Saturday, January 19, 2013

TEN DC PLACES SAGA 8:

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S POPE-LEIGHEY HOUSE AND WOODLAWN PLANTATION
Virginia Surburbs.


Mr. Wright wrestled with the solution of the modest suburban home with his 'Usonian Houses'. This 1939 home is an excellent example that was saved from highway construction in the suburbs of Northern Virginia.


It was moved onto Woodlawn Plantation's acreage. The 1805 Custis House there is also very interesting.

Next, a Home for Animals.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

FAVORITE DELAWARE BEACHES RESTAURANTS SAGA 2:

NAGE
Rehoboth

Nage has by far the most inventive and fabulous food of any restaurant in the area.

I first discovered Nage when they started in Rehoboth Beach in 1990±. Now they're outside the Beach and on Highway One in Rehoboth. But, nonetheless, they haven't lost their quality.

It's a very "bistro" type of place—well decorated; very cozy.

A genuine treat!

Next, a Different Beach Town.

Monday, January 7, 2013

WRISTWATCHES SAGA 3:

WRISTWATCHES

I discovered a brand on the Internet. It's by a French architect who turned into a famous watchmaker: Alan Siberstein. They are all hand-crafted. He does a design series of very a limited number: 100 to 350.


Maybe THAT'S why I love them so much!


My Collection Of Three:
My Everyday wristwatch (a reproduction).
A dresser one (also a reproduction).
The Pièce de Résistance (authentic -6.5 carats).
A Crowd Pleaser!

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

TEN DC PLACES SAGA 7:

WOODROW WILSON HOUSE:
DC's only presidential museum. The home is as it was, showing how the Wilsons lived.

Too stricken in body and spirit to remain for the inauguration of his successor, Woodrow Wilson left the capitol and motored to his new residence in the Kalorama section of Washington, D.C. on March 4, 1921. To his surprise, several hundred people were waiting to watch him enter the house where he would spend the last three years of his life.


Each year, thousands still visit the final home of the twenty-eighth President. The house remains for us today as it was when he lived here, a place for insightful reflection on his career as educator, social reformer, and world statesman. 


Next, a House for House sake.