Ben's Chili Bowl - A Washington Institution

Saturday evening, after a wonderful day of shooting photographs in the Adams-Morgan area, Springer and I headed to the U Street Metro and found ourselves at Ben's. Well, truth be told, I had been talking about going to Ben's all day long. Yes, there is a line around the block to get in - and yes, that's a streach Hummer limo parked outside, actually there were two of them. Ben's is an experience - and the chili dog was pretty darn good too!

Oregon Ridge Hike

This morning Oregon Ridge Park (Baltimore County, MD) held their annual pancake breakfast featuring locally made maple syrup - what an awesome beginning to a wonderful day of hiking. The group today numbered probably 60 or 70 hikers - we split into two groups to minimize our footprint and impact - and to make for a more manageable group photo!

We hiked four miles or so along the Oregon Ridge trails - probably not enough to offset all that maple syrup - but it was a wonderful day to be outdoors - the weathers was about 70 degrees and gently overcast.

Winter Wonderland

It's early March. We had somewhere between 4 and 5 inches of snow on Monday. It's cold here in Maryland ... I really miss Florida!