ANNOUNCER: And now, Get Out of Town, a WETA original series.

LAUREN: ♪ We're on the road again ♪ LAURITA: Yes we are.

LAUREN: So come along.

LAURITA: Look what we have!

LAUREN: Oh yeah!

(gunshot).

LAURITA: Isn't this room beautiful!

(cheering).

LAURITA: I made it!

GRETCHEN: Thank you.

LAURITA: Oh!

That was so cute!

LAUREN: Oh my goodness!

Crank it, crank it, crank it.

LAURITA: It's never a competition, is it.

LAUREN: Look at that.

(cheering).

LAURITA: What's next?

Hi, I'm Laurita.

LAUREN: And I'm her daughter, Lauren.

LAURITA: We're from the DMV, and we love to travel.

LAUREN: We definitely do.

LAURITA: One of the best things about living in the DC area are the many places you can visit that are just a few hours away.

LAUREN: So many options, and now we get to check them out together.

LAURITA: So join us for some very cool places to stay... LAUREN: Great food.

LAURITA: And nonstop fun.

BOTH: As we Get Out of Town!

LAUREN: I am so excited to go to Williamsburg, it's been years.

LAURITA: Probably about 17-plus years.

LAUREN: Honestly.

Maybe even 20.

LAURITA: We always said we wanna come back during the Christmas season, because Williamsburg is only a few hours away from home.

LAUREN: And going to Busch Gardens!

LAURITA: Our fave.

LAUREN: I am so excited to ride the new roller coasters.

LAURITA: And we're staying at that Williamsburg Inn.

LAUREN: Mm-hm.

LAURITA: Which I can't wait to see because, I know the Queen has stayed there.

And, you know, going to my favorite restaurant.

I can't leave unless I eat at the Amber Ox.

LAUREN: Amber Ox.

LAURITA: Oh, yeah.

But I tell you what, here we come Williamsburg.

LAUREN: Alright, you wanna listen to some music?

LAURITA: Please.

LAUREN: Okay.

I think I have a song that you might like.

♪ I'm every woman ♪ ♪ It's all in me ♪ ♪ Anything you want done baby ♪ ♪ I'll do it naturally ♪ ♪ I'm every woman ♪ ♪ It's all in me ♪♪ ♪ ♪ LAUREN: So pretty.

LAURITA: It is pretty.

Very stately.

LAUREN: Thank you.

LAURITA: Thank you.

TRACY: Welcome to Williamsburg Inn, please have a seat.

LAURITA: Thank you.

TRACY: My name is Tracy.

LAURITA: Hi, Tracy.

I'm Laurita and this is my daughter Lauren Portee.

TRACY: We actually have you in the Queen Suite, this is exciting.

I think you're going to love it.

It's full of memorabilia, photos of the Queen when she was here, and here's your key.

It's just up the stairs to the right, and enjoy your stay.

BOTH: Thank you!

PAUL: The Williamsburg Inn is 80 years of luxury and elegance.

This hotel is a crown jewel of Colonial Williamsburg.

And this location is centered in the historical triangle.

You have Yorktown, you have Jamestown, and Colonial Williamsburg.

You're in close proximity to the historical areas.

Go right across the street and you're on the Duke of Gloucester.

This is a five-star hotel, when guests arrive we treat them as if they're royalty.

We have luxury amenities like The Spa.

We also have one of the best golf course in United States, and of course, fine dining.

And there's 62 suites.

This hotel is 80 years old.

The hotel was built in 1937, by Mr. Rockefeller.

His dream was to build something that people can come and enjoy.

We host some prominent people, such as Mr. Winston Churchill.

And the Queen, who happened to stay here in 1957.

LAUREN: Ooh.

LAURITA: Isn't this fancy.

LAUREN: The Queen Suite.

It's so royal and regal in here.

LAURITA: Aww, this looks like one of her receiving rooms.

LAUREN: Oh, it does.

It's really pretty.

LAURITA: Well.

let's see the bedroom.

BOTH: Ooooh.

LAURITA: I can see why she stayed here.

It's fit for the queens that we are.

Look at the headboard!

LAUREN: I know, the drapes are really giving that we are in the royal palace.

I love the gold, it's so majestic.

LAURITA: I do too.

LAUREN: We have robes!

LAURITA: Oh!

Oh, this is so ladylike.

LAUREN: I know, I love it.

LAURITA: With a lovely tub here.

LAUREN: Mm-hm.

Oh it look, it loops right back into the living room.

LAURITA: Oh, Lauren, I think we're going to be very comfortable here.

LAUREN: I think so too, it's going to be a great stay.

Alright, it is time to go head to my happy place!

You know we haven't been to Busch Gardens in years.

So we should head out tonight.

LAURITA: Okay.

LAUREN: So we can go for their Christmas Town.

LAURITA: Oh yes, but we better dress warmly.

LAUREN: Oh yes.

Totally.

LAURITA: Alright.

LAUREN: Let's go ride some rides!

LAURITA: See ya later, Queen.

I can't wait to see how it looks this time of year.

LAUREN: I know.

LAURITA: Because I know they decorate like crazy.

So if we don't feel Christmassy after this, I don't know what to say.

LAUREN: There are so many lights, they said there's, what, over 10 million lights?

And it shows.

It totally shows.

It's so pretty!

JONATHAN: It's the most magical time of the year here at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, it's our Christmas Town event.

And that takes place every year, November through December.

Right behind me, we're at our Polar Pathway.

On this building alone there's one million lights, and for the first time this year, this light show every 30 minutes is choreographed with music and a light spectacle.

Around 2009 Christmas Town came to be, and what started out as, like, a concept of getting people to come to the park and enjoy holiday lights, turned into this behemoth of an amazing holiday light display.

LAUREN: We are in front of this huge lit-up tree!

LAURITA: If you didn't know what time of year it is... LAUREN: Now you do.

LAURITA: Yes.

LAUREN: Now you know.

Okay, we are about to get on the DarKoaster!

Let's do it!

(grunting).

JONATHAN: We now have 10 world-class roller coasters.

(cheering).

JONATHAN: One of them being our all-new, uh, North America's first all-indoor straddle coaster, DarKoaster, over in our Oktoberfest Village.

(screaming).

(laughing).

LAUREN: It was whipping me so fast, I was crying, like, tears streaming down my face, but such a good time.

LAURITA: We're getting ready to do a throwback ride, when the kids were tiny, tiny this was one of the first rides they got on here at Busch Gardens.

And so... LAUREN: Full circle moment.

(cheering).

(screaming).

CHILD: Higher, lower.

LAURITA: There you go!

(cheering).

LAURITA: Yeah, hot chocolate.

LAUREN: Mmm.

JONATHAN: There's nothing like being a part of the team here during Christmas Town, to witness that, and to be a part of people's memories and traditions, there's nothing like it.

That's a gift in itself.

(camera shutter).

♪ ♪ HOST: Good morning, welcome.

LAURITA: Thank you.

HOST: Two for breakfast?

LAURITA: Yes, please.

HOST: Alright, wonderful.

LAURITA: Can we talk about the room we stayed in?

LAUREN: It was so pretty, when you walked in, all those light colors in the room, I loved it.

LAURITA: Yeah, I felt like I was sitting where she sat.

And she would've had tea, but you know I had my coffee.

(laughing).

And you know we're going to Colonial Williamsburg.

LAUREN: Yeah, it's gonna be good fun today.

(glasses clink).

♪ ♪ LAUREN: We're gonna go drive around to the Governor's Palace, and get to do a little sightseeing with the horses.

Here's our carriage, oop, we're moving.

(horses clopping).

CASH: Colonial Williamsburg is the largest U.S. history living museum in the world.

We have over 300 acres.

We have 89 original buildings that have been standing here in Williamsburg for nearly 250 years.

In 1926, the Reverend Dr. William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin, and John D. Rockefeller Jr, who was one of the wealthiest men in America, realized the opportunity to restore the historic area of Williamsburg.

Guests from all over the world come to visit to hear the story of our nation's founding, and to learn about the experiences of the persons here.

But, for much of the history of the museum, Colonial Williamsburg, the narrative has been one that tells the story of George Washington, and James Madison, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Jefferson.

Folks who look like me.

But over half of the population of the city of Williamsburg in 1776 is enslaved.

Visiting the Peyton Randolph house today, you would hear the stories of Peyton Randolph, but also at that site, you're going to hear the stories of 27 persons enslaved by Peyton Randolph.

♪ ♪ LAURITA: Good morning!

JANICE: Good morning, good morning.

How are you?

LAURITA: Good!

LAUREN: Good, how are you?

JANICE: My name's Janice Canaday, it's a pleasure to meet you.

LAURITA: Hi, I'm Laurita.

LAUREN: And I'm Lauren.

JANICE: Hi, Lauren.

LAUREN: Hi.

JANICE: Welcome to the Peyton Randolph property.

BOTH: Thank you.

LAUREN: So, we don't know too much about Peyton Randolph, could you give us a little bit of a snapshot on him?

JANICE: Peyton Randolph was a very wealthy man, very prominent family that he comes from.

Randolph's a very large family, he's kin to Thomas Jefferson.

He's living here in the capital city, he's a plantation owner, owner of human property, he owns 109 enslaved people, 27 of which stayed in this property.

LAURITA: How many people lived there with him?

JANICE: Himself and his wife.

LAUREN: 27.

LAURITA: Wow, that was a lot of... help for two people.

JANICE: Indeed.

LAUREN: Is it possible for us to take a peek inside of the house?

JANICE: Absolutely, we're gonna have a look back here at what they called the servant's hall.

This is where the folks that, the 27 enslaved on the property, would be living.

LAURITA: So if you worked in the kitchen, you lived in it... JANICE: Then you're living above stairs in the kitchen.

If you're in the laundry, you're above stairs in the laundry.

LAURITA: Okay.

It looks like a lot of pots and pans, so it looks like they cooked for a lot of people.

JANICE: They cooked for whoever comes to this house, everybody wants to come to Peyton Randolph's house.

Folks that go to the governor's table, come to this man's table.

And there would be boys here, girls here, men and women.

(thumping).

You feel that?

BOTH: Yes.

JANICE: That's the sound of the work.

LAUREN: Wow.

JANICE: So they're grinding up corn with this.

BOTH: Wow.

JANICE: So they're milling their own corn so they can eat.

This man can afford to have it milled, but that's what they're gonna do for themselves.

LAUREN: It seems that these people really worked hard.

All of this was built on their backs, and it's really important that this history is being told.

JANICE: I don't want you to think that they just worked all the time, these people found a way to create communities, and have moments of that special joy that most people wouldn't think about.

LAUREN: Good.

JANICE: And I'd like to think that one of those places that they experienced that joy when they had time, would be over at the Witness Tree, the Compton oak tree that we have just outside.

This tree here is an iconic tree.

Just as you see that tree is deeply rooted, so is this community here.

And I am deeply rooted here, because my family has always been here, we go back as far as the Revolutionary War.

We use this tree in the community for Juneteenth celebrations.

So it's important to bring the voices of the community to the table, hear them, and then allow them to participate in the writing of the narrative that's going to represent them.

LAUREN: Yes.

JANICE: So it's a very fulfilling fact.

LAUREN: It is.

LAURITA: Thank you so much, this was wonderful.

We really enjoyed meeting you and hearing about all this great information.

JANICE: Pleasure is all mine, please come back.

LAUREN: I know, this was such a special time for you to be telling us the history that so many people don't know about.

So thank you so much for all that you do here.

JANICE: My pleasure.

LAURITA: Take care, happy holidays.

JANICE: Take care, happy holidays.

♪ ♪ LAURITA: You know this is the place where they've found a lot of artifacts from the Black churches, and a Black school.

LAUREN: Oh, nice.

LAURITA: Hi!

JACK: Good morning, come on in!

LAURITA: Good morning.

JACK: Welcome to the lab.

LAURITA: Wow.

JACK: We've been doing archaeology for almost 100 years.

LAUREN: Wow.

LAURITA: 100 years?

JACK: Yeah, 1928 is the first excavation ever done here at Colonial Williamsburg.

LAURITA: Oh, wow.

JACK: The first excavations were done on the Capitol building, Raleigh Tavern, and the Governor's Palace.

And early excavations were really focused on finding buildings, so that we could recreate the colonial town.

But, archeology has evolved over time, and we have focused on also understanding the lives of the people that were here in the 18th, 19th, and now even into the 20th century.

We curate over 60 million artifacts in this collection.

So the materials here in front of us come from the excavations of, uh, the First Baptist church.

Which is one of the oldest Black churches in the country.

LAURITA: Mm-hm, yes.

JACK: Still exists today.

LAURITA: Yes.

JACK: And they have been a part of this project from the very beginning.

LAURITA: I see this money box.

JACK: Yeah, we've found at least 12 of these.

The day after Christmas, they would be filled with coins, and they'd be given out to poor members of the community as charity.

The only way to get into these is to smash 'em open.

LAURITA: That's the fun part.

Ah!

JACK: It's scattered all around behind the, the church.

LAUREN: Oh, wow.

JACK: And so we can even start to see where that action is happening.

LAURITA: Yeah.

JACK: Which is really neat.

LAURITA: Usually, with most Black churches, there are cemeteries associated with the church.

Was there a cemetery on that property?

JACK: Sure enough, we now know there are 62 people buried.

BOTH: Wow.

JACK: We were able to extract DNA from one of the individuals, and it came back as an individual with Sub-Saharan African ancestry.

LAURITA: I'm sure that was so special for the legacy of the family, just to know that that was someone that they descended from.

JACK: Yeah, absolutely.

So, as we were excavating around these bricks, we found one of our favorite artifacts for getting a date, which is a coin.

LAURITA: Oh!

JACK: Because they have a date on it!

LAURITA: Makes sense.

JACK: And that coin had the date 1817.

LAURITA: Nice.

LAUREN: Wow.

JACK: So that confirmed us that that was the first permanent structure for one of the oldest Black churches in the country.

BOTH: Wow.

JACK: Archaeology is the leading edge, usually, of these projects.

And, um, in the case of the Bray School, we discovered all these features and all these artifacts, now there's a much larger focus on the history of the school.

So we're looking for the materials that would've been associated with the kids when they were there learning.

LAUREN: Right.

JACK: And one of the ones that we really like to point out, because we have so many of them... LAURITA: I see 'em.

JACK: The ones at the end... LAURITA: Yes.

LAUREN: Are those clay marbles?

JACK: Clay marbles.

Everyone played marbles historically, but they're most often associated with kids.

LAUREN: Mm-hm.

LAURITA: So Jack, now that you've uncovered some of these items, what's the future for all of this?

JACK: The Bray School will be open to guests in 2024, to tell the stories of the students.

And we're gonna rebuild that first church, so that people can have that worship experience people had in the 19th century.

LAURITA: That's wonderful.

Jack, thank you so much, I mean we actually feel very honored that we were able to see these things before they were open to the public.

So, we can't wait to come back.

LAUREN: Right.

I just want to thank you for showing this history, cause sometimes it does get lost.

So being able to find these artifacts is so important, so thank you for doing this.

JACK: Oh, you're most welcome.

To be able to see Lauren and Laurita engage with these artifacts in the same way that we do, that's the experience we want for everybody to have when they come to Williamsburg.

♪ ♪ SERVER: Welcome to King's Arms Tavern, table for two?

LAURITA: Yes.

LAUREN: Thank you.

LAURITA: Thank you.

LAUREN: Wow, it really feels like we've just walked into somebody's home.

SERVER: Taverns would have been someone's house, and you would've eaten downstairs, and then stayed upstairs during the night.

LAUREN: Oh, wow.

IVEY: King's Arms Tavern is very unique.

We do period-type food, uh, but we put a 21st-century spin on it.

We're on Duke of Gloucester Street.

King's Arms Tavern was opened by Jane Vobe in 1772.

She fed all the dignitaries that would come through, because Williamsburg was the capital at the time.

They would always stop and eat at Mrs. Vobe's tavern.

She was well known for having great food.

Mrs. Vobe was the owner of slaves, and as her business grew she needed more of a workforce, so she brought in her slaves.

One of her slaves was Gowan Pamphlet, who became the pastor of First Baptist Church, one of the first Black churches in Williamsburg.

During that time period, 45 to 55% of the population was of African descent, and to have that workforce really helped her business thrive.

LAURITA: We learned so much today!

LAUREN: And I know, a lot of the times when you think about slavery, you only think about people on plantations... LAURITA: Right, farms.

LAUREN: Or like, right, just like in the house, but cities were really built on the backs of slaves.

LAURITA: Right, and how about that beautiful tree?

LAUREN: I know.

And they do things for Juneteenth?

LAURITA: And they do things for the community, so I thought that was nice.

And I've gotten that sense since we've been here, a real sense of community.

SERVER: Have you decided on your meals?

LAURITA: Yes, we heard so much about a certain type of soup.

SERVER: Yes, the peanut soup is our specialty.

LAUREN: And I think I also want to try the soup of squash as well.

SERVER: Okay.

IVEY: Laurita got the peanut soup, it's been a staple at King's Arms.

We've had guests that've been here 40, 50, 60 years, and they come looking for the peanut soup.

SERVER: Okay, we have your peanut soup, and your squash soup.

LAURITA: Oooh.

LAUREN: That looks good.

SERVER: It comes with sippets, sippets would have been stale bread during the time period, but we use toasted bread instead.

(laughing).

LAURITA: Waste not, want not back in the day.

Got it, got it.

LAUREN: How's yours?

LAURITA: You know, it's good.

I've had peanut soups before, and this one is not as spicy, so I like it.

Let's try these "snippets".

LAUREN: Mm, I like the little crunch.

LAURITA: What a cute little name, "snippets".

(laughing).

(sizzling).

IVEY: Colonial food is anything you can catch, eat, or grow.

For real, they threw away nothing.

Lotta soups, lotta stews.

Lotta smoke-cured meats.

Rabbit, squirrel, deer, whatever they could raise, Mrs. Vobe was putting it on the menu.

Lauren had the butter shrimp, with the Jefferson idea of the French-Virginia cooking, to add your cream-based sauces.

Laurita had the Cornish game hen, and it comes over Carolina gold rice.

It's very tasty, very nutty.

LAUREN: These are good shrimp.

LAURITA: It's very savory, and the gravy's very creamy which I like.

LAUREN: I'm so excited, after this we'll get to go take a load off at the Marriott's Manor at Ford's Colony, that's where we're staying tonight.

LAURITA: Oh, I'm looking forward to that.

LAUREN: I know, me too.

IVEY: Here at the King's Arms Tavern, it's not a typical restaurant.

We really give you the whole colonial experience, from your waiter or waitress taking your order in costume, to balladeers playing different selections and interacting with the guests as well.

And it all adds to the Colonial Williamsburg tavern experience.

LAURITA: Happy holidays my dear.

LAUREN: Happy holidays.

(playing instrument).

LAURITA: Beautiful!

(cheering).

BALLADEER: Thank you.

(camera shutter).

♪ ♪ ANGEL: Marriott's Manor Club is an ownership resort in Williamsburg, Virginia.

We have colonial-style architecture.

When you're at the resort, we have Bistro 1699.

Perhaps a pool party during the summer.

And, we do have access to the three championship golf courses that are here.

Lauren and Laurita are staying in one of our cozy two-bedroom villas.

One of the things that we work very hard on is bringing Colonial Williamsburg into our villas.

So a lot of the pictures on the headboards are buildings in Colonial Williamsburg, such as the Governor's Palace, and many other landmarks within the area.

When you drive up to the resort, you are met with some gorgeous lights and decorations, to really give you a festive look and feel when you're here at the resort.

LAURITA: ♪ It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ♪ LAUREN: Is that so?

LAURITA: Well, what's your song?

LAUREN: ♪ Doesn't it feel like Christmas ♪ ...or whatever Destiny's Child said.

(laughing).

CONCIERGE: Welcome to Marriott's Manor Club.

LAURITA: Thank you.

CONCIERGE: We do have a wine tasting at 5:30 PM.

LAUREN: Oh, nice.

Just in time.

CONCIERGE: Yep.

Two keys for you guys.

LAUREN: Perfect, thank you.

CONCIERGE: It's going to be the first building, just around the corner there to the left.

LAURITA: Okay.

CONCIERGE: Have a great night.

LAUREN: Thanks, you too.

LAURITA: Thank you, we will.

This is gonna be fun.

LAUREN: I know!

Ooh, mom!

LAURITA: Girl, first of all, what's our favorite color?

LAUREN: Blue!

LAURITA: And this is blue heaven.

LAUREN: I know.

And look, the Virginia on this is perfect.

LAURITA: You know I like blue and white china.

LAUREN: I know.

This is spacious.

LAURITA: And a full kitchen.

LAUREN: Oh, perfect.

LAURITA: Look at the cozy sitting area over there.

LAUREN: I know, so nice.

And we have our own fireplace?

Ah!

LAURITA: Let's check out our rooms.

LAUREN: Okay.

Ooh.

(gasps).

This headboard... beautiful.

LAURITA: Is that Betsy Ross?

LAUREN: Oh yeah, with the American flag.

Girl, look at that tub.

I love the bathroom.

LAURITA: It's a big bathroom.

LAUREN: It is really nice.

LAURITA: Yes.

LAUREN: Yeah, we did.

LAURITA: You did well.

Alright, so what should we do now?

LAUREN: I think we should go down to the wine tasting.

LAURITA: Alright.

Can't wait to get back.

LAUREN: I know, me too.

ANGEL: When you stay at Marriott's Manor Club, you'll never run out of things to do.

One of our most popular activities is the wine tasting.

We've partnered up with Jolene Family Winery.

They put on an educational tasting featuring some Virginia wines.

What I really enjoy is seeing our guests continuing to come back every year to vacation with us, and delivering a great vacation for them.

(camera shutter).

♪ ♪ LAURITA: I can't believe it's our last day.

LAUREN: I know, it's been so nice here in Williamsburg.

LAURITA: I tell you, Williamsburg you really know how to do the holidays.

LAUREN: You do, and we love it here.

LAURITA: We do.

(laughing).

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ LAUREN: Now, tiny cup up.

There we go!

(camera shutter).

LAURITA: This is my absolute favorite restaurant in Williamsburg.

LAUREN: I know.

LAURITA: It's time to eat.

JAYSON: The Amber Ox Public House is in the heart of downtown City of Williamsburg.

Very warm, rustic, and inviting.

It's a southern-style scratch kitchen.

On the culinary side of things, Chef David does a phenomenal job.

DAVID: Amber Ox Public House is, you know, a fun, hip, trendy restaurant that focuses on farm-to-table and seasonal menu items.

From hogs to microgreens.

The best version of farm-to-table to me is the farmers working directly with the chefs.

As a chef, we're only as good as, you know, the produce and everything that we're getting.

So, we go out for the best.

And Amber Ox is known for sharing plates, and the wings are something that we are known for.

We brine them for 24 hours, then they're smoked for an hour and a half, and fry 'em to order.

And then we make our own bread and butter pickles, right on top.

How are we doing, guys?

LAURITA: Good.

DAVID: Jayson just dropped off our oak-smoked wings, we season 'em with our house barbecue spice, a little bit of ranch powder.

LAUREN: You can never go wrong with ranch or wings, so... DAVID: I agree, I agree.

LAURITA: And I can't wait to try those homemade pickles.

LAUREN: Dig in to them.

LAURITA: Let's do that.

Mmm.

LAUREN: Mmm.

LAURITA: The smokiness of 'em that gets me every time.

You can't get these anywhere else but the Amber Ox.

LAUREN: Delicious.

LAURITA: We can't get too full because we've gotta enjoy our entrées when they get here.

LAUREN: I know.

DAVID: For the entrées, we'll be serving rockfish from our local fishermen.

Every year it's kind of one of the things people ask about.

When is rockfish coming back?

It's usually November to late January.

And then they'll also be having the short rib.

This is actually a newer style of the short rib.

We lightly smoke it, and then we braise it.

We top it with three different mushrooms, and a Carolina gold rice porridge.

So I have our Virginia seared rockfish.

LAUREN: Wow.

LAURITA: Mmm.

DAVID: And our braised short ribs.

LAUREN: Yum!

LAURITA: Wow.

Thank you so much.

LAUREN: Thank you so much.

LAURITA: We're gonna dig in now!

LAUREN: Okay, which one are you gonna go for first?

LAURITA: Short rib 'cause all the mushrooms, man.

LAUREN: Oh, yes.

And eat.

(laughing).

Mushrooms.

LAURITA: The black garlic sauce, and the black bean.

That combination is so savory.

This is amazing.

LAUREN: Switch.

LAURITA: Okay.

The little hash, and a little sauce.

The sauce is delicious, and salty, savory, crunchy, and... LAUREN: Delicious.

LAURITA: Exactly.

Chef David is so creative.

It's all the flavors you still like... LAUREN: I would say, yeah.

LAURITA: But presented in such a phenomenal way.

Here's to Chef David.

LAUREN: To chef!

DAVID: Here at Amber Ox, being focused on sharing and family, that's the main thing that I think keeps people coming back.

(camera shutter).

LAUREN: What a great trip back to Williamsburg!

LAURITA: It's worth the effort to get here during the Christmas season.

LAUREN: I feel like starting our trip at Busch Gardens was just the perfect place for us to start, 'cause we are such roller coaster girls.

LAURITA: And staying in the Williamsburg Inn, where the Queen stayed?

LAUREN: I know!

LAURITA: And then, being able to see some of the artifacts from the First Baptist Church, and also the Bray School.

They both had some very powerful historical Black facts to them, which was nice too.

LAUREN: Totally.

Okay, well, since this has been our little Christmas trip... LAURITA: Yeah.

LAUREN: We need to listen to some good Christmas music.

LAURITA: Okay.

LAUREN: Can ya hit it?

LAURITA: I can hit it.

♪ You're here where you should be ♪ ♪ Snow is falling as the carolers sing ♪ ♪ It just wasn't the same ♪ ♪ Alone on Christmas day ♪ ♪ Presents, what a beautiful sight ♪ ♪ Don't mean a thing if you ain't holding me tight ♪ ♪ You're all that I need ♪ ♪ Underneath the tree ♪ ♪ Tonight (Tonight) ♪ ♪ I'm gonna hold you close ♪♪ LAURITA: Don't fall off the teacups!

LAUREN: I haven't.

LAURITA: Don't spill the tea!

But I feel that I spilled all my tea out of that cup.

LAUREN: How do you like yours?

LAURITA: I do, you know, I've had pea, uh, peanut soups.

(laughing).

Come on parking lot princess.

LAUREN: That is not the same.

LAURITA: What do you... (laughing).

LAUREN: Parking lot princess.

♪ You're all that I need ♪ ♪ Underneath the tree ♪ ♪ Tonight ♪♪ ANNOUNCER: To discover more places to visit outside the Washington Metro area, visit weta.org/getoutoftown.