Woodend Sanctuary & Mansion, Audubon Naturalist Society, Chevy Chase, MD

Chevy Chase - Washington, DC

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The Chase's dry singletrack didn't give knees a soft landing.

Rock Creek Forest Elementary School kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month with Latin dance music as the students enter the building. Lavina Carillo portrait for Hispanic Heritage Month.

Enjoying the cherry blossoms (and magnolias in bloom) in Kenwood, Bethesda, MD.

The neighborhood has about 1200 cherry trees and, while full of people, is much less crowded than the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC.

making grilled pizza is quite the production

Wilhelmina and Stefan wed at Woodend Sanctuary in Chevy Chase, MD on Sunday, August 14, 2011.

Rock Creek Forest Elementary School kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month with Latin dance music as the students enter the building. Lavina Carillo portrait for Hispanic Heritage Month.

Photographed by John R Whitaker

Hamlet Place Hallowe'en

on my way back from my third doctor's appointment in a month.

sculpture made from recycled bottles outside anthropologie in chevy chase

Plane flying south.

pork, jamaican sweet potatoes, pan-browned brussels sprouts, braised fennel with orange

Chevy Chase, DC

Chevy Chase, DC

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Chevy Chase, MD, USA

Chevy Chase, DC