Wow! Four New Places today (actually more, but I am only counting four). And I want to count all four (as opposed to picking just one) because they were all so fascinating. Today’s New Place(s) was(were) brought to us by my friend B, who invited me to attend the 2018 Unity Walk, an annual event…
Here we go on a-hiking on a beautiful fall Saturday, checking out a new (nameless) trail in Rock Creek Park–this one tucked behind Mt. Pleasant neighborhood with a sweet little lending library at the trail’s head. Honestly, while we had a pleasant enough outing, this trail doesn’t really qualify for my list of favorite Rock…
How many times, how many times, how many times. . . have I said this, have I never looked, have I driven by without knowing it existed, this place. This is a theme of my ONP year: the treasures concealed just around the corner if we turn left, go right, get off our beaten routes.…
Wow–I came really close to ditching the ONP project tonight. The skies were already dark at 6:30 when I left the hospital. I hadn’t had time earlier in the day to explore anyplace new. The rain was pouring down. My to-do list was as long as my left leg. I was hungry, on the verge…
Sometimes there are whole worlds tucked away in the smallest, most obscure little corners of the world. On an otherwise unremarkable road in suburban Maryland, not far from the National Institutes of Health, in a little row-house development of medical office buildings, Village Green Apothecary contains a whole universe of vitamins, botanicals, lotions, potions from…
One New Place leads to another… It’s true. Every New Place I cross off my list leads me to several others. So it was with Millie’s (September 19’s ONP). Their ice cream (Giffords from Maine!) was so good, it called me back today, on a warm afternoon after a long day of work. The detour…
Special outing today to a place I have been meaning to go to for years—Lincoln’s summer cottage, which he and his family stayed in during his time as President. The cottage is located on the grounds of the Old Soldier’s Home (a home for veterans) and was made available for Lincoln’s use while he was…
Fun outing today to the Arboretum with a whole gang of friends. Since we had all been to various points in the Arboretum before (me only once, to the main exhibit building), we headed to the Asia gardens and the pagoda, which was a New Place for all of us.(!!) Many adventures were had along…
Another one for the beer garden mini-series here at One New Place! Sauf Haus wasn’t technically a garden at all, being located on the second floor, up a set of narrow stairs in a converted Dupont Circle house. But to make up for that, it was festively done up: Flags festooned the ceilings, while walls…
Had a meeting with someone in the ‘burbs today at this hitherto-unknown-to-me coffeeshop and shopping plaza. I can report good smoothies at the coffeeshop! (though I am unlikely to drive outside the Beltway 40 minutes in traffic to get one). I also used the opportunity to do some bulk shopping at the Giant grocery store…