Holiday Time

Ben’s Chili Bowl is an internationally known hot dog and hamburger joint. Opened in 1958 on “Black Broadway,” it has served diners famous, infamous and just plain folks heartburn inducing dinners. Presidents from Reagan to Bush (2) to Obama have enjoyed the famous “half smoke”. We went with Cheryl, Dave and Dave’s brother Joe’s family and some of us even enjoyed heartburn later in the evening.

After dinner we went to The National Zoo which is all ablaze for the holidays. We froze as we wandered through colorful animal-themed decorations.




This banner promotes one of Cheryl’s current project.














Continuing the holiday theme, on Saturday we drove to Middleburg, VA, a small town in the midst of horse country. The streets are lined with shops, bakeries, inns and restaurants. We met C and D’s friend Jeff and his friend Bob and enjoyed lunch at an inn that served as Jeb Stewart’s headquarters during the Civil War, and dates back to the 1700s.


We then wandered the main street of the town checking out the various shops and especially the bakeries. Jerry’s baked apple was unique and delicious.