Old Town Ashburn

If you blink you'll miss this place. This is by far the smallest "Old Town" designated area I've ever seen - it's literally about a block in size. Nonetheless, it's a major stop on the W&OD trail where bikers can rest up and pick up a snack at Carolina's BBQ Brothers.  Along the trail is the Old Ashburn Mill which is now an antique furniture store.  There are also a couple of other stores and a historic fire station and post office to check out. Here are some photos I made below. 

Need. to. run...

These shoes (Nike Vomero +5) are dying to get out of that door. They've been through a couple of 10Ks, 10 milers and a half marathon...they're barely broken in.  They just need to a runner to get them going.

With the cold weather it's been a challenge for me to run outside. I tried doing the treadmill thing at the gym but that gets boring. I'll need to plan out my races for the year to get myself motivated? What races do you have planned for this year? What shoes do you run in?

26th Annual Kennedy Center Open House Arts Festival

Well if you haven't figured it out, I'm taking a break from the nine to five, hence the daily post. I only have another week of this then I'm back to the daily grind.

Since it's been a cold winter, I went through my archives to dig up some photos from summer. I found these photos taken from the 26th Annual Kennedy Center Open House Arts Festival. It's a great event to watch performers of all ages and genres give it their all.  I also made a quick movie from some video I took during the event.

Welcome to Old Town Herndon

Here are some photos I made of Old Town Herndon, VA.  I took some quick shots as I drove past this morning. Since I'm out in the suburbs now, I think I can use this blog to showcase some of the neighborhoods outside of the beltway to help recruit more folks to move out this way :).

Herndon is a nice little town filled with restaurants and little shops lined along brick pavered sidewalks. Many of the homes are built in the old foursquare style and still hold their charm of an era long gone. Hopefully I captured that in the photos below.

An afternoon in Vienna

As many of you know, we recently had an addition to our family -- a new baby boy, Roman. Having a new baby brother can be stressful for a little kid, so I decided to take big brother Noah out for a hot dog at Vienna Inn.  Where else can you get a hot dog, BBQ pulled pork sandwich, ice cold beer and quality time with your son for just over $10?  As you can see below, he definitely enjoyed his hot dog and most of my BBQ pulled pork sandwich.  After we left lunch, Noah spotted a train which was part of the W&OD Railroad Regional Park...

...little did we know this would turn out into a mini photoshoot.  Good thing I carry my 35mm everywhere I go.

This was a great spot to practice my photography.