Every Spring and Summer there are farmer’s markets all over Fairfax County, Virginia. The towns in the county have them on different days, presumably to avoid duplication. And competition, for that matter. Anyway, Reston has a farmer’s market from early May through mid-November on Saturdays. So I went over to Lake Anne to take a […]
Read More »Every year around this time Reston, along with local businesses, sponsors an annual “Cardboard Regatta”. Basically, school kids, often with the aid of their parents and teachers build cardboard boats for a sailing competition in Lake Anne. Teams get in the boats they designed and constructed, and then they are launched. The teams compete to […]
Read More »We were able to take a quick trip up to the Jersey Shore to see friends, including a couple from California who rented a house in Ship Bottom on Long Beach Island. It’s been quite a while since we stayed on LBI. It has really been built up; especially since the times we went there […]
Read More »A Photo Book entitled La Belle France, A Photographic Journey is now available from Blurb. It is a 58 page hardcover book, printed on top quality paper and therefore a bit pricey. The book is an exploration of France and French culture as seen through a camera lens. The photos explore the cities of Paris […]
Read More »What can you say about one of the most beautiful islands in the world that hasn’t already been said? We just came back after spending a week in the Hamilton Princess in Bermuda. It’s been a long time since we were there—maybe 25 years or so. But it is as stunningly beautiful as ever. There […]
Read More »After leaving Roanoke we headed out to Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. The park is relatively small, very impressive and (of course) commemorates the surrender of the South and the end of the 4 years of U.S. Civil War. The U.S. Civil War was arguably the world’s first modern war. People often forget just […]
Read More »It’s been a while. Still recovering from 7 weeks in Bordeaux, and getting things up to date at home. But we are on the road again. For a weekend trip we headed out to Roanoke VA. Among other things we wanted to travel along the Skyline Drive, see more of the Shenandoah Valley and finally, […]
Read More »Well, it’s about time to wrap up the trip to Bordeaux. The last few days we were very lucky to be accompanied by glorious weather as well as our friends Sally and Michael. Fittingly enough, at least as far as we were concerned, we spent the end of our trip in St Emilion and Medoc […]
Read More »As our trip to Bordeaux was drawing to a close, our good friends Sally and Michael Oxlade, from the time we lived in England, flew down to Bordeaux to join us. We spent the next several days catching up, tasting wines at various vineyards and touring around. After meeting in Bordeaux, the next morning we […]
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