Jason's View from DC

Our big dilemma after lunch was what to do about the bus. We felt fairly sure that the bus would be cancelled. We were in touch with a coupl...

There have been very few times I have come out of a play almost speechless but the Glass Menagerie is one. The other one I can think of ...

We came into the theater after the drama of the train tickets. As I was sitting down I got a message from Megabus saying that the bus ha...

Probably the best windows in New York are at Saks. Here's a description of them: For the first time ever, the six animated Fifth Aven...

Sunday into Monday there was an ice storm. One of the reason I came home on the train instead of the bus from New York. Today we had snow. A...

The post below was supposed to go up on Sunday. But for some reason it didn't. The Blogger phone app leaves a little to be desired. Bu...

A dash to New York. Left on the midnight bus. Got here before dawn and saw the wonderful decorations with no one around. 

Here are some very funny Peanuts strips with Linus in them. Enjoy!

One of my favorite places to go is the Botanical Gardens. They are all set for the holidays. As the pictures here and the next post show. ...

The Botanical Garden did this cool thing of recreating the Mall. Very fun and very pretty.

I'm remembering Miriam, my mom today. Ten years ago today she died. In some ways it seems like yesterday. In other ways it seems m...

There is work going on near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro stop. I can't exactly figure out what they are building here. It sort of looks...

One of my earliest and most vivid memories is of the Kennedy assassination. I was four at the time. I was home with my mom watching TV...

Dan Rather and Marvin Kalb A very interesting Kalb Report on the 50th Anniversary of the Kennedy Assassination Here's a little in...