46 | perfect weekend stewart and dodie take it easy down on Blackberry Farm
With four children, it’s rare for Stewart and Dodie Swift to enjoy a quiet weekend. So it was a special treat when, in November, they flew to Tennessee and stayed at Blackberry Farm, a 4,200-acre spot in the Great Smoky Mountains. “What made it so perfect was that we were able to do absolutely nothing, other than relax,” says Dodie, a Winnetka native. “It was just a fantastic place.” They toured the gardens. Much of what they saw there ended up on their plates during meals. One lunch featured a Southern barbeque with a bluegrass band playing between a pond and a stream, where Stewart and others went fly fishing. Dinner took place in a barn with high vaulted ceilings. The Lake Forest couple took walks together and drove through the mountains. Upon retuning to their cottage, they sat by the fire.
“What made it so perfect was that we were able to do absolutely nothing, other than relax. It was just a fantastic place.”
Stewart and Dodie Swift — along with Blossom — are looking forward to Dog Day on May 10 at the Gorton Community Center in Lake Forest. photography by joel lerner
“It was a very homey feeling,” Dodie says. ‘The thing we loved about the place was it didn’t feel manufactured. The layout didn’t make perfect sense — we had to walk through the gift shop to get to our room — but we loved that.” The weekend was so serene that, when they reached the Knoxville airport to return home, nothing could fluster them. Says Dodie, “We had such a great time that our six-hour-delay getting back just didn’t matter.” — David Sweet
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