Posted: May 27th, 2023 | Filed under: Out Of Town
April 20, 2022
A spring break short trip to DC. Got up early to get a jump on things and was already into New Jersey before 6 a.m.:
National Museum of Natural History, mostly to use the bathroom after the long journey, but also to see the Hope Diamond:
National Museum of African American History & Culture:
April 21, 2022
Country Fried Steak and Eggs for breakfast at Bob & Edith’s Diner in Arlington County:
Spy Museum — this is an inflatable tank designed to fool spy satellites:
New architecture = picturesque stairwells? The Spy Museum followed by the National Museum of African American History & Culture:
A walk to the Jefferson Memorial, thinking there might be cherry blossoms still (there weren’t):
Chercher Ethiopian Restaurant for dinner:
April 22, 2022
In the morning, a project to take all the different trains in the DC area, including the Virginia Railway Express and MARC commuter trains and all the DC Metro lines:
National Children’s Museum:
April 23, 2022
Clemyjontri Park in McLean, Virginia:
Fairlington Park in Arlington, Virginia:
April 24, 2022
National Mall, 6:18 a.m., right before a morning run — the whole loop from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial and back to wherever you began is a little under five miles:
Lunch and a quick tour through the National Museum of the American Indian before getting stuck in hours of traffic on the way back home:
Posted: May 23rd, 2023 | Filed under: Out Of Town
February 18, 2022
Flew across the country to the Bay Area and by 2:30 in the afternoon had already finished lunch in Half Moon Bay:
Stayed down the road in Santa Cruz near the boardwalk:
February 19, 2022
Monterey Bay Aquarium:
Then drove around in the sunny weather to see the striking Northern California coast in our boss red Dodge Charger:
And later on back in Santa Cruz, The Mystery Spot:
February 20, 2022
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park and the Apple Park Visitor Center on our way to San Francisco, where we ditched the rental car . . .
February 21-22, 2022
To San Francisco, enjoyed blue skies walking through Fort Mason toward Fisherman’s Wharf:
…and at Lands End:
And whole fried crab at R&G Lounge:
February 23, 2022
Went across the bay to Oakland Jack London Square Station to catch the Coast Starlight Amtrak train to Los Angeles:
February 25, 2022
Disneyland!
February 26, 2022
Brunch at Magic Castle:
February 27, 2022
LA Galaxy vs. NYCFC at Dignity Health Sports Park in nearby Carson:
And Cambodian food for dinner in Long Beach at Sophy’s Restaurant:
Posted: May 17th, 2023 | Filed under: Out Of Town
April 8, 2023
We landed first thing in the morning flying in from NYC so the thing to do was stay up.
Novelty Automation in Holborn helped keep us engaged:
Then headed around the block to The Fryer’s Delight, wasting no time getting our fish and chips box ticked:
From there wandered down toward Westminster via the Strand:
And finally to Trafalgar Square:
And everyone stayed awake!
April 9, 2023
This being Sunday we had to visit Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park:
Walked around Kensington:
And then hit up The World’s End in Finsbury Park for Sunday Roast while watching Arsenal tie Liverpool:
April 10, 2023
A tour of Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea FC:
Nearby, the Harrods food hall:
And why stop with one Premier League stadium? Fron there we checked in with Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium:
April 11, 2023
Morning run along Regent’s Canal in Islington near where we stayed in Canonbury:
Later, passing by St Paul’s Cathedral on our way across the River Thames:
…on our way to the Tate Modern:
The Queen’s Walk:
…toward Borough Market:
April 12, 2023
We and seeming every other tourist in London attended the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace:
…followed by a Full English Breakfast at Regency Cafe:
The checkerboard pattern of the Edwin Lutyens-designed Grosvenor Estate Social Housing on Page Street is really striking:
Camden Market:
That evening, we saw The Tempest at Shakespeare’s Globe:
April 13, 2023
Piccadilly Circus for some shopping:
Fortnum & Mason:
Nearby Chinatown:
Tea and Tattle in Bloomsbury before a visit to the British Museum:
April 14, 2023
Kew Gardens:
And Ted Lasso lives just down the road in Richmond:
…and his local:
Had to get back across town to see the strange and wonderful Viktor Wynd Museum:
April 15, 2023
A trip to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to catch a Premier League match:
A Hackney rainbow:
April 16, 2023
The Monument:
Sunday Roast at Blacklock City:
Brick Lane:
