Awesome!

Spotted on my walk to yoga class this morning...

Halloween House

Yesterday I was on the bus, driving on 16th Street. 16th Street has a lot of really large, really lovely houses. We passed one that was made of stone, with a really big front yard, and a nice assortment of fall leaves lying in the grass. For some reason, I thought, "Oh! Look! A Halloween house."

I don't know what a Halloween house is, but this one just made me think that it was the perfect house for trick-or-treating. And it got me in the mood for fall holidays!

I wish I had taken a picture, but alas, the bus did not stop for me to snap one.

Architecture Tour

I've done a bit of touring lately of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.



When I was in Phoenix, despite getting so sick and ending up in the emergency room, we still managed to go to Taliesin West, which is an architecture school. Very cool. It's in the middle of the desert, and I guess during the heat of the summer FLW and the whole school would pack up and go back to Taliesin in Wisconsin.



We had a fabulous tour guide, Dave. Which helped, because there were some super annoying people on the tour.



Last weekend Mandy and I went to see the Pope-Leighey House, which is a Usonian house in Alexandria, just outside of Washington.

Usonian houses were designed and built for the middle class. The idea is that everyone should be able to afford style and still be able to live comfortably. The house is quite small - 2 bedrooms, one bathroom, 1200 square feet. The living room is the biggest room of the house, because you are supposed to spend your time with the family, and not locked away in your bedroom.

I love love love this house. National Historic Trust, are you interested in selling??

Click here to see more photos.

I also love my hair salon.

I got my hair cut last night. Since my appointment was at 7, I came straight from the office, but I got there a bit early. When I checked in with the receptionist, I told her I was a bit early, and she looked at me, and said, "Well... can I offer you a beer while you wait?"

Awesome. I already loved my hair salon, because I think Anna (the girl who cuts my hair) does a great job and is just pretty cool, and they have a 2 week guarantee on haircuts (if you don't like something, come back within two weeks and they will fix it for free), so this was just an added bonus.

If anyone lives in Washington and needs a new place for a haircut, I can't recommend this place enough.

Things I love about Washington, #45

I went to a movie last night. At the French Embassy. With a wine and cheese reception afterwards. Granted, the wine was bad, so bad I could only drink two sips of it, then passed it to Jayne, saying, "SMELL! It even SMELLS bad!" but still. I was drinking bad wine at the French Embassy.

In Brief

My dad is going home today!

And I finally finished knitting something.