DC in Bloom: The 2012 National Cherry Blossom Festival
Flying amid the flowers during last year's cherry blossom peak. I was going to save this post for later this week, but with the National Park Service’s recent announcement of new, earlier peak bloom...
View ArticleScience + You = Hands-on Fun and Learning
Putting the pieces in place for a healthy body As if we needed another reason to visit the Yards Park, the Living Classrooms Foundation has given us a good one: Science + You, a fun and engaging free...
View ArticlePeak Time in DC: The 2013 National Cherry Blossom Festival
DC at its peak last year How appropriate that the first day of spring also marks the start of the 2013 National Cherry Blossom Festival. If only the weather would follow suit. But I digress… This is...
View ArticleArt & Light at the Yards
For the last few weeks, an old abandoned building in the Navy Yard area near Yards Park has been the site of a public art project called Art Yards. Seven internationally renowned artists have turned...
View ArticlePaddling the Anacostia from Ballpark Boathouse
There have been some pretty sublime spring days lately, so we’ve been taking advantage and spending a lot of time outdoors. (And I have a spectacular farmer’s tan to show for it!) Recently, on an...
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