twenty-something years of "what have you been up to?"

oldest house in DC, built in 1765

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Peter's sister Alex visited us from Seattle over the weekend. Yea! Saturday, Hurricane Hanna/Major Annoyance Hanna also passed through town and it rained so hard we took a cab to go four blocks to a bookstore. The beautiful day yesterday was a shocking contrast. We celebrated by going to three museums. The highlight: Vermeer's Lady With a Balance. I can't believe I've spent this much time in DC and never paid her a visit before. Gloriousness.

We have plane tickets for next Wednesday, I hope the visas come through and we can use them.

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6 responses to “oldest house in DC, built in 1765”

September 8, 2008

alice

I saw “La jeune fille à la perle”, some years ago in The Hague, a strong emotion. I hope everything will be ok around your departure 🙂

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September 8, 2008

MamaLana

Hang in there, guys. Visas are a tricky business. Smooches.

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September 9, 2008

Oga

Oldest building in Moscow? 1370.
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/Russia/photo858463.htm

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September 9, 2008

Tina

I love that old house and wish I had been there to tour it with you.
The picture through the rain is so pretty and different. Great effect.
Hope your Visas are all set for the flight next week.

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September 9, 2008

Andrew

Including the Phillips Collection, I hope … Vincent Van Gogh … Cezanne … etc.

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September 10, 2008

Catherine

Wow, I live in the DC area and didn’t know about that house. The house I live in now, though, is only 20 years younger than that which is surprising to me on multiple levels (one, how easy it is to forget that you’re living in a 200 year old structure and, two, that that IS actually pretty old in this neck of the woods). Makes me sad about moving out 😦
For reference, I live in Old Town Alexandria, but grew up in Philadelphia (very old) and went to college in Massachusetts (even older).

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