Our route took us from Bethesda, Maryland, past Dulles airport and westward for a first stop in Middleburg. As mentioned previously, Middleburg is a tiny town with a population of 700. White, wealthy strongly right leaning politically but situated within a county that is fast moving left. Our intention was to stretch our legs and…
Day: June 6, 2026
About those liquor laws
I got seriously addicted to Aperol Spritz’s while in Belgium and wanted to recreate the drink for my friends. All part of the lounge and sip program. We discovered the liquor laws in Maryland made it more difficult to scout out Aperol. Today we head to Virginia so where would we find this lovely elixir?…
Into Africa
We took another DC outing yesterday, Parking in Bethesda is problematic so as we did the day before, we hailed an Uber to a Red line station and hopped on the metro ending in DC a couple blocks from The Mall. What should have been a short walk across the Mall to our destination turned…