Posts Tagged ‘Washington’

Nationals Park

Posted by Chad on January 26th, 2010 under Sports, Travel Tags: , ,  •  No Comments

The wife and I drove up to DC recently to explore our old haunts and visit some friends. Some things looked different and some things looked the same, but the biggest change was in the Navy Yard area where the new Washington Nationals stadium was built:

We moved away from DC just before the stadium [...]

Teacup Rack

Posted by Chad on May 22nd, 2009 under Housewares, Woodworking Tags: , ,  •  4 Comments

One random morning a few years ago, I got the itch to build something. My wife has a fetish for teacups, but didn’t have a place to put them. I had recently made her a corner cabinet to display her wedding china and tea service sets, and I thought I’d make something to [...]

Porch Swing

Posted by Chad on May 18th, 2009 under Woodworking Tags: , , ,  •  4 Comments

When we lived in our tiny basement apartment on Capitol Hill, we had to maximize every inch of space. We had a little patio that was sunken beneath the deck in the back yard, and there was a space that was too low to stand, but just right for sitting. So when my [...]

Mantel Art

Posted by Chad on May 6th, 2009 under Art, Woodworking Tags: , , , , ,  •  2 Comments

When we lived on Capitol Hill, we kept our copies of the free community monthly, the Hill Rag. The cover art was usually pretty good, and we thought it would be fun to frame them someday. So for an anniversary gift to one another a couple of years ago, I made this [...]