Georgetown gardens are numerous but there is a century-old specimen that outshines all its competitors. Dumbarton Oaks is a country estate built in a city. Located on R Street NW in Washington DC, it nestles between Rock Creek Park…
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Exploring Chincoteague town in Virginia is my post-pandemic escape in May. The island features a historic Main Street, wharf-side restaurants, a wildlife refuge, and a national seashore. Plus it is the home of Misty the Pony! If you are…
Chasing Misty of Chincoteague—the world’s most famous pony after Black Beauty—down to a barrier island in Virginia is probably not everybody’s idea of a vacation. But as an English major, I romanticize all authors who create novels that had…
DC’s 16th Street NW might have been the new home of The White House at the turn of the 20th century if Mary Foote Henderson had her way. Wife of Missouri Senator Henderson, she envisioned a grand boulevard filled…
A search for museums in Maryland will lead to a surprising discovery. You can find an “oasis of art” in suburbia. Glenstone Museum is located in affluent Montgomery County, Maryland. It marries landscape architecture, outdoor sculpture, and gallery art. Glenstone…
I escape to Bordeaux by way of a Delaplane winery on an 80-degree day in May. My destination is Virginia’s RdV Vineyards. With no trip planned to France in the near future due to Covid, it is an easy…
At the Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center in Solomons, Maryland, outdoor art hangs from trees, sits on lawns, and hides in a copse of trees. Annmarie bills itself as a “place where creativity thrives.” And I might add…
North Carolina’s Little Bradley Falls in secluded Saluda is an out-of-the-way jewel that I accidentally discovered. Located in the mountains of western North Carolina, Little Bradley Falls features a 50-foot multi-tiered waterfall. I come to Blue Ridge country to…
