Bringing Down the White Picket Fence

What do you know about this quote carved into the marble of the southeast wall of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.? If, like me, you read the words and thought,...

There’s something about Washington, D.C. and sunshine. The sky, the trees, those cherry blossoms when they’re in bloom. Who doesn’t love this city? We’re a little bit of Alexandria and a...

We are well on our way to Platinum!  We made a road trip out of stays 8, 7, and 6 by heading to Philadelphia, Alexandria, and Washington, D.C.! Our first stop...

Washington, D.C. is one of those cities that just keeps us coming back for more.  Perhaps we have Pierre Charles L’Enfant to thank for this.  After all, George Washington put him...

Washington, D.C.-Day 2 On Sunday morning, with coffee in hand, we made our way over to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.  It was early and quiet, which made the...

I’m not a movie person. There are few movies I’ve seen all the way through. Most of these movies I’ve seen at the movie theater, largely because AMC does not have...

I was blessed to meet Dr. Joel Shappirio.  Although he never knew that I would one day marry his son, there was some kind of magic behind meeting my future father-in-law....