A DC STAY-CATION - URBAN, RURAL AND ROOFTOP

A THURSDAY NIGHT BOOK PARTY FOR WALTER CRONKITE IV, AT THE HOME OF HIS BOSS, CBS NEWS BUREAU CHIEF CHRIS ISHAM. HERE, WALT GREETS GUESTS. 

WALTER CRONKITE IV

SPENCER, AFTER I FAILED TO GET HIM TO BWI AIRPORT ON TIME TO CATCH HIS FLIGHT BACK TO TEXAS, WITH BETH DOZORETZ AT THE CRONKITE BOOK PARTY. 

WEDNESDAY LUNCH AT CAFE MILANO: SHANE HARRIS, SALLY HOSTA, SPENCER & ME

A MEET UP WITH JJ THE HOYA MASCOT DURING AN AFTER LUNCH WALKABOUT ON THE GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

SHOPPING FOR SUMMER DRESSES AT BUFFALO EXCHANGE ON M STREET

WEDNESDAY DINNER AT LE DIPLOMATE, WHERE THE BREAD BASKET IS ALL THE RAGE

WHEN YOU GO TO LE DIPLOMATE, ASK FOR A WINDOW TABLE

SPENCER LEARNS THE ORIGINS OF HIS OYSTERS

ED AND FAITH, LE DIPLOMATE, WEDNESDAY NIGHT

TUESDAY PICNIC FROM SOCIETY FAIR, BY THE POTOMAC NEAR MOUNT VERNON, 

ENJOYING THE VIEW ON BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAY

NATIONAL HARBOR, A ROAD WARRIOR HUB, ABOUT AS REAL AS A CRUISE SHIP OR DISNEY, AND LESS FUN (BRING ON THE GAMBLING!)

NATIONAL HARBOR. PLASTIC? YES, PLASTIC

BEAUTIFUL RURAL VIRGINIA, RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, SUNDAY

THE APPLE HOUSE OUTSIDE FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA

WARM APPLE CINNAMON DOUGHNUT, FRESHLY MADE AT THE APPLE HOUSE

PET GOAT AT FARMER'S MARKET, THE PLAINS, VIRGINIA

ANOTHER PICNIC, WITH SANDWICHES FROM FORLANO'S

A DROP BY THE INN AT LITTLE WASHINGTON, WITH TOWN MAYOR JOHN SULLIVAN, TO SEE PATRICK O'CONNELL'S BASKET OF MORELS

COOKOUT WITH FRIENDS

COOL & FRIENDLY BARTENDER, "TJ," POURS MANHATTANS AT THE CAPELLA

THE "UP ON THE ROOF" JAZZ TRIO: JESSICA VOELKER, SPENCER JOYNT, WILL RENTSCHLER. THEIR NEW CD, MANHATTAN MAMBO, OUT SOON.

COCKTAIL ON THE CAPELLA ROOFTOP (GRAHAM ROOFTOP IN THE BACKGROUND)

THE GRAHAM ROOFTOP FROM THE CAPELLA. THINK THE VIEW OF JAY GATSBY'S FROM DAISY BUCHANAN'S

MY DARLING SON, HOME BRIEFLY FROM COLLEGE, WITH DARLING HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS, TREVOR AND ADELE

HAIR MAINTENANCE WITH STACY KING AT VIOLET

(And we're only on Day #4. Stay tuned.)