Category Archives: Washington life

It’s beginning to look like Christmas

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Local tree tied to Isaac Newton

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Whooping Cranes bring wilds to downtown

Walking down 16th & O Sts. NW, I was drawn to an unexpected one-acre park where a stainless steel sculpture of two 12-foot tall whooping cranes draw you in. Wait . . . what? Kent Ullberg created the cranes in … Continue reading

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White House Visitors Center

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A tree grows in Alexandria

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Hail to the Commanders

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In search of great pizza

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President passes by

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Trying &Pizza

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Where the old FBI show was filmed

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Pig races at the county fair

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Trying Papa John’s crustless pizza

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Visit Harper’s Ferry

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My new book is out

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Party at FedEx

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Fort Washington is a forgotten jewel of two centuries

(Reprinting one of our favorite columns) Growing up near the fort just south of town, I remember walking Fort Washington’s steps and hills down to the Potomac River with great joy. Then for some reason, I went 30 years without … Continue reading

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OK, mistakes were made

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Houdini and Francis Scott Key drank here

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Let’s visit the old Redskins Park

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Strutting in Peacock Alley

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