Sat, 1 November 2008  Today Julie visits the home of third US President Thomas Jefferson, Monticello with her parents, John and Katy Hamm. Mark was not able to be along with us today.
Julie talks about Jefferson and a little about Monticello, introduces her parents and we walk through the kitchen gardens. (1:50) We continue on to Mulberry Row, where slaves lived and a number of the plantation's main functions occurred, like the joinery and blacksmith shops, and the smokehouse and dairy. We discover and solve the mystery of the wires going up the trees. We also visit the Levy grave site and talk about the Levy's role in preserving Monticello. (6:32) After Mulberry Row we head up to the house, and the rooms under it, including the cidery, beer cellar, and the wine cellar. (16:56) We play the Trouble in Mind, by the Virginia Blues duo Cephas and Williams. It came to us from the Podsafe Music Network. (21:25) We are ushered into the house, and take the tour. We include some excerpts from the tour guide, including some interesting information about the clock in the entry to the house. (24:30) We finish up talking about the tour of the house, then prepare to head back to our car. (30:13)
Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music is from Find Me by H, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia. Enhance the podcast by checking out our Monticello Photo Album. Comments[0] |
Tue, 9 September 2008  Today we visit the summer presidential retreat of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln's Cottage at the Old Soldier's home.
Julie talks about the history of the house, and we start out at the visitor's center, checking out the exhibit in the entryway, buying tickets and checking out the gift shop. (2:03) We cut to our tour - and our tour guide, John S. Blackman. We have a couple of short excerpts from our tour. Some of this is, unfortunately, quite quiet. (5:10) After the tour, we reflect on it, and on the emancipation proclamation, which was probably originally written here at the cottage. We share what we have learned. (12:03) We play the Battle Hymn of the Republic, by the Air Force Band. (19:59) Julie talks about the recent history of the historic site and the restoration. We talk about the visitor's center, then enter it. Julie talks about the history of the Old Soldier's home. (25:19) We head into the building, and we visit the interactive exhibit (which works!) called President Lincoln's Toughest Decisions. (27:02) We finish up by checking out the last few exhibits in the visitor's center. (33:15)
Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music is from Find Me by H, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia. Enhance the podcast by checking out our Lincoln Cottage Photo Album. Comments[0] |
Sat, 23 August 2008  Today we take our time and stroll down Embassy Row Wisconsin Avenue in the international heart of Washington.
We start out defining embassies and consulates, and then the details on where "Embassy Row" is and why it's called that. We talk about the history of the building that is the Indonesian Embassy. (2:30) We check out the Gandhi statue in front of the Indian Embassy. We look at some buildings around the Indian Embassy, including the Phillips Collection, the Anderson House, and the Cosmos Club. (9:19) We visit the statue of Tomas G. Masaryk, from Checkoslovakia, followed by a block just full of embassies, including Greece, Estonia, Georgia, Turkey, Sudan, Togo, the Bahamas, and Ireland. (18:03) We pause, and Julie rests, in Sheridan Circle, then visit the Embassy of Korea, including some displays inside. (21:32) We visit the Embassy of Madagascar, then play a musical number that we heard at there. (31:42) We continue on past, commenting on the Embassy of Mexico, Embassy of Korea, and Embassy of Japan. (38:18) We visit the National Islamic Center (but don't go inside). Then we check out Rock Creek Park. (41:36) We visit a memorial to Lebanese-American poet Kahlil Gibran, then finish up at the British embassy. Be sure to listen to our directions - this was tricker than we expected. (44:35) We end our podcast with an announcement that we will be limiting our podcasting to accomodate Julie's Plantar fasciatis.
Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music is from Find Me by H, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia. Enhance the podcast by checking out our Embassy Row Photo Album. Comments[0] |
Sat, 26 July 2008  Today we visit the Pope-Leighey House. We think this is worth renting a car for. It can be visited at the same time as Woodlawn Plantation.
PLEASE NOTE: Julie is experiencing some minor health problems, which we will explain in our next podcast, which will reduce our frequency in the next several months. Tune in next week to find out all the details! We had problems with our audio files this week, so a few weeks after our visit, we talk a little about our impressions of the Pope-Leighey House, and the Usonian houses of Frank Lloyd Wright. (1:06) We listen to some of the tour we took, which we were able to retain. (7:42) We play Constant Architect by DC area band Lejune,which comes to us via the Podsafe Music Network. (10:16) We continue our tour inside the house. (14:41) Weeks later, we share our impressions of the house. (21:10)
Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music is from Find Me by H, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia. Enhance the podcast by checking out our Pope-Leighey House Photo Album. Comments[1] |
Sun, 29 June 2008  Note - we had some technical difficulties in the last few weeks, which delayed our podcast this week. We've resolved them and apologize for the last couple weeks of missing.Today we visit the Woodlawn Plantation. We think Woodlawn is worth renting a car for. We start out talking about the plantation house, a little about it's history and it's association with George Washington. (1:18) We visit the gardens. (303) We play Southampton Railroad by Moongarden,which comes to us via the Podsafe Music Network. (6:32) We are buy tickets and take the guided tour. We include some audio of the tour. (10:42) Unfortunately, our audio files are corrupted this week, so we finish our tour with a retrospective about four weeks later. (26:59)
Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music is from Find Me by H, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia. Our Photo Album is finally here! Comments[0] |
Tue, 17 June 2008  Today we visit the Hirshhorn Museum, one of the museums of the Smithsonian Institution. We recommend that you use the We start out outside the Museum, and talk out our quest to go into the museum and find something that Mark will like. (1:10) Inside the donut, but not yet inside the museum, we talk about the round courtyard of the Hirschhorn, and the architecture. Then Julie tells how the Hirshorn came to be, and a little bit about modern art. (5:03) We finally enter the building, talk about the first floor and head for the second floor, where we visit an exhibit called "The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image". (12:36) We play Freaky Dreams by Andreas Hammer,which comes to us via the Podsafe Music Network. (17:41) We continue around the second floor of the Hirshhorn and visit the modern and contemporary sculptures in that ring. Mark likes "Head of Sorrow". (21:21) We play Four Ruffles and Flourishes and Flag Officers March, by the Marine Band. (26:26) We get up to the third floor, which has a very modern, abstract collection. Julie puts some effort into defending Willem de Kooning. (26:59) We play Defending the Paint by The Soft Drugs,which comes to us via the Podsafe Music Network. (32:10)
We finish up the third floor of the Museum, including a movie that reminds us of the old Mouse Trap Game. (35:10) Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music is from Find Me by H, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia. Enhance the podcast by checking out our Hirshhorn Photo Album. Comments[0] |
Sat, 7 June 2008  Today we visit the Vintage Virginia Festival, one of many festivals and events associated with the Virginia wine industry. We think this is worth renting a car for.
Please note, our show isn't quite as squeaky-clean as usual today. There is some language and some substance abuse references in our first song. We taste wine (taking you along for one tasting), check out the crafts, listen to some music, and comment on the many food vendors there. We play Opening Band and Miranda Lullabye by Paul and Storm, who are favorites of ours from Northern Virginia, and which today come to us via the Podsafe Music Network, although their music is also available via a Creative Commons license, just like our show. (16:13) We are not going to give you the play-by-play on this one, since you won't be walking in our steps - this is more of a soundseeing tour. But some of the links we want to share with you are:
Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music is from Find Me by H, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia. Enhance the podcast by checking out our Vintage Virginia Photo Album. Comments[0] |
Sat, 31 May 2008  Today we visit the National Building Museum, a fascinating museum of building and architecture. We recommend you use the the Judiciary Square Metro Station to get here.
After crossing the "Zebra Crossing" into the museum, we grab a quick delicious snack at the Firehook Bakery located inside and spend some time appreciating the interior space. Both Julie and Mark are big fans of this local bakery chain. Julie talks a little about the history of the building, and for details we go back to a flashback of our Chinatown Podcast, which would be great paired with this one. (3:54) We visit the Cityscapes Revealed exhibit, and explore the world of building materials. (8:27) We play White Buildings by Marqui Adora, which comes to us via the Podsafe Music Network. (16:13) We check out the children's area, The Building Zone. (19:07) We play John Philip Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever March by the US Marine Band. (21:28) We visit the Washington: Symbol and City exhibit and enjoy relating that to our own history in the Washington, DC area, as well as discovering more about the history of the various plans for the city and the variety of memorials and monumental buildings here. This exhibit finishes our visit. (24:40)
Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music is from Find Me by H, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia. We have a short but worthwhile National Building Museum Photo Album. Comments[0] |
Sat, 24 May 2008  Today we visit the National Museum of the Marine Corps, one of the DC area's newest museums. We think this museum is worth renting a car for, especially if you have a connection of some sort to the US Marine Corps.
We start off outside the museum, in the Semper Fidelis Memorial Park, checking out the overlook and the future site of the chapel. We talk about the Memorial Bricks. (2:05) We enter the Museum and view the Leatherneck Gallery, under the soaring glass roof, and hung with many planes. (10:32) We play the Semper Fidelis March by the US Marine Band, and written by famous Marine bandleader John Philip Sousa. (13:01) We visit an exhibit on "Making Marines", which is about boot camp. Julie lets a drill sergeant yell at her. (15:56) We play the Navy Hymn by the US Marine Band. (21:11) We visit the exhibit about World War II and experience the landing at Iwo Jima in their immersion experience room. We take you along for a little of the experience. (22:02) We continue on to visit the Korean and Vietnam War exhibits. (26:20) We visit the art gallery and see art done by Marines and civilians that reflect the conflicts that Marines have seen. (29:42) We play a slower version of the Navy Hymn by the US Marine Band. (33:06) We finish up at an exhibit, near the Mess Hall, about the US Marine Band. (34:16) We play American Pageant by the US Marine Band to close the show out. (35:42)
Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music was from the Marine Hymn, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia. Follow in our steps visually with our Marine Museum Photo Album. Comments[0] |
Sun, 18 May 2008  Today we visit the Corcoran Museum of Art, one of Washington's finest private art museums. We recommend you use the Farragut West Metro Station to start this tour.
We start off talking about the history of the museum, before going inside. (2:22) Entering the museum, we pay our $6 admission each and head into the Treasures of European Decorative Arts Exhibit, where the highlights (for us) are the ceramics, the tapestries, the Salon D'Ore, and the Islamic Carpets. (8:04) We play Lauren by DC singer-songwriter Sharif , which comes to us courtesy of the PodsafeAudio.com. (14:30) We continue on to an exhibit on modern California Art. (19:47) We continue on to two sets of photographs, one in the Corcoran Corridor, and one of the Iraq and Afghani wars. (21:22) We visit the Rotunda, and the installation "Loop", which we have included a number of photographs of in our photo album. (22:03) We finish up our visit to the Corcoran with a visit to the European Landscape Exhibit. (24:36)
Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music was from Find Me by H, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia. Follow in our steps visually with our Corcoran Photo Album. Comments[0] |
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