Coastal Maine Botanical Garden – Boothbay, ME
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Dumbarton Oaks – Washington, DC
Our wander through Georgetown culminated in a stroll up 31st Street to Dumbarton Oaks. (The stroll itself is a treat – what a gorgeous neighborhood.) There are two parts to this property, which is owned by Harvard: the house, now a museum and research library, and the garden. The museum is free, but the gardens
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Chihuly in the Garden
The other cool thing about visiting the Desert Botanical Garden is that it turns out they were having a Chihuly glass exhibit. One of the things I really like about the garden is how structural the cactus are, so having the glass in amongst them was a really interesting contrast. We never did
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Desert Botanical Garden – Phoenix, Arizona
So it wouldn’t be a trip to the Phoenix area for us if we didn’t stop by the Desert Botanical Garden. And can I just say how nice it was to see some green? One thing we did differently this time was check out the succulent collection. I don’t know how we’ve managed not to
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Versailles, Day 15
Versailles is an utterly amazing spectacle. It is grand on a scale that I’ve never experienced before. Standing there, looking out from the Palace to the Grand Canal is a glimpse into a very different world. Versailles is a bit of a trip outside of Paris proper. We took the RER train (basically the commuter
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Paris, Day 14
Our next morning, we had some shopping plans. We started out at the Les Halles metro stop, and managed to get completely turned around. Which ended up being a happy accident, as we ended up at the Centre Pompidou, which has a really neat fountain installation in its courtyard. Mistake corrected, we headed into the