The DC Traveler

April 30th, 2008

Photo of the Week

Here’s a photo form a couple weeks ago of one of Washington, DC’s beautiful trees in bloom, at the Haupt Garden at the Smithsonian  Castle on Independence Avenue.

Images - from personal collection - © 2008 - Jon Rochetti
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April 30th, 2008

Large Crowds

This clip has nothing to do with anything, but I found it funny.
How would you react in the same situation?
 
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April 29th, 2008

Strangest Race Ever

It’s a race Wile E. Coyote or Rube Goldberg would probably enter –the tenth annual Kinetic Sculpture Race at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. And it’s one of the wackiest races in America.

Nicknamed the “Triathlon of the Art World“, and put on by the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, the race requires contestants to […]

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April 28th, 2008

Monument Monday - The Maine Lobsterman

A memorial to Maine fishermen who have devoted their lives to the fishing the sea is located on Maine Avenue at the Waterfront. 
It’s a curious place for a statue to lobster fishing, considering Washington, DC and the Chesapeake Bay is prime crab territory.

The statute is a copy of the original statute, commissioned by the state […]

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April 27th, 2008

A Sure Sign of Spring

This morning I stepped outside my home and saw a sure sign of Spring and warmer weather to come.
A couple of my azalea bushes were just starting to bloom.

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April 27th, 2008

Cabaret with Wonder Woman

Years ago, I had the fortune to meet one of the world’s most stunning woman, Lynda Carter, aka Wonder Woman.  At over 5′8′, with long, flowing dark hair and self-reported measurements of 38-25-35 and 122 lbs., she was a one of America’s more wholesome sex symbols in the 1970s and 80s.
Linda’s mother started […]

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April 26th, 2008

National Cathedral Flower Mart

Attention Gardeners!! Washington’s National Cathedral’s 69th annual outdoor Flower Mart Festival brings together 50 boutique booths, filled with home and garden items, antiques, books adn garden related products. Purchase a few bedding plants then tour the landscape exhibits and gardens. Plus there’s tons of fun for children. Kids can enjoy the moon bounce, rock […]

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April 25th, 2008

Friday Photo Caption Contest

No prize for the best caption, but the top 3 (my choice) will get their suggestions and names mentioned on The DC Traveler.
Taken along Constitution Avenue, across from the National Mall.

Here’s a couple captions to get you started…

So what do you think, baby?  Is the Jacuzzi big enough? 
Stop swimming from me….We really need to talk.
So…visit […]

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April 25th, 2008

Mom-Daughter Cooking Lesson

Just in time for Mother’s Day, join the “Zen-style” Executive Chef of The OZ Restaurant, Timothy Jones, as he instructs moms and their daughters in an intimate (12 person class limit) hands-on cooking class. 
Using wild asparagus, Maryland crab and citrus fruits, learn to prepare healthy summer soups and salads while enjoying champagne cocktails […]

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April 24th, 2008

A Couple New Blogs to Check Out

If you’re a fan of all the inside the beltway politics, back-stabbing, scandals, posturing, rumors and can’t get pull yourself from 24-hour cable news, then check out Starked DC and what our newest blogger, J-Michael has to say about the DC political scene
    
Our second new b5media blogger, Jody, is writing about one of my […]

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