Another New Place brought to me by my friend M, who apparently spent the equivalent of years at this neighborhood park and rec center as she raised her children. You might think, from the name, that this is a park … Read More
Today’s New Place is brought to us by my friend M, one of my favorite fellow explorers and a big fan of ONP. Knowing that I drive through the Tenleytown neighborhood here in DC often on my way back and … Read More
Spent a little time on this beautiful October afternoon exploring the grounds of Catholic University, which I have driven by umpteen thousand times in the last 13 years. So pretty! Gonna let the pictures do the talking on this one. … Read More
Does virtual reality count as a New Place? If so, I went to some pretty far out places today…. At one point I was wandering around in a basement with stone walls and floors, coils of yellow hoses…and no doors! … Read More
Today’s New Place is brought to us by the adage to “turn right” (TWICE in fact) off the main road. That got me off the much-frequented Connecticut Avenue and onto the little side street of Belt Rd—almost an alley really—in … Read More
For a moment there, I thought I might became more than a spectator at this historic Georgetown cemetery when an unleashed Doberman Pincher charged up behind me barking as I was photographing a tombstone. But the offending beast was ultimately … Read More
I haven’t gotten used to the shortening days yet, so the dark caught me by surprise tonight. I apologize in advance for these dark, shadowy pictures. ONP goes noir! Under the dark of night, I still managed to discover a … Read More
Fancy schmancy outing today—a visit to the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the U.S. State Department building here in Washington D.C—one of the items on my ONP bucket list for the year! Designed to impress, these rooms do—with classic eighteenth-century decor … Read More
Sometimes the New Places we find ourselves in aren’t at all the places we intended to be. And that’s not because the New Place is an unworthy place or a second choice; rather that our poor imaginations couldn’t even have … Read More
I finally found Fort Totten! Not the metro station, which is easy to find, but the actual location of the old Civil War fort in Northeast DC, which has been preserved as a park by the National Park Service. The … Read More