We Love This Place!
So, this is our second week in our new neighborhood of Old Town Alexandria, one of the most quaint and charming towns we've ever seen. We absolutely adore living here. Our place has 2 floors, 2 bedrooms and a great outdoor patio area. It's going to be the perfect place to start our new family! Which by the way, can you believe that we are already 4 mths pregnant?
Just a 15 minute drive to the heart of DC's museums and monuments and another great neighborhood, Georgetown (where Brad works), Old Town has it all. Something we really missed while living in Atlanta was the opportunity to walk out our front door to all of the restaurants and shops like we used to do in NYC and London. There is nothing like walking to the bagel shop for breakfast! We hated being car bound in Atlanta, so this is a welcomed change. We are 2 blocks away from King Street, the main shopping and dining street and 5 blocks from the harbor on the Potomac River and a beautiful waterside park. Our cute little townhouse is surrounded by 2 and 3 story rowhouses from the 17-1800s, some older than that. Robert E. Lee's boyhood home is just 2 blocks away from us! It's just bizzare to be surrounded by so much history...we love that! We're now on a hunt for a great church and will visit around until we can find a place that fits. It's extremely important to us to find a place to plug into. So, hopefully that will come soon.
After years of Brad bringing his computer home for us to use, we finally got our own personal laptop! So, hopefully this will make it easier to update our blog! Watch this space for pictures soon!
about us
- The Blackmons
- Washington, DC, United States
- We're a family of four, Brad, Nicole, Baker and our yorkie Bleeker. Our blog was started in 2005 when we moved to London, hence the name, to allow our families and friends to keep up with our lives. Now that we've moved back to the States and had a baby, it makes all the more sense to keep it going. So enjoy!
Dedicated to Linda Daniels
I've debated on whether to do this or not but to not post a dedication to my mom would feel to me as if I'm trying to forget her, and I'm most certainly not. On January 15, 2003, my life was flipped upside down when I lost my mom to cancer at a young 50 years of age. She was beautiful, my best friend, full of life, the most amazing and forgiving woman I've ever known and my biggest cheerleader. A true Proverbs 31 woman. Though I'll never understand why she was taken from me and my family at such an early stage in my life, missing my wedding and the birth of our child, I have the hope in knowing I'll see her again in heaven. Mama, not a day goes by where you are not missed. I love you!
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I'm so bummed... we were just in DC in May visiting a good friend of mine. Next time we're out that way, I'll let you know. I've got 2 good friends in your area so maybe we'll make the trip again ... and be able to see you too! Glad you're getting settled ok. I want to see some pictures of your cute growing belly sometime. :)
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