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Thanksgiving dinner as picnic at Woodcrest
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Cousins' brunch at the very popular Founding Farmers in DC
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Love the tree! A new sculpture spotted on my post-brunch walk
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Remarkably given the great weather, I still went into the National Gallery
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I've always meant to photograph these panels telling how the museum began
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Morattico, one of my first destinations driving around the Neck area of Virginia
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Across the street, a beach house from the good old days
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Almost idyllic -- Reedville, I think
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The romantic Essex Inn, even more romantic by moonlight
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The day it rained, I went to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts... and was very happily surprised by their 19th c collection
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I love stained glass, especially from this period
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Tiffany's work was well represented
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The most Tiffany lamps I've seen in one place!
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The VMFA collection was broad too, including German and Austrian work... and a good introductory panel
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And American
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The collection extended into the Art Deco period too
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An art deco apartment in Paris
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The breakfast room at The Essex Inn
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By good luck, I visited Menokin the same day as a journalist and got a behind-the-scenes tour
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A sample of the 'transparent' restoration they are doing
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The Menokin project site
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About Menokin's exterior
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About Menokin's punkah
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The Menokin vision
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Westmoreland State Park (opened in 1936) was beautiful, even on this gray day
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A moment of rest
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Westmoreland Park
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Unbothered by my presence
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I stumbled upon George Washington's birthplace
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Looks like a mix of Mount Vernon and the Washington Monument
