Brandy Melville is bringing its first Virginia store to Reston Town Center, Voodoo Brewing opens its Herndon taproom on Saturday, Oct. 24, and our data on 4,958 Reston home sales shows what happens to sellers who wait.

Brandy Melville is taking the space Apple left at Reston Town Center, and we talk about the brand's one-size approach. Voodoo's owner told us the opening date for the Dulles Station taproom. We also cover Abricott's new Herndon shop on Spring Street, Mountain Mike's Pizza at South Lakes Village and the end of Lakeside Asia Cafe.

Before that, we start at the Baron Cameron Cup, where South Lakes beat Herndon 48-0 in a downpour and moved to 5-0. Herndon still leads the all-time series 15-14. Then we argue about whether a bakery counts as a coffee shop and look back on 25 years of the Reston YMCA.

The fall calendar comes next: the Reston Home Tour, ChalkFest and Howl-O-Ween all land on Oct. 17, plus the Halloween house in Herndon and the SUP witches paddle on Lake Anne on Nov. 1.

We close with our analysis of 4,958 Reston home sales since January 2022. Homes that went under contract in the first week sold at a median 101.9% of their original list price. After the second week, the median slipped below list and kept falling, and a seller who starts too high and cuts in small steps can trail the market for two months.

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Links referenced in this episode: South Lakes 48, Herndon 0: https://greaterrestonliving.com/reston-herndon-high-school-scoreboard-october-3-2026/ Coffee shops in Reston and Herndon: https://greaterrestonliving.com/coffee-shops-reston-herndon-va/ The Traveling Shepherd coffee: https://thetravelingshepherd.com Reston YMCA 25th anniversary recognition: https://patch.com/virginia/reston/reston-ymca-celebrates-25-years-fairfax-county-recognition Brandy Melville at Reston Town Center: https://greaterrestonliving.com/brandy-melville-reston-town-center/ Abricott opens in Herndon: https://theburn.com/2026/10/01/abricott-opens-new-nuts-sweets-shop-in-herndon/ Voodoo Brewing first look: https://greaterrestonliving.com/voodoo-brewing-herndon-dulles-station-first-look/ Dogfish Head Alehouse: https://greaterrestonliving.com/dogfish-head-alehouse-reston-town-center/ Fall events in Reston and Herndon: https://greaterrestonliving.com/reston-herndon-fall-events-october-november-2026/ Washington West Film Festival: https://wwfilmfest.com/ Reston Home Tour: https://www.restonmuseum.org/reston-home-tour-updated-2026 ChalkFest: https://publicartreston.org/chalkfest-2026/ Chasing the Market, what 4,958 Reston sales say about pricing: https://greaterrestonliving.com/reston-home-pricing-days-on-market-chasing-the-market/