• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube
Search
  • About
    • Press
  • Recipes
    • All Recipes
    • Oatmeal Recipes
    • Smoothie Recipes
    • Salad Recipes
    • 100 Oatmeal Recipes + Whipped Banana Oatmeal
    • The Best Overnight Oats Recipes
    • Smoothie In A Bowl
  • Nutrition
    • Top 10 Nutrition Posts
    • Healthy Mindset
    • Real Food
    • Weight Change
    • Becoming A Registered Dietitian
  • Organize
    • Free Workshop
    • Digital Clutter Course
    • Shop Our Home
    • How To Declutter Your Kitchen Cabinets
    • Kitchen Organization Accessories
    • 5 Tips for Keeping a Clean House with Kids
    • Organized LIFE
  • Beauty
    • My Beauty Routine
    • My Top 10 Favorite Beautycounter Products
    • Products For Brighter Skin
    • How to Apply Skincare in the Right Order
    • Anti-Aging Line Review
    • Safer Sunscreen
    • Beautycounter Body Products Review
  • Kids
    • Mazen’s Birth Story
    • Birch’s Birth Story
    • Birch’s Nursery
    • Baby Food Favorites
    • Favorite Baby Care Products
    • My Kids’ Favorite Toys
  • Life
    • Fitness
    • Wedding
    • Charlottesville
    • Travel
    • Shop
  • Free

Kath Eats Real Food logo

  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube
Search
  • About
    • Press
  • Recipes
    • All Recipes
    • Oatmeal Recipes
    • Smoothie Recipes
    • Salad Recipes
    • 100 Oatmeal Recipes + Whipped Banana Oatmeal
    • The Best Overnight Oats Recipes
    • Smoothie In A Bowl
  • Nutrition
    • Top 10 Nutrition Posts
    • Healthy Mindset
    • Real Food
    • Weight Change
    • Becoming A Registered Dietitian
  • Organize
    • Free Workshop
    • Digital Clutter Course
    • Shop Our Home
    • How To Declutter Your Kitchen Cabinets
    • Kitchen Organization Accessories
    • 5 Tips for Keeping a Clean House with Kids
    • Organized LIFE
  • Beauty
    • My Beauty Routine
    • My Top 10 Favorite Beautycounter Products
    • Products For Brighter Skin
    • How to Apply Skincare in the Right Order
    • Anti-Aging Line Review
    • Safer Sunscreen
    • Beautycounter Body Products Review
  • Kids
    • Mazen’s Birth Story
    • Birch’s Birth Story
    • Birch’s Nursery
    • Baby Food Favorites
    • Favorite Baby Care Products
    • My Kids’ Favorite Toys
  • Life
    • Fitness
    • Wedding
    • Charlottesville
    • Travel
    • Shop
  • Free
You are here: Home / Charlottesville / Anniversary At The Clifton

October 5, 2020

Anniversary At The Clifton

We had a lovely anniversary at The Clifton on Friday night!

Celebrating our anniversary at The Clifton this !

The best babysitter in the world (Nona) came to watch Birch while Thomas and I snuck out for a dinner date at the inn where our wedding was three years prior.

Anniversary At The Clifton

The weather was much the same as it was on our special day – crisp and cool, warm in the sun, and perfect clear blue skies. We walked around the front lawn before going in.

the clifton in the fall

Flashback

kath and thomas on their wedding day

Garden Promenade + Cocktails 

Per tradition, we get a round of drinks and walk over to where our ceremony was. It’s such a treat to be able to visit this spot year after year. 

garden wedding location at the clifton

Flashback

kath and thomas wedding
kath and thomas smiling
thomas in the brick archway

Flashback

kath at the clifton gardens as a bride

Model Face

thomas the model

Flashback!

kath at the wedding

Three Course Dinner

The terrace in the back is open-air covered porch, so it was a good al fresco option for safe dining.

The Clifton now offers a 3-course dinner instead of an a la carte menu. Plus bread and an amuse bouche makes 5. Our anniversary was the perfect time to enjoy so many courses, but boy was it a lot of food!

amuse bouche
Maple Manhattan

I had an amazing Manhattan with walnut bitters and maple with dinner – it felt like a cocktail occasion!

maple manhattan at the clifton
The bread and salty butter were divine
bread and butter

Course One: Salad + Escargot

I enjoyed this arugula salad with blue cheese, pears, and spiced pecans (my favorite combo)

salad

And Thomas had escargot with bone marrow! I tried his, which was super rich.

escargot

Course Two: Salmon + Pork Tenderloin

Scottish salmon with mushrooms, tomatoes, celery root puree, and a corn sauce. Thomas had pork tenderloin with caramelized fennel, pickled mustard seed, black garlic “foam” and other interesting flavors. Both dishes were fantastic!

scottish salmon

Course Three: Double Chocolate

Thomas had chocolate cake, and I had “cookies and cream” which were two warm cookies with three flavors of rich ice cream – butterscotch, vanilla, and coffee. OMG this was so good!

cookies n cream

Dessert Flashback

wedding cake from our wedding

Thanks to The Clifton for another lovely visit. I hope next year we can spend the night in the garden cottage again!

More posts from Kath:

Filed Under: Charlottesville

Reader Interactions

Previous Post
Toddler Fashion Show
Next Post
Pumpkin Spice Graham Cracker Recipe

Comments

  1. K` says

    October 5, 2020 at 7:19 am

    Morning . So jealous, we have not been out to eat since January. Happy Anniversay ! Loved all the biden ads. Some blogs it’s trump ads, but yours is all Biden Harris ? K~

    Reply
    • Kath Younger says

      October 5, 2020 at 9:38 am

      We only eat outside – it’s gonna be a long winter!

      And I’m very happy to hear there are Biden ads, but most of the ads are based on cookies, so it shows you what it wants based on your browsing history, so I don’t have a ton of control over it!

      Reply
  2. Kori says

    October 5, 2020 at 10:26 am

    Beautiful celebration!! I cannot believe it has been three years. I love that Kaci and I both got married at our lake house because we can return to the very spot of our special days as well. So special. All of the food sounds incredible!

    Reply
  3. Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says

    October 5, 2020 at 11:18 am

    Happy anniversary! Looks like you had a great time! 🙂

    Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog
    http://charmainenyw.com

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Search

Topics to browse >>

Everything kerf delivered to you

    Footer

    hi! Im Kath.

    I'm a Registered Dietitian, healthy eater, and mom of two from Charlottesville, Virginia. Here you’ll find a healthy mix of real-life meals made from whole ingredients balanced with the pleasures of life, including buttercream frosting and good wine. Plus a sprinkle of nutrition, home life, beauty, parenting, and travel.
    about | privacy policy

    Recipes

    • Oatmeal Recipes
    • Salad Recipes
    • Smoothie Recipes
    • All Recipes

    Nutrition

    • Healthy Mindset
    • Real Food
    • Weight

    Life

    • Exercise
    • Wedding
    • Charlottesville
    • Travel
    • Instagram
    • Facebook
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube

    Copyright © // 2022 Kath Eats Real Food
    Jump to top