VT (for all of my design-obsessed peeps)

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photocourtesyus.mydeco.com Peeps, A 45 minute trip up I-66 (West) brings me within sight of the gentle, rolling hills preceding the Blue Ridge mountain range and the Shenandoah Valley.  It is amazing how quickly the delays at Tysons Corner, and the traffic congestion near the exits for Centreville and Manassas, fades when faced with the splendor of  sun-kissed fields stretching endlessly in all directions, blue skies, and a brisk morning breeze that suggests another gorgeous day in the country.  Little hamlets such as Orlean, Round Hill, and Paris are pleasant spots for grabbing chicken-salad sandwiches and thick slices of home-made apple pie; Starbuck's coffee-shops are non-existent out here, and with the exception of a few modest homes that seem to sit right out on the road (or at least their front porches appear to be six inches shy of a traffic obstruction), everything seems so idyllic and unspoiled by development.  I am told that many Washingtonians hav...