Wesley Heights (August 29, 2019) On another stunning day, we started our exploration of Wesley Heights. We were back off the main streets and into one of the most beautiful neighborhoods that we have seen so far. First, we walked by Horace Mann Elementary School. Mann is a highly ranked DC public school with just …
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Day 37
Wesley Heights / Cathedral Heights (August 26, 2019) It was another day walking the main avenues. Hence, more apartment buildings. However, there was one house we took a liking to.
Day 36
Glover Park (August 25, 2019) On an absolutely stunning day, with heat and humidity finally in retreat, we returned once again to Glover Park. We passed down some streets lined with town houses but primarily walked the main avenues, lined with apartment buildings. Apparently, another Mal had been in the area before me.
Day 35
Glover Park (August 24, 2019) Back in Glover Park we walked by what looked to be the biggest community garden yet. The 2.7 acre garden started as a Victory Garden during World War II to address food shortages. Across from the garden are the Park Crest Gardens apartment complex. We loved the deco style of …
Day 34
Glover Park (August 22, 2019) Today we headed into Glover Park, named after Charles Carroll Glover (1846-1936). According to the description on the back of this call box, Glover is considered the father of Rock Creek Park, the massive park that extends up through the middle of the District. A wealthy banker and philanthropist, Glover …
Day 33
Cathedral Heights (August 21, 2019) Occasionally, Lauren will suggest a theme for the day to add a little more interest to our walk. A couple of weeks ago, we were looking for blue front doors. A couple of days ago, we were looking for quirky artistic flourishes. This evening we were looking for garden pots …
Day 32 (2)
Massachusetts Avenue / Woodland-Normanstone Terrace (August 19, 2019) We started the evening’s walk on the section of Massachusetts Avenue commonly known as Embassy Row, because of the large number of embassies lining both of its sides. Finland is not only officially the happiest country on earth, it also has one of the coolest embassies in …
Day 32 (1)
Woodley Park (August 19, 2019) The saying goes that only mad dogs and english men go out in the mid-day sun, so what’s our excuse? We headed back to Woodley Park with temperatures hovering around 100 degrees. Needless, to say it wasn’t one of our longer walks. We walked down some beautiful treelined streets of …
Day 31
Woodley Park (August 16, 2019) We were back down in Woodley Park in the midday heat. We started off next to the Oyster-Adams Bilingual school. Oyster is a public school where students from pre-K through grade eight do all of their classes in both English and Spanish. The school was slated to be shut down …
Day 30
Woodland – Normanstone Terrace (August 14, 2019) On our thirtieth day walking Ward 3, we headed into the beautiful valley nestled in between Massachusetts and Cleveland Avenues, known as Woodland – Normanstone Terrace. This neighborhood of stately houses counts numerous ambassadors among its residents. The Australian ambassador has either, the most realistic looking artificial tennis …
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