The Ultimate Antiquing Tour

Twenty-five years ago today, my childhood friend Virginia Thomas married her high school sweetheart Chip at the Visitation Monastery Chapel in Frederick, Maryland, where I also was married. Virginia published the first edition of my novel Trianon, and later she went on to create a shop of pure enchantment, of which I have previously written. The current edition of Southern Living Magazine features Virginia's shop as an essential stop when antiquing in Maryland and northern Virginia, saying:

Leaving Frederick, motor south on State 85 for a few miles to Buckeystown, where you’ll find Chartreuse & co. (301/874-1882), a group of tucked-away farm buildings that host tag sales the third weekend (Friday-Sunday) of each month. Chartreuse is owned by Virginia Crum, who dreamed up the idea that her family’s homestead could become a design destination. Her shop now fills three barns, features 20 vendors, and welcomes roughly 2,000 visitors during sale weekends. Inside, one barn houses a European boutique where crystal chandeliers dangle over a vintage red velvet-and-gilt French love seat and Tuscan trestle tables display ironstone platters. (Read entire post.)

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