While we were in DC the annual Rolling Thunder parade happened to be going on.  Not ones to miss something unique, we sat on an empty Constitution Ave and waited. […]

Mary Catherine saw this as one of the things to see while in DC for the Memorial Day weekend. I expected a field of planted poppies (which, in hindsight, was […]

We’ve gone in the past by accident but this time we went on purpose. The National Building Museum is a beautiful space inside but you can tell it’s not a Smithsonian. […]

We went to see President Obama and the First Lady’s portraits (where were wonderful.) We walked away remarking how realistic Nixon’s looked (it was done by Rockwell) and that JFK […]

Dinner in DC at an out of the way restaurant.  Well worth the trip.  Great decor, cocktails and wine and food. We ended up there on a French Wine weekend […]