, so it’s really crazy to think that we’ll be speakers) a hair-brained idea popped into my head: what if we gave away a trip to Richmond? And when I mentioned it to the kind folks at Richmond Magazine (the hosts of the event), they not only didn’t call me crazy – they said “let’s do it!” So with their help and the generous support of Visit Richmond VA, my hair-brained idea is coming to life (insert evil cackle here). And it’s bigger and better than I ever guessed it could be. That’s right, someone is about to get hooked up.

RVATrip 1 Airfare

The prize includes round-trip airfare from anywhere in the continental United States (arriving Thursday, Nov 8 and departing Sunday, Nov 11) and car rental for the length of your stay – all courtesy of Visit Richmond VA. While you’re here, you’ll be put up for three nights in Richmond’s most iconic and stately hotel – The Jefferson.

RVATrip 2 Jefferson Hotel

And of course, Richmond Magazine is giving you tickets to (sold out!) R.Home for the Holidays on Thursday night where we’ll be speaking and doing a book signing (psst- it has now sold out so we’re working on a free Richmond signing that we’ll share as soon as it’s finalized for any interested locals).

RVATrip 3 R Home For The Holidays

As for what else you can do while you’re here… what about a $100 gift card to one of our favorite restaurants? The Boathouse at Rocketts Landing overlooks the city and is actually the spot where Sherry and I celebrated finding out she was pregnant with Clara.

RVATrip 4 Boathouse

And since you can’t come to our town and not hit up some of our favorite stores, we’ve wrangled $100 gift cards from four of our favorite spots: La Difference, Mongrel, Quirk Gallery and the consignment store trio of Clover (kids), Clementine (adults) and Ashby (teens).

RVATrip 5 Stores

Plus, Richmond Magazine and Visit Richmond VA are tossing in a bunch of passes to various Richmond must-dos, like the Chihuly glass exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (one of our favorites!) and a Real Richmond Food Tour that’ll give you a taste of several local restaurants in one night.

RVATrip 6 Museums

  • PRIZE: As described above: a round-trip flight to Richmond for two people plus a car rental from Visit Richmond VA, a three night stay at The Jefferson Hotel, tickets to R.Home for the Holidays, $100 each to The Boathouse at Rocketts Landing, La Difference, Mongrel, Quirk Gallery, and Clover / Clementine / Ashby.
  • TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “RICHMOND ME” and tell us…
  • BONUS QUESTION: … one fact you know about Richmond. Did you know that it’s known as The River City? Or that it was recently named The Best River Town In America by Outdoor magazine? Or that it’s where Spielberg’s new Lincoln movie was filmed? Or just that it’s the capital of Virginia and where we live?
  • GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, October 10th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
  • NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
  • ELIGIBILITY: Flights from the lower 48 United States only, must be 18 or older, tickets must be booked by October 15th. See more guidelines here. (*we really tried to get this to work as an international prize, so sorry that it couldn’t happen – maybe next year!)
  • USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…

Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of the Richmond Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, The Jefferson Hotel, Richmond Magazine, R.Home Magazine, , La Difference, Mongrel.

Comments

  1. Beth says

    RICHMOND ME!!! John and Sherry live there! And I use to drive through Richmond all the time on my route to visit my husband when was stationed in NC.

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  3. Sarah says

    RICHMOND ME!

    I don’t know anything about Richmond other than what you guys have posted, but think it looks great and would love to visit. :)

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  4. Meredith K A says

    Richmond me! I’d take the extra 2 days off work for this prize, & bring my hubby & daughter (free babe-in-arms, or maybe we could skip the flight & drive down in the rental car instead??) Cool giveaway! Unfortunately this is the only way I’ll make it to a signing.

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  6. Carey says

    RICHMOND ME! I was the state-capital champ of the 4th grade sooooo….yeah, that’s about all I know of it :-)

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  7. Lauren Morrill says

    RICHMOND ME! And I know that the roller derby team in Richmond is called The River City Rollers, and that next year they’ll be hosting the Eastern Regional Playoff Tournament for the Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby Association!

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  8. Gina P says

    RICHMOND ME!
    Sadly I know nothing about Richmond other than it being where you all live. Would love to come and visit and learn more about it though.

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  10. Lisa Camann says

    RICHMOND ME! All I know is that you live there, it’s the State Capitol (and that the Volkswagen dealership off I95 is awesome when we were headed up to the Adirondacks this summer and the check engine light went crazy!) – would love to visit!

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  11. Jacole says

    RICHMOND ME!

    I’m pretty lame in the knowing about Richmond category but in high school I did visit Virgina Beach…and my favorite artist Mat Kearney has sung about Virgina, “Virgina is for lovers!” I’ll definitely catch up on my Richmond history if I win!!! YAY FOR THE NEW BOOK!

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  14. Kim says

    RICHMOND ME!!! I know that Virginia is one of the top places for allergies :( Wish I knew more about Richmond. PICK ME!!! PICK ME!!!

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  16. Louisa T. says

    RICHMOND ME……well, of course it’s where you live. And also, it’s only about a two and a half hour drive from there to where our daughter is based in Baltimore! Would love to meet you guys and just maybe work in a side trip after to see her.

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  17. Jessica says

    RICHMOND ME!!!!

    All I know about Richmond, it is the Capitol of Virginia and it is where you live. I mean I am from Idaho so I wouldn’t really call us neighbors, curious what do you know about Idaho? :)

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  19. Lauren Murphy says

    RICHMOND ME!

    I don’t know much about Richmond other than a friend of mine is from Richmond, and it is a place I would love to visit! I have been working 2 jobs and have not had much time to relax with my hubby the last few months or work on any fun home projects!! I have been living vicariously through you guys. I would love to have a getaway to explore Richmond and hopefully meet my design inspirations!

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  22. Laura says

    RICHMOND ME! Sadly I don’t know much about your city but I would love to come visit! We have an 11 month old baby and it sounds like a child friendly place!!

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  23. Karen says

    RICHMOND ME
    I’ve been to Richmond once – when I was college hunting and went to visit Richmond College – so beautiful!

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  24. Sydney B. says

    RICHMOND ME! I know nothing about Richmond, except what you blog about…I’d love a chance to learn more! ;)

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  30. Joanna Banana says

    RICHMOND ME! We’ve actually been looking to do a weekend trip to the Richmond area. It looks like a lovely place to live!

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  32. Andrea castro says

    Richmond me!
    I live in the east coast and have neglected Richmond because I don’t know what it has to offer! Your favorites would probably be my favorites :)

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  36. Maria says

    RICHMOND ME!!! I know that it’s in Virginia and I have driven through it before on road trips :-) And I wanna go back!

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  37. Michelle says

    Richmond Me!

    I don’t know a lot about Richmond (other than what I’ve learned through this blog), but I always wanted to visit Virginia ever since I was a little girl. My middle name is Virginia, so as a kid I always figured I had some claim to Virginia.

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  41. Jen says

    Richmond me!
    Never been there, but it’s in the same state I was born in! What a fabulous prize package. Thanks!

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  42. Sarah Jessica Farber says

    Richmond me! I love the River City. I know that my BROTHER is one of the city’s bravest firefighters and that he gets to see all kind of behind-the-scenes stuff at the Museum of the Confederacy each year when they inspect the building. :-)Old swords and stuff for the win!

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  50. Justine says

    RICHMOND ME! All I know about Richmond is that you guys live there. Would be really excited to surprise the BF with a trip to VA tho!

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