Joan Rivers Calls Weekend Visit to Williamsburg 'Magical'

By Amber Lester Kennedy Thursday, December 22, 2011

Joan Rivers tweeted this photo posed with a costumed interpreter after her weekend visit to Colonial Williamsburg.

Rivers proclaimed the tourist destination “magical” to her Twitter followers on Monday, tweeting a picture of herself posed with a historic interpreter. On Wednesday, Adams wrote about their trip in her column for the New York Post.

Rivers told WYDaily that a friend recently raved about a visit to Colonial Williamsburg at a dinner party, inspiring her to invite her good friend Adams, who in turn invited her good friend, Judy “Judge Judy” Sheindlin. The three women – all native New Yorkers – spent three days in the colonial city.

It was not Rivers’ first visit to CW. She came on a family trip as a young girl, “which tells you how old Williamsburg is,” she joked. She returned in 1955 for her honeymoon with first husband, James Sanger, and again in the 1980s after Nancy Reagan raved about her visit for a conference.

This past weekend, Rivers, Adams and Sheindlin stayed at the Williamsburg Inn, which has previously housed kings, queens and presidents. They enjoyed dinners at the King’s Arms Tavern and Chowning’s Tavern. “I felt sorry for everyone around us because all we did is laugh,” she said.

They toured all the must-see stops in the Historic Area, from the Governor’s Palace to the jail to the wigmaker’s shop. Rivers, who hosts E!’s “Fashion Police,” had some fashion advice for the costumed interpreters: “The men’s clothes are better than the women’s! The men look really great, the women look … OK. Lose the apron and just look fetching.”

Rivers said they also made sure to venture beyond the historic attractions and visit some local businesses. She raved about a stop at Binn’s fashion store in Merchant’s Square and enjoyed some antiquing in town.

Rivers stars on a WEtv reality show with her daughter, Melissa Rivers, called “Joan Knows Best.” She enjoyed her visit to Williamsburg so much, she hopes to film a future episode here, this time with her grandson, Cooper.

“It was so beautiful and so perfect,” she said. “The three days were absolutely magical.”