October 30 – Turtle Park (ONP #303)

By suzannez | October 30, 2018 | Comments Off on October 30 – Turtle Park (ONP #303)

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 for turtles. Alas, that is a little misleading. The park is formally named Friendship Rec…

October 29 – Jesse Reno School (ONP #302)

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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 forth to the hospital, she shared a few of her favorite places in this neighborhood,…

October 28 – Catholic University (ONP #301)

By suzannez | October 28, 2018 | Comments Off on October 28 – Catholic University (ONP #301)

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.  Enjoy!  

October 27 – Halcyon Arts Lab (ONP #300)

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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!   At another point I was in a large open space like an airplane hanger…

October 26 – Belt Rd. NW (ONP #299)

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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 the Chevy Chase neighborhood of  D.C Back there I found a large brick Baptist church,…

October 25 – Holy Rood Cemetery (ONP #298)

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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 leashed, and I was able to continue my rambles. Indeed, it’s just old tombstones and…

October 24 – Takoma Community & Aquatic Center (ONP # 297)

By suzannez | October 24, 2018 | Comments Off on October 24 – Takoma Community & Aquatic Center (ONP # 297)

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 pretty cool place that I never knew existed before–this community center and indoor pool in…

October 23 – U.S. State Department Diplomatic Reception Rooms (ONP #296)

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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 and furnishings intended to remind visitors (foreign diplomats and local tourists alike) of the Spirit…

Oct 22 – 10th Street NE (ONP #295)

By suzannez | October 22, 2018 | Comments Off on Oct 22 – 10th Street NE (ONP #295)

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 known to desire such a Place hitherto unknown to us. So it was with today’s…

October 21 – Fort Totten (ONP #294)

By suzannez | October 21, 2018 | Comments Off on October 21 – Fort Totten (ONP #294)

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 last time I went looking for Fort Totten, my GPS took me to a cement…