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It’s time once again to spend Christmas with George Washington and celebrate an A-list Christmas party at Mt. Vernon, complete with waltzing cherry blossoms and dancing sugar plums. With King George as the villainous Rat King and George Washington as the Nutcracker, it’s hard not to fall in love with this Washington Ballet tradition, based [...]
I was driving in Northern Virginia yesterday, at the time when the sun was just about to set over the trees and noticed this pond with some explosive colors of fall foliage.
I shot just a few seconds of video and here it is — my first mini-clip.
This upcoming weekend will be the best time to take a drive to [...]
Across the street from Lafayette Park on H Street is the Stephen Decatur House, the former home one of American’s most famous naval heroes and the last private residence on Lafayette Square. It’s also one of DC’s oldest surviving homes, dating back to 1818.
Decatur served as a U.S. naval officer and held several important commands [...]
While recently driving, I noticed one of the many historical markers along so many of the area’s roads. These markers are all over the place, marking Revolutionary War battles, Civil War battlefields, the sited of historical events and buildings as well as other historical places. But on this one, three words caught my eye - Nike Missile [...]
It’s the ideal time for Fall color in the area, with the region at about 60% of it’s seasonal change completed. One of the region’s best places for Fall color is Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Park.
But just about anywhere in the area is a great place for viewing the changing of the season.
Here’s [...]
American travel writer and documentary maker, Karin Muller, has authored three travel books including Hitchhiking Vietnam: A Woman’s Solo Journey in an Elusive Land, where she spent seven months traveling alone through Vietnam by motorbike and on foot.
Her latest 2006 documentary film, Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa, she chronicles a yearlong quest [...]
I finally made the trip to Skyline Drive, in the Shenandoah National Park this past weekend. And it was really worth it.
Luckily, my timing was perfect as the colors were fantastic. The temps were mild and the sun cooperated, at least part of the day. And surprisingly, the traffic was non-existent.
But I was a bit surprised [...]
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial and masonic lodge on Shuter’s Hill in Alexandria, Virginia was completed in 1932 as a memorial to George Washington, who was also a Freemason.
The Masons or Freemasons origin and history is a bit cloudy as is the entire organization. Today, it’s a private fraternal organization with guarded secrets and rituals, that [...]
Today, Veterans Day, is the day we, as a nation, honor all veterans who fought to protect the freedoms we often take for granted.
While many of the recent wars (Korea, Vietnam, Iraq to name a couple) may not have been popular, nor were they rallied behind by the citizenry as happened during World War II, [...]
Then check out The Carnival of Travelers, with stories from around the globe about food and travel.
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The time-classic New England Church Supper.
Lithuanian Food & Drinks, including some hot pink (hot pink?), beetroot soup.
How about a Sake Tasting at a Berkley, California sake producer?
A useful [...]
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