The winner of our contest will receive:

Grand Prize
Limousine for 4 to/from lunch (Reston Limousine)
Lunch for 4 (Morton’s The Steakhouse)
Flowers for lunch table (Karin’s Florist)
Vera Bradley bag (The Dandelion Patch)
First Runner Up
Catered lunch for up to 10 at office (Celebrations Catering)
Flowers for conference table (Karin’s Florist)
Second Runner Up
8 person outing at Dulles Fun & Golf (Dulles Golf Center & Sports Park)

How to Enter: Submit your letter of recognition, Attn: Admin Contest, by email to atravers@restonlimo.com or by fax to 703.471.0184.

All submissions must be received by Thursday, April 15th. The winners will be notified Friday, April 16th! Prizes to be redeemed on the day of winners’ choosing.

**Reston Limousine offers gift certificates for all of our services, including day trips and wine tours – show your thanks with one of Reston Limousine’s gift certificates for Administrative Professionals’ Week, April 18-24. Call 703.478.0500 Option 1 to purchase.**

John Mayer performing at the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007; image from Wikipedia

“It was fantastic, we had a great time,” says Chris Frame, who manages event rentals for the National Building Museum in Washington DC.

Chris had the driver pick up his best friend, Andreas Alevromagiros, and Andreas’ wife, Melissa, in Ashburn before attending the concert at the Verizon Center. “They spoiled us pretty well,” he says. “It truly was a wonderful night.”

Not a bad prize for simply responding to Reston Limousine’s e-mail promoting the contest; “all I had to do was hit reply to enter,” Chris says.

To sign up for Reston Limousine’s newsletters, which provide up-to-date information on upcoming specials and contests, visit our online Newsletter Sign Up page at www.restonlimo.com/about/newsletter-sign-up/.

Here’s your chance to see the multi-Grammy winner live at the Verizon Center on Saturday, Feb. 20th!

To enter the contest, send an email with your name and contact phone number to atravers@restonlimo.com. Tell your friends! All are welcome to enter, though only one lucky person will win!

If you’ve already got tickets, Reston Limousine is available for all your transportation needs – from a night on the town to a shuttle for your staff. We offer high-quality transportation, experience and a proven record of service and safety.

Visit our website for more information: www.restonlimo.com or call 703.478.0500 Option 1 for reservations.

On their wedding day, the bride and groom joined their wedding party for a relaxing ride around Washington, DC, in a luxury limo bus, courtesy of Reston Limousine. They visited landmark locations for great photo ops.

Of the thousands of entrants in the nationwide contest, hometown couple Van Ngo and Eric Oberly of Alexandria won the $100,000 wedding of their dreams, which took place at the Ronald Reagan Building on Sept. 27. As the featured transportation vendor, Reston Limousine provided deluxe limousine service for the lucky couple and their entourage.

According to Us Weekly,

Pen pals during Oberly’s yearlong tour in Iraq, the couple are “every day people who share a very real love,” says Ngo, 28. The Army National Guardsman, 28, proposed while on leave. Her response? “Are you joking?” quips Ngo, a government worker. “But I said yes!”

Congratulations to Van and Eric, and may you have a long and happy marriage!

To view a slideshow of the Van and Eric’s Dream Wedding, visit WeddingChannel.com.

of Reston Limousine and receive a FREE Limo!*
*3 Hours Service in 6-passenger Limousine. Sunday-Thursday.

of ’restonlimo’ and receive a FREE Limo!*
*3 Hours Service in 6-passenger Limousine. Sunday-Thursday.

Some details from Cavalia.net:

Acrobatics, aerialists, dancers, musicians and riders are showcased on an enormous 160-feet wide stage; a space so expansive that it allows the horses sufficient room to gallop and cavort, at times completely unbridled. Cavalia is a magical encounter, where the public gets the unique opportunity to witness the incredible bond between horses and humans.

Cavalia is presented under North America’s largest touring tent, a pristine white structure rising some 100 feet above the ground and spanning more than 26,264 square feet. The stage alone is the equivalent to the width of a regulation NFL football field.

Featured in Cavalia are 13 breeds of horses, including Arabians, Spanish Pure-Breeds, Lusitanos, Quarter Horses, Appaloosas and Paint Horses from France, Canada, Spain and the United States.

All you have to do to enter to win the 2 tickets is to send an e-mail to atravers (at) restonlimo(dot)com – and be sure to include your name and contact phone number.

If you don’t win, Reston Limousine also is offering a special package for $89 that includes a ticket to the show and a free shuttle ride departing from American Tap Room at Reston Town Center. The shuttle departs at 12:30 p.m. for the Sept. 27th show, which located under the white big top across the Pentagon.

Before the shuttle departs, you can have a leisurely Sunday brunch at American Tap Room, whis is offering a 20% discount for our guests. Please let us know if you are interested and we will book your reservation for you!

Call 703.478.0500 Option 1 for more information or to purchase your tickets now!

of Reston Limousine and receive a FREE Limo!*
*3 Hours Service in 6-passenger Limousine. Sunday-Thursday.

of ’restonlimo’ and receive a FREE Limo!*
*3 Hours Service in 6-passenger Limousine. Sunday-Thursday.

We traveled along Loudoun’s country backroads to enjoy tastings at four destinations, including the original and newest wineries in DC’s Wine Country: Casanel Vineyards, Dry Mill Vineyards & Winery, Zephaniah Farm Vineyard and Willowcroft Farm Vineyard.

Joining us on the tour were:

Tammi Marcoullier, a media and content strategy consultant in Loudoun who launched the popular blog, Living in LoCo, as an editor and consultant to WashingtonPost.com. Tammi currently posts regularly on her blog InsideOut, Facebook and Twitter.

Audrey McGill, a freelance designer of Web sites and blogs who writes about family life and travels in northern Virginia and beyond on her blog The McGill Family, Facebook and Twitter

Dezel Quillen, author of a Loudoun Magazine three-part series on the Loudoun Wine Trail, who has visited dozens of wineries and vineyards in the region. Besides his blog, My Vine Spot, Dezel also is a regular contributor to the official Virginia Wine Lover newsletter.

Joe Roberts, a certified wine specialist from the greater Philadelphia area and author of the book How to Taste Like a Wine Geek: The 1WineDude Tasting Guide. Joe writes mini-reviews on Twitter in addition to his blog, 1 Wine Dude.

Kathy and Terry Sullivan of Maryland, who travel around the country visiting wineries and writing about them for Wine Trail Traveler, their virtual visitor center. Terry also is a regular contributor to Examiner.com as the Baltimore Wine Trail Examiner and on Twitter.

Casanel Vineyards's tasting room, a restored 1800s stone barn

Our first stop was Casanel Vineyards, where the Dave Pepper band was setting up for a performance on the outdoor patio. Inside, Kathleen DeSouza, her daughter Anna, and Anna’s husband Elliotte played host behind the bar, offering tastings of their 2007 Chegada and 2008 Batucada wines.

Nelson DeSouza, left, explains renovations in the lower level of the stone barn

Family patriarch Nelson DeSouza, meanwhile, proudly showed off his handiwork in the tasting facility, from the renovations to the 1800s stone barn to the bar and tables he made himself. The native of Brazil, who had retired from the construction business, regaled our group with tales of his life, explaining the history and meaning behind the names of his vintages.

Dry Mill Vineyards & Winery

It was hard to tear ourselves away, but we had another winery to visit: Dry Mill Vineyards & Winery, Loudoun’s newest winery. Owners Dean and Nancy Vanhuss had lovingly restored a historic stable and barn that was once home to the horses and dogs of the Loudoun Hunt Club, converting it to a tasting room on the main floor and a wonderful space for events upstairs.

Brett and Julia, How Merlot Can You Go bloggers

Upon entering the tasting room, we recognized a young couple at the bar: Brett and Julie, who recently launched a new wine blog, How Merlot Can You Go. Introductions to the Marine Corps lieutenant and molecular geneticist were made all ’round, and our group set about sampling from Dry Mill’s tasting menu, whose 2007 Cabernet Franc was a top pick of the day for some of the bloggers.

Dean Vanhuss

A light drizzle sprang up as we concluded our Dry Mill visit, but our intrepid driver James handily navigated the road leading to our next destination, Zephaniah Farm Vineyard.

Coming Thursday: Part 2 of the Reston Limousine Blogger’s Wine Tour

Reston Limousine offers Public Wine Tours every weekend; to view a schedule of tours, please visit www.restonlimo.com.

Pictured from left are Sarah Marchetti, daughter;
Tripp Kelly, future son-in-law; Brian Marchetti, son;
Pam Marchetti, wife; Jeff Marchetti, Best Dad.

Congratulations to Jeff Marchetti, father to 25-year-old Sarah and 21-year-old Brian, who was the winner of Reston Limousine’s recent BEST Dad contest!

Reston Limousine presented Jeff wth four hours of limo service on Father’s Day; an after-hours, in-store fitting for four at Lost Boys Men’s Store; and a $100 Gift Certificate to Martin’s Tavern. To celebrate on June 21, Jeff took his party of four, which included his wife Pam, on a night on the town – Georgetown, to be exact.

Beginning with their pickup at their Clifton home, their driver took the Virginia native and his party on a leisurely drive to their destination during which everyone swapped stories about Georgetown spy stories. “It was so much fun for (our driver) John (Byram) to treat us like foreigners from out of town and give us a sightseeing tour.”

At Martin’s Tavern, they had a light supper of crab cakes, soft shelled crab,  white wine and dessert – all while chatting up the friendly waiters about the rich history of the 75-year-old restaurant. From there, it was on to Chadwick’s for drinks to wrap up the evening.

Throughout the evening, “John was our master of ceremonies,” Jeff says. “He would be present when you needed him, and absent when you didn’t. We enjoyed our whole evening, it was a boatload of fun!”

This wasn’t Jeff’s first experience with Reston Limousine on Father’s Day, though. Last summer for Father’s Day he rented a bus to take friends and family to a Tom Petty concert, according to his daughter Sarah, who sent in the letter nominating him for the contest.

“My dad is THE BEST dad in the whole world,” wrote Sarah, a global capital markets and client relations analyst with JER Partners. “Not only are we celebrating Father’s Day this month, we are also celebrating my dad’s 50th birthday. Furthermore, in exactly one year from father’s day weekend this year, he will be walking me down the aisle in my wedding. I believe he absolutely, without a doubt deserves a loving salute from his family and Reston Limo.”

Sarah shared Jeff’s Best Dad Qualities, painting a vivid portrait of a man who raised his children with a bounty of love and humor. Here are some excerpts from her letter:

• He has instilled family loyalty, love and support. He helped us realize and believe that nothing is more important than family. It is even rumored that one time he dunked a man in the neighborhood pool who teased his young children and who had dunked us in the pool. (I didn’t say he was politically correct, I said he was the most loving, loyal, supportive Dad)!
• He gets up extra early every morning to take care of his puppies and takes them on Sunday “field trips” to visit me. These puppies are referred to as the “grandpuppies”!
• He has been happily married to my mom for 27 years. As a child and now a grown woman, this means more than words can express.
• He uses music to express is love and support for us and to commemorate special moments in life (Jimmy Eat World’s The Middle after a tough day in school; The Beatles’ Birthday Song for EVERY birthday we share together). Please note, we think it should be known that this song isn’t just played nicely to celebrate your bday, but it is played as loud as the stereo allows, and he pulls out tambourines and whistles to wake you up the proper way!

Reston Limousine wishes the best to Jeff and Sarah as they prepare for another celebration close to Father’s Day next year. In closing her letter, Sarah noted that this is “our last year together before he walks me down the aisle in my wedding (note well, I have been coaching him on how to make it down the aisle without flooding the chapel in tears of love!).

Congratulations to Jeff — and Sarah — Marchetti!

Just submit your letter explaining why your dad is the BEST by email to rls@restonlimo.com or by fax to (703) 471-0184 by June 12.

The winner will be notified June 15 of his prizes:

• Four hours of Reston Limousine limo service

  on Father’s Day, Sunday June 21st

• After-Hours in-store fitting for four at Lost Boys Men’s Store

• $100 Gift Certificate to Martin’s Tavern

But of course, all dads are winners on Father’s Day, and what better way to show him than a chauffeured ride to brunch, lunch or dinner, or a tour of DC with Reston Limousine!

You can also present him with Reston Limousine chauffeured service to special upcoming activities in the DC area, such as:

Silverdocs: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival
June 15-22
Join movie fans from around the world in attending this celebrated eight-day film festival that “serves as a launch pad for independent documentaries, and affords international filmmakers access to US audience.” More than 100 films representing more than 60 countries will be shown during the festival, which takes place at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland.

National Capital Barbecue Battle
June 27-28
When the smoke clears, there’ll be barbecue to be had along Pennsylvania Avenue during the weekend-long festival. Voted one of North America’s TOP 100 Events by the American Tourism Industry Association, the festival hosts barbecue teams and restaurants from around the nation for cash and prizes worth more than $40,000, as well as the title of National Pork BBQ Champion. And if the barbecue weren’t enough to entice you, there will be live music performances, free food samples, kids entertainment and more.

AT&T National
June 29-July 5
Watch 120 of golf’s finest stars play the greens at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, site of the 2009 AT&T National tournament hosted by Tiger Woods.