Bibiana
Buratta d"Andria at Bibiana Last week I had the chance to eat at Bibiana in downtown Washington, DC. Wow!! The menu fits into the category of Italian, but this is not merely a new copy of an old...
View ArticleThe National Mall on the 4th of July
Calm before the storm. Tonight there will be 10′s of thousands of people here for concerts and fireworks. This morning it has been swept clean by US Park Police and Homeland Security!
View ArticleHiking Roosevelt Island and the Key-Chain Trail
Looking up this stretch of the Potomac from Roosevelt Island you can see the National Cathedral and Georgetown University in the background with the Whitehurst Freeway stretching out below. In late...
View ArticleSun Setting Behind the Washington Monument
I just happened to be in the right place at the right time, on the right day! TT
View ArticleA Walk Around the US Capitol
Scaffolding covers the Capitol dome for a massive restoration project. The work is done at night with the help of over 700 LED lights to guide the workers. This is the second in a series of Ten 3-Mile...
View ArticleWashington DC’s Tidal Basin
This post is one in a series of Ten 3-Mile Walks Around Washington, DC. The pins in the map below show where I stopped to take pictures but also serve to outline the route! You can almost guess the...
View ArticleThe United States Air Force Memorial
This post is one in a series of Ten 3-Mile Walks Around Washington, DC. The pins in the map below show where I stopped to take pictures but also serve to outline the route! This route begins at the...
View ArticleSpring in Washington, DC and The Elusive Cherry Blossoms
. The Jefferson Memorial viewed through the cherry blossoms from across the Tidal Basin. After a relatively harsh winter, spring is finally here in Washington, DC. This means the pursuit of the DC’s...
View ArticleVE Day 70th Anniversary – Warbirds’ DC Flyover
Friday May 8th was the 70th anniversary of VE Day. To commemorate the event, a massive flyover of 56 World War II era planes was staged at a small airport in Manassas, VA and flew to Washington, DC,...
View ArticleTheodore Roosevelt Island
This post is one in a series of Ten DC Walks The pins in the map below show where I stopped to take pictures but also serve to outline the route! Theodore Roosevelt Island is in the Potomac River...
View ArticleTheodore Roosevelt Island
This post is one in a series of Ten 3-Mile Walks Around Washington, DC. The pins in the map below show where I stopped to take pictures but also serve to outline the route! Theodore Roosevelt Island...
View ArticleOperation Homefront & the Army 10 Miler
“I have committed to running the Army 10 Miler; and to raising $1,000 in the process.” Happy Independence Day! The official document informing England it was not the boss of us! I love the 4th of...
View Article2015 in Review…the Food
Yesterday I began a short series looking back on the best of 2015. Between work and pleasure I took 25 overnight trips in 2015, so I started the series with travel. Food is next! With those trips...
View ArticleNew Year’s Day at Arlington National Cemetery
The view from the John Kennedy gravesite, straight down the Memorial Bridge to the Lincoln Memorial. It was across this bridge that a horse-drawn caisson famously brought the fallen president to this...
View ArticleThe National Gallery of Art – Featuring the Only da Vinci in the United States
Ginevra de’ Benci, c1474 oil painting on a wood panel. Thirty-five years ago on a college semester in Paris, I visited the Louvre. Like most tourists I made a beeline for the Mona Lisa and took a...
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