Places

Thinking of colder times

We’ve been hit by a serious heat wave during the past few weeks, with very little rain and ridiculously high temperatures (not normal for Southern Transilvania, where summers used to be a balmy 25-27 degrees Celsius when I was a kid). So I started to think fondly of colder times and gladly contemplated freezing weather — anything to escape the heat.

The photos were taken in Grosvenor Park.

Leaves under ice cover, lake, Grosvenor Park.

Ice and snow on lake surface, Grosvenor Park.

Hole in tree trunk, Grosvenor Park, North Bethesda, MD, USA.

Places

On 15th St NW in DC

A few days back, you got to see what 17th St NW looks like. Now you’ll see 15th St NW, which passes the White House on the other side of the Ellipse. Among the photos, you’ll the US Department of Commerce, the Willard Washington Hotel, the Boy Scout Memorial, the Pershing Memorial, the Department of the Treasury and other interesting sights. Be sure to view the full gallery at the end of the post, which contains 30 photos. I only posted a select few below.

The Willard Inter-Continental Hotel, Washington, DC, USA.

A sculpted column marking the original entrance into Washington, DC, USA.

The Treasury Department, Washington, DC, USA.

Rusty light post, wrought iron, Washington, DC, USA.

Girl on skating rink, Washington, DC, USA.

Hotel Washington and The Willard Inter-Continental Hotel, Washington, DC, USA.

A squirrel near the roots of a tree, downtown Washington, DC, USA.

Intersection, downtown Washington, DC, USA.

Architectural motifs, building in downtown Washington, DC, USA.

Children skating near the Willard Hotel, Washington DC.

A memorial bronze plaque near the Department of the Treasury, Washington DC.

Places

At the Chevy Chase Village Circle

There are a couple of old churches at the Chevy Chase Village Circle, in the DC area. One is Presbyterian and the other is Catholic. Here are several photos I took of them, back in 2007.

Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.

All Saints Church, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.

Places

On 17th St NW in DC

Here are a few photos taken on a DC street you may not know by name, but you may recognize once you see the photos (hint: it passes by the White House).

Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, DC, USA.

Front, Red Cross Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA.

Side view, Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, DC, USA.

Executive Office Building, old entrance with stairway, Washington, DC, USA.

Entrance, Red Cross Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA.

Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, DC, USA.

Mansard, Executive Office Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Events

At the WWI Memorial in DC

In just a couple of years, we’ll be coming up on the 100th commemoration of the start of World War I. Whether you think of the 28th of June, 1914 or the 28th of July of that same year as its start, it was a war that left an indellible mark on Europe and on world history. Here are some photos taken at the WWI Memorial in Washington, DC.