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I actually to share this, this fun detail. Oh, there it is.

Great.

So my mom was a. Wrote travel pieces. She was a writer for National Geographic Traveler in the early 80s and she had done a piece on Charlottesville. You're holding the very magazine.

She had done a piece on Charlottesville. She would have been in her early 30s. I would have been four or five.

There. There it is. Yes. For those who are listening, she's holding up the magazine, the actual magazine which I, which I gave to, to her. But so my mom, early in her career as a, as a writer for National Geographic Traveler, does this piece on Charlottesville and mentions this business, you know, as, as travel articles often do, like here's the restaurant to eat at, here's the lodging to check…

And you know, so, so anyway, it just an enormous coincidence how I figured all that out and connected the dots. Long uninteresting story. But my, my mom still has connections to Charlottesville.

So that part of it is. That's part of it, but such a remarkable coincidence. And just goes to show that like even back then in whatever it was the early 80s.

It was a recommended business. 1984. Yeah. So much fun.

Exactly. So really cool history. And I felt very. Because of that, you know, it was a very reputable company in our area. Known for really high quality properties under management, known for high quality service for owners and for guests who are visiting the area.

I personally really, you know, I had decided to stay in Charlottesville. I really love this area and I have a lot of belief in our town, in our region for being a draw for tourism. We have, I say, three main draws to people coming to the area.

One is the University, University of Virginia, you know, for graduation, for parents visiting their students for game days and weekends. Two is weddings, where we're one of the top wedding destinations in the country. Now people are saying that we're the number three wedding destinations.