Boy, did I need to visit a New Place today! I woke up with only a few hours of sleep, so frustrated and worn out from trying to troubleshoot some of the technical aspects of this website and overwhelmed by a stressful and overlong to-do list. I knew I needed a whole fresh perspective. So,…
Another entry in my Civil War forts of DC miniseries! To many people (including me for most to of the 13 years I lived in DC) Fort Bayard Park is just a large, green hill with a playground, a small baseball field, and lots of open space for romping things (dogs, kids, etc.) to romp.…
Alley Dive!! I was craving a good old fashioned DC alley dive, after a few weeks up in small-town Pennsylvania. The alley we found (in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood, behind 18th Street, NW, between Kenyon and Kilbourne) was especially cool because it wasn’t just one linear alley, but rather a network of connecting alleys, chock…
Throwing the dog a bone today, with another addition to our “Dog Parks of DC” mini-series. We traveled to the Columbia Heights neighborhood to visit this park at 11th and Park Street NW (“11th and Bark” I’ve heard it affectionately called by the dog contingent). This dog park has everything a dog and its owner…
This might be the first in a beer garden (or more Germanically correct, “Biergarten”) mini-series here at One New Place. All in the service of a higher good: I’m researching venues for a German literature event. I suffer so for the arts! Dacha is a congenial place that seems to place equal emphasis on both…
I wouldn’t really recommend Life Asset as a tourist destination; in fact, it is not. But it worked out great as a volunteer headquarters for our neighborhood’s annual “Adams Morgan Day” festival today And since I was kind of tied to the neighborhood as a volunteer, it worked out well as a New Place. I…
Does virtual reality count as a New Place? If so, I scored big tonight, as I made my first excursion into that realm. I also scored pretty well in the brick-and-mortar New Places department, with this very cool museum, Artechouse (No, not “artichokes,” dear Autocorrect), and a whole new street in SW DC (Maryland Avenue),…
I’m fine, no worries! Just needed to report here for a doctor’s appointment today. I’ve been on the MedStar Campus before (at the Rehab Hospital and the Physician’s Building) and thought I knew my way around, but apparently, I don’t. The good news is that my appointment was in a whole new (to me) building—the…
Today, I had some especially cute fellow explorers who showed me this beautiful lake in Lebanon County, PA, that might as well have been a mirror set in the earth, reflecting the sky, the clouds and the rim of trees that surrounded it. A kayak made a few ripples far off on the other side, and…
Apparently Pennsylvania wine is a thing now! Who knew? About four or five wineries have popped up within driving distance of my hometown in about as many years. Tonight I visited Folino’s Estate, which appealed because it also had a nice restaurant for a “farewell Pennsylvania dinner.” Built in the style of an Italian stone…