Blossoms 101: All the Answers to Your Questions about DC’s Cherry Blossom Season!!
Step into a fairy tale as you discover the mesmerizing world of cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C.! If this is your first time exploring DC’s famous blossoms, get ready to dive into a guide filled with lesser-known tips for an extraordinary experience in the capital’s pink wonderland. We know people have a lot of questions…
Blue Fern’s 5 Favorites- Black-Owned Food and Drink Businesses
Black History Month is a time to reflect on the contributions African Americans have made to our past and the ongoing struggle for racial justice. Carter G. Woodson is responsible for establishing this month as a time to correct the lack of knowledge about Black contributions to our nation’s development, but ultimately, he strove to…
Adventures with Mom
It’s rare that my mom and I get to spend time together in DC by ourselves, so when she decided to come down from Pennsylvania for a mother daughter visit, I knew I had to cram in as much of the fun stuff we both like to do as possible. We love history and visiting…
Cherry Blossom Pub
If there is one thing to know about DC in the spring, it’s that cherry blossoms rule all. Droves of tourists from all over the world come to the city to see the famous Japanese blossoms that line the tidal basin and the reflecting pool of the Washington Monument. However, this year has turned out…
Drumroll please…
We finally made it to Spring! Although the word feels a bit overdramatic given it was one of the warmest winters on record, and that mushy white slush last week was the only venture into a white winter we had all season. Never the less, the warm weather is upon us and that means the…
Fresh Flowers and even fresher tour updates
Sitting outside on this gorgeous early spring day- basking in the evening sun staying out an hour longer, and relishing the fact that it’s too early for mosquitos- I gotta say I’m pretty jazzed. This is that perfect time of year when everything is new. Grass is coming up, buds are popping out, even…
Community, Power….&Pizza!
If you can’t tell from my previous winter-bashing excerpts, I’m a warm weather kind of gal. Smelling all the flowers, and finally getting to sit on a park bench for lunch makes me feel a little nostalgic for all those carefree afternoons as a kid, playing outside, going to camp, and my parents making a…
Here’s comes the sun! Time to get our spring on!
We did it! A big HUGE Congratulations to you all for surviving another cold season! Ok, I know we’re not in Fairbanks and didn’t need snowshoes , but I still think we all deserve a pat on the back for successfully getting though the never-ending span of time between the holidays and the Cherry Blossoms….