Jefferson and Wine: Pt. IV

We’ve been a few blog posts short of a full deck of late (if I may mix metaphors for a moment [Ed. note – accidental alliteration FTW!]), so lets see if we can play catch up…

Breaking News! Monticello to brew beer again!

If you thought the good folks over at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation were going to let ol’ Sam Adams have all the fun you were sorely mistaken…

Jefferson’s Busts: Pt. I

Jefferson considered one room in his beloved Monticello his “most honorable suite”. Why?

Poll: Favorite TJ Nickname

 

UVA Students Having a Ball Saving the Rotunda

The Rotunda

Proactive students at Mr. Jefferson’s University are having a ball to save its iconic architectural landmark, the Rotunda.

The Jeffersonia Blog’s 2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is doing awesome!.

Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 9,100 times in 2010. That’s about 22 full 747s.

In 2010, there were 30 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 185 posts. There were 38 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 2mb. That’s about 3 pictures per month.

The busiest day of the year was February 11th with 84 views. The most popular post that day was Thomas Jefferson – Renaissance Man.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were smallbusiness.aol.com, en.wordpress.com, mariaozawa2u.blogspot.com, search.aol.com, and refinancing-home.student-loan-consilidation.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for three amigos, 5000 dollar bill, 3 amigos, founding fathers, and us seal.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

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Thomas Jefferson – Renaissance Man November 2008
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Founding Fathers and Money Pt V: E Pluribus unum March 2009
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Founding Fathers on Money Pt. III: Two-dollar bill ya’ll March 2009
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4

Who were the Founding Fathers? February 2009
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Monticello Paper Model January 2009
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4th Annual Heritage Harvest Festival

Don’t miss this annual event tomorrow at the Maestro of Monticello’s old digs….

America’s Original Party of Five Pt. I

We all know who shouldered the bulk of writing the Declaration of Independence (click here for a hint), but can you name the other 4 members who made up the original 13 States’ Party of Five?

TJ’s Garden: Native Columbine

Mr. Jefferson’s observant son-in-law spotted this plant at Monticello in 1791.

TJ’s Pea Soup…

and other great recipes….