Recently, two
of my good friends from Indiana decided we should meet half way between our
houses for a short girls weekend. It was
a great idea, as we all needed a bit of a break from our respective
situations. We kind of randomly picked
Washington, PA just south of Pittsburgh, as our location. We didn’t know a lot about the area, but we
asked the concierge at the hotel for some suggestions, and just went from
there. A couple of our good finds
included:
Juniper Grill: The first
night, we enjoyed drinks and food at this local favorite. It was a packed house, and the food was just
delicious. Very nice for a dinner out.
The Upper
Crust: For a lunch option, this was a good little place for wood fired brick oven pizza.
Rachel Rose's Boutique & Coffee Shop: We actually
got to The Upper Crust too early for their noon opening, but a cook noticed us
and suggested we go down to the coffee shop at the end of the street. Apparently, several of the shops on this
street have the same owner and were all very good for
what we were looking for. We grabbed
some filled-to-order cannoli, hot drinks (I got a vanilla milk steamer which I
loved!), and other goodies. They also
sell local hand-made goods there, so I picked up a pretty little necklace as
well.
Artemis Botanicals: I’m not normally
too into bath stuff, but I love peppermint scents so the sign advertising these
drew us in. Located amongst several
other unique shops, this one had some beautiful, scented soaps and bath items
that were too good to pass up. I
especially liked their hand-blown glass soap holders that matched the colors of
the soap. The owner says she hand
selects the colors of glass based on what soaps she plans to make.
I would
recommend any of these places if you ever find yourself in Washington, PA.
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