tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16905485.post121379947282673430..comments2024-03-27T09:00:50.584-04:00Comments on WashingtonGardener: Cherry AlternativesWashingtonGardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950523974356540767noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16905485.post-31265639157170167972008-04-02T09:45:00.000-04:002008-04-02T09:45:00.000-04:00Thanks, Adam and Anon. - will try to check out bot...Thanks, Adam and Anon. - will try to check out both the Hill and Kensington displays.<BR/> I've just come back from a two-day trip to Richmond and touring gardens down there. At Lewis Ginter they have a good-sized pond ringed in Cherry Trees as well. Their blooms are just about ending, so I'd say visit this week -- note: there is an entry fee to the Ginter public garden. <BR/> Also, DCist picked up this post - so find more comments on alternative area displays at: <BR/>http://dcist.com/2008/03/31/alternative_sit.phpWashingtonGardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950523974356540767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16905485.post-44586986598481289592008-03-31T17:04:00.000-04:002008-03-31T17:04:00.000-04:00Stanton Park and Lincoln Park on the Hill--and the...Stanton Park and Lincoln Park on the Hill--and the Hill neighborhoods in general--have a good display of blossoms going now, too.Adam Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03765403979458305501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16905485.post-72588056042278674182008-03-31T15:09:00.000-04:002008-03-31T15:09:00.000-04:00There are several blocks of cherry blossom trees c...There are several blocks of cherry blossom trees creating an arch above the streets of Garrett Park Estates in Kensington. Take Strathmore Road near Holy Cross Church, turn onto Flanders & then I think it's Waycross. The trees span several streets, are lovely & totally free of crowds!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16905485.post-49777568136643673102008-03-28T16:58:00.000-04:002008-03-28T16:58:00.000-04:00Ah yes....I remember those days when I laughed at ...Ah yes....I remember those days when I laughed at the tourists. And now, I am one.<BR/><BR/>But it is okay, because I can laugh at the tourists we have here. <BR/><BR/>Miss the cherry blossoms though. :(Gilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246089571573457394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16905485.post-25967208447266752412008-03-25T19:25:00.000-04:002008-03-25T19:25:00.000-04:00Good advice on sturdy, mud-worthy shoes - this IS ...Good advice on sturdy, mud-worthy shoes - this IS our rainy season for what it's worth.<BR/> Yeah, I don't mind tourists in the city and I go out of my way to be frindly to them and answer direction questions. I know I'm often in their same shoes in a strange town. <BR/> For many hardened citizens around here though, "tourist" is a curse word to be spat out at anyone who dares block the left-hand side of a metro escalator.WashingtonGardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950523974356540767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16905485.post-12492687248638389062008-03-25T18:06:00.000-04:002008-03-25T18:06:00.000-04:00As a note from a humble tourist, I walked from the...As a note from a humble tourist, I walked from the Smithsonian Metro station last year and didn't find it a bad walk. Especially when I walked south along the river away from the Jefferson Memorial. Left a lot of my fellow gawkers behind and had plenty of room to admire the trees. If you do that, the only recommendation I'd make is to wear shoes that you don't mind getting muddy (the sidewalks were kind of a mess), and keep an ear out for passing cyclists.<BR/><BR/>And I don't mind being called a tourist. Especially when I get to visit what I consider to be one of the <B><I>greatest</B></I> tourism cities in the world.<BR/><BR/>jbFirePhrasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461093040715853173noreply@blogger.com