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Mount Vernon Farmers Market is located at Sherwood Library at 2501 Sherwood Hall Lane, Alexandria, VA 22306.
In 2010, the market is open Tuesdays, 8:00 am - Noon, May 4 - November 23.
Plants for your garden
The Lyon Park Woman's Club was established in 1925 and historically functioned like a traditional woman's club, supporting various charities. Currently, its a neighborhood societal club and members engage in activities that support the Lyon Park Community Center. The Woman's Club sponsors several community events. For example, the club held a fresh produce sale around Thanksgiving.
LPWC sponsors the annual Lyon Park Yard Sale, and has had several very successful bake sales. For information about the Woman's Club and it's activities check here.
They Lyon Park Woman's Club meets together socially and engages in activities supporting the Lyon Park Community Center and Park. It has held a fresh produce sale around Thanksgiving, sponsors the annual Lyon Park Yard Sale, and has had several very successful bake sales. For information about the Woman's Club or its activities, contact Jeannette Wick (email: newsedads (at) lyonparkcitizens.org, phone 703-524-8531).
Although its name implies the group is for women, men are also welcome. And some members live outside Lyon Park, making the Woman's Club a way for nonresidents who have an interest in the Community Center and Park to get involved. Pot-luck lunch meetings are scheduled on the 4th Tuesday of each month at noon, from September to May.
The Lyon Park neighborhood has three parks within its boundaries. The Lyon Park parkground is located on North Pershing Drive between North Fillmore and North Garfield Streets. The community has supported the Park as a small children's playground and has maintained its charming character as such. The park is designated as dog-free.
The Park and the Community House are also host to a number of community-oriented entertainment events during the year, which help to give Lyon Park its distinctive feel as a cohesive neighborhood. Clay Park, located within Lyon Park on N. 7th Street between North Highland and North Garfield Streets, is owned and maintained by the County. It has a gazebo, a school-age playground, and an outdoor basketball court. Fillmore Park is located off North Fillmore Street between the Long Branch Elementary School and the County bike path and is also a County park. It has picnic tables, a school-age playground, and a youth baseball field.
In some music circles, the reputation of the Birchmere is legendary.
The reputation is owning to the fact that many prominent musical careers have been launched from the Birchmere. Birchmere alumni and friends include:
Mary Chapin Carpenter,
Lyle Lovett,
Shawn Colvin,
Jerry Jeff Walker,
Dave Matthews,
Vince Gill,
John Prine,
Emmylou Harris,
Linda Ronstadt, and
k.d. lang
This world-famous music hall hosts the biggest names in country, folk and rock music from Isaac Hayes and Southside Johnny and the Asbury Dukes to the Bacon Brothers. The Birchmere is committed to the presentation of the highest quality music in a comfortable and intimate atmosphere. And thus there are a few simple rules:
Silence is requested while the performers are on stage.
You must remain seated during the performance (Unless the dance floor is set up).
No audio recording is permitted.
No video recording is permitted.
No Cameras are allowed.
The Birchmere is also available for private rentals. Birchmere has a rock-and-roll themed bar area available for private events and dancing. The capacity is 100 Reception, 500 Seated.
The Birchmere is located in Del Ray at 3701 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22305. Call them for details or with questions at (703) 549-7500.
Are you looking for a home in Del Ray near the Birchmere?
The Newseum is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. between the White House and the U.S. Capitol and adjacent to the Smithsonian museums on the National Mall. The exterior's unique architectural features include a 74-foot-high marble engraving of the First Amendment and an immense front wall of glass through which passers-by can watch the museum fulfill its mission of providing a forum where the media and the public can gain a better understanding of each other.
The Newseum features seven levels of galleries, theaters, retail spaces and visitor services. It offers a unique environment that takes museumgoers behind the scenes to experience how and why news is made. The Newseum offers visitors an experience that blends five centuries of news history with up-to-the-second technology and hands-on exhibits.
Newseum observation deck
Smithsonian Institutition
Pennsylvania Avenue
It’s fun for all ages
Smithsonian
Guard tower from Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall is just one of many exhibits at the Newseum
The Arlington Urban Village Market at Courthouse is an open air market that has been going on since December 2002.
SATURDAYS:
9 am - 4 pm
Located on North 15th Street,
next to Courthouse parking lot.
Free Parking is available at 2100 Clarendon Blvd. (County office garage).
Enter on Clarendon Blvd. or 15th Street
The market features furniture, Art, China,Silver, Jewelry, Books, Photographs, Vintage Clothing, Linens, Lamps, Chandeliers, Antique Tools and Other Treasures...
Julie and I rode bikes from Old Town up to Washington DC to take a look at the cherry blossoms. We rode along the GW Parkway on the Mount Vernon Trail to Theodore Roosevelt Island and then we turned back crossing the river into the city. It was a pleasant morning and a good time.
Washington Monument as seen from Virginia during cherry blossom
Cherry Blossoms
Washington Monument surrounded by cherry blossoms
Jefferson Memorial at Cherry Blossom
The cherry trees bloom every Spring along the Potomac River
Will Nesbitt is the principal broker of Condo Alexandria.
Biking is a fun way to see the sites of Northern VA
Tandem bikes are available
Go green and explore the city by bicycle! Bike and Roll Alexandria offers bike rentals including Trek comfort hybrid bikes as well as tandem bikes. Children’s bikes and accessories such as tandem trailers and burleys are also available.
Bike rentals allow you to hop on two wheels and see DC and Northern Virginia in a completely new way. All rentals come with a helmet, U-lock, bike rack, flat kit and city map. Just let us know where you are heading and we’ll point you in the right direction! You may even rent from one shop and ride one-way to our other location (in Washington DC) for a small drop-off fee.
Choose between comfort or performance.
For day long reservations for any equipment in Old Town Alexandria, VA, call: 703.548. ROLL (7655).
Bike and Roll Alexandria
One Wales Alley
Alexandria, VA 22314
Bike and Roll Alexandria is located at the corner of Wales Alley and The Strand in Old Town Alexandria. This
Bike Path on GW Parkway
shop is convenient to the King Street Trolley Stop at North Union Street and a couple hundred yards south from the Water Taxi.
Bike and Roll
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