D.C. in Photos: Cherry Blossom Festival

The people of Washington, D.C., dig their cherry trees and the three weeks in which they flower. They hold a festival to celebrate. It was running full tilt on Easter Sunday when my dear wife Karen and I walked the ring of the Tidal Basin, hoping to see some magnificent cherry blossoms in bloom to…

D.C. in Photos: Our Significant Leaders

Looking down from the pinnacle of the Washington Monument on a warm and getting sunnier Easter Sunday morning, I spied a musical stage on the lawn down below. On the way up from our hotel on F and 7th, I’d already told my dear wife Karen how during my D.C. days living a few miles…

D.C. in Photos: Washington Monument from All Angles

Everywhere you walk in Washington, D.C., there’s one monument that makes sure to make you feel welcome. The powers placed the Washington Monument high atop a hill on the National Mall, in the center of America’s capital city. From NationalParks.org: “Built in honor of the United State’s first President, George Washington, this National Monument stands…

Sweet city, our Capital

My dear wife Karen and I joined the tourist parade around the Tidal Basin and Reflecting Pool of Washington, D.C., Sunday. The Cherry Blossom Festival pulsed around the former, even though the East Coast’s tough winter had stunted the trees from yet reaching full bloom. Schedules of man must be made and kept no matter,…

Hot April Night

Early on during his concert Saturday night in the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., Neil Diamond asked how many people had gotten their tickets as Christmas presents. Half the 16,000 or so folks there cheered. I hollered out “anniversary, Neil!” The wait from October was worth it. My dear wife Karen can now cross seeing…

Touched down in D.C.

Good Neighbor Tim was told the plans and promised to keep an eye and an ear on the Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle is staying someplace close that she loves. My dear wife Karen and I boarded the big bird at Hancock International on Friday morning.…