October 12, 2024
There I am in my current DC apartment… but we are moving in a few days. I always need to have a go-to Thai place and I was happy to find Charm Thai Restaurant in Silver Spring, MD on my walk. I got the usual Pad See Ew with spring Read more…
October 9, 2024
This post about Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens spans two visits. The first in mid-September was curiosity, reconnaissance… it was also at high tide which limits your ability to see most of the park as paths are submerged in water. The aquatic gardens in mid-September were still vibrant green but Read more…
September 22, 2024
As one might expect, DC has the best museums. And many of the best, the Smithsonian family of museums, are free! These are some shots from The Smithsonian American Art Museum. So much beautiful art… it can take up many afternoons of perusing. I liked her face… …and the quote. Read more…
We stumbled upon a gorgeous garden in an alley way in Washington DC… and there, the Stick Pea flower which I became obsessed with. This post is just a quick study of its beauty Even the bees were into it Some none-Stick Pea stuff… this massive hibiscus And these things. Read more…
September 21, 2024
We could say that it was for my friend’s birthday or my upcoming birthday or just because, but we splurged on an elegant 5-course meal at Elizabeth’s in Washington DC. The innovative and playful meal featured plants in surprising forms, forms so transformed and undetectable from their original state that Read more…
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC is the largest Roman Catholic Church in North America and one of the most beautiful man-made places I’ve ever seen. The divinely ornate mosaic domes top this tallest habitable structure in DC–home to 82 Marian chapels celebrating Read more…
September 13, 2024
Another cloudy day would be the perfect time to meander in another historic rural cemetery in DC. Oak Hill Cemetery was very pretty with lots to see on a smaller scale than by say Rock Creek Cemetery. That face Checkerboard tiling was a nice touch Baby boy Allow me to Read more…
September 8, 2024
I finally got to The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Being from New York and dropping in on NYC’s American Museum of Natural History since childhood, this museum has been on the backburner. With time to kill on short call reserve, I finally went. I was impressed, as were Read more…
August 29, 2024
That’s what this is, I’ve decided. A pit stop. Refueling before I move onward. It is just lasting months, as I knew it would. But the feeling of sacrifice I couldn’t predict. The suspension of a forward progression of time, the isolation in this tangent. The standstill of my other Read more…