http://tom-mcgee.com/blog Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:04:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A couple of weeks ago the Times weekend section had a piece on trails near urban areas. Since we were headed down to Washington, DC for a day trip, we pulled out the information on the Capital Crescent Trail, an 11-mile route from Georgetown to Silver Spring, MD. The trail ... http://tom-mcgee.com/blog/archives/1479 Housed in an original "roundhouse," the B&O Rail Museum in Baltimore was a nice day trip. I'd never been in a roundhouse before. From the outside, it looked fairly modest. But on the inside, it was a soaring space of wood and steel, highlighted by a cathedral-like cupola. The displays take you ... http://tom-mcgee.com/blog/archives/1474 I snapped this on my phonecam out the window of the car, right before we missed our exit and ended up in Virginia Saturday night. After circling back and parking, E. chatted with the guard out front. He was from Chad, and was about a year away from becoming a ... http://tom-mcgee.com/blog/archives/1454 Get yourself out this evening about an hour before sunset and look to the southwest horizon for a wonderful conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and a new crescent Moon. We spotted an early version of this (before the moon was in position) and thought they were a couple of airplanes, they ... http://tom-mcgee.com/blog/archives/1458 I've been travelling over the holiday, and haven't had time to post. Watch over the next few days, I'll be putting up some photos from my trip to Maryland and Washington, DC. Related posts:Cruising Family History Travelling out to Ohio yesterday, I decided to do a...Something To Keep You Busy While ... http://tom-mcgee.com/blog/archives/1452 Visiting Baltimore with E., we spun by Ft. McHenry for a brief look. Looking out over the ramparts, it was cause for a lot of lame jokes about things like the twilight's last gleaming. And so on. [googleMap name="Ft. McHenry" description="Inspiration to "The Star Spangled Banner"" directions_to="false"]Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, MD[/googleMap] Related posts:B&O Rail ... http://tom-mcgee.com/blog/archives/1444 Be responsible. Don't drink and drive, and don't overcook your turkey. Related posts:Happy Halloween Here's a couple of pictures from this year's Halloween party,...Happy Fourth Of July In honor of the holiday, there’s a virtual reading of... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. http://tom-mcgee.com/blog/archives/1442 If you have to ask, you can't afford it. No related posts. http://tom-mcgee.com/blog/archives/1439 I'm working on a Web site for First Night of Maplewood/South Orange. And I'm not especially happy with it. I'm finding new and exciting sIFR bugs for which I need to track down some solutions, particularly in how links don't work in Safari. Probably it would be best to just ... http://tom-mcgee.com/blog/archives/1434 Going somewhere for the holiday? Here's some travel music for you. Toccata from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 Related posts:A Little Music? I’ve been pretty busy the last few weeks with rehearsals...Catching Up On Concerts The other day I caught up with my backlog of...A Little Sunday Music From the last Broadway Bach ... http://tom-mcgee.com/blog/archives/1432