Ice skating? Check. It’s that time of year! I love this creative shot from the National Gallery Rink. It’s just a brisk walk down the Hill, and I’m looking forward to our Flickr pool’s take on ice skating at Canal Park too. The opening of that rink has been delayed due to a ruptured pipe in […]
Next year marks the 200th anniversary when Washington burned in the War of 1812. It also marks the 150th anniversary when Confederate forces attacked Fort Stevens, a Civil War outpost located near Missouri and Georgia Avenue, NW. I will return to these two important moments in history many times in the next months and year, but first I want […]
All done with your Thanksgiving feast? Have you finished correcting everyone that it’s the “Macy’s THANKSGIVING Day Parade” and not simply the Macy’s Day Parade? Done extolling the virtues of apple pie over pumpkin, or, God forbid, pecan? Well good. Time to swap out our A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving for A Charlie Brown Christmas. Which requires, in […]
As you are emerging from your post-turkey haze, trying to figure out how to entertain lingering friends and family, shopping local or setting off in search of the perfect Christmas tree, we’d like to take a moment to say that WE are thankful for YOU. You read, share posts, comment and email us your questions […]
It’s inevitable; guests are about to arrive and you realize that you are missing some crucial ingredient. Or maybe the guests have already taken over your house and you are in desperate need of a break so you claim to need more eggs, milk, wine… No matter what it is you really need, when it […]