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We began our Saturday with a walk around the neighborhood of our hotel.
The only place of worship in Rosslyn’s business district, built in 1971,
is notable for its location above a gas station, which was a precondition
in the donation of the land. It is the only combination church and
gas station in the United States.
is notable for its location above a gas station, which was a precondition
in the donation of the land. It is the only combination church and
gas station in the United States.
Then it was off to pick crab.
Located on the Severn River, Cantler's is a local institution.
I imagine those poor folks across the river are as tired of crab crackin' mallets as we are of Army Hueys.
Anapolis has its historic districts. Nice.
We have an original Tastee-Freeze which is now Patricio's Tools. I'm not trying to be flip; honest.
Some call a penthouse prime real estate. What if this were your trip to work? And you got to hang out with the hippest people in the hippest places?
I meant more like...
Say no more. Know what I mean?
Seen about DC...
Acquiescence to the bike-riding community notwithstanding, the bus trying to cut you off to get into your lane is hardly user-friendly.
Later that night, from a perch on the ninth floor, overlooking the Potomac, serendipity returned.
As with the street scene above, this is a stitched panorama. It will really profit from you opening the largest version at Flickr and then scrolling around.
More to follow.
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I was in Annapolis in the early '80s when my mother's uncle drove me there and later he retired to that area and we visited in the early '90s. I had lunch at the Annapolis Yacht Club which he was a member of possibly because he had been a high level civilian in the Navy for much of his career.
Back in the '50s and '60s the same uncle, along with my mother's aunt before she passed on had lived along one of the small rivers leading into Chesapeake Bay and I remember going out in their motorboat into the bay which was a great memory for a five year old. Years later I saw the house again with my mother's uncle and friends of his owned it at the time. Another trip out to the bay in their boat on a Saturday and I could not believe how jammed the water was with boats going every which way.
The story about the church and gas station has me thinking of the slogans they could use there: "Services with a smile" or "Stop for gas and stay for services." How about a "Holy gas war" with the other stations in the area?
D - We both got a bad case of concrete foot, for lack of a better term. The shots of DC streets were the result of dropping off passenger/family after the trip to the water. They're from the car, because the last thing we needed was to stand in line an hour for a five dollar cupcake. The Anapolis waterfront was occupied by the annual boat show, with tents and stuff blocking the way and the view. Our high school field trip went to the Naval Academy. I sorta remember it.
Funny how the church shot begs for a caption. Mine was "Heaven above - gas down below."