I had the opportunity to visit with my old roommates Chris and Krista over the weekend in northern virginia. They have been building a beautiful Yurt for several months to house their yoga studio/practice. I was really impressed by how large it was on the inside (about 700 sqf). Very much looking forward to see how the space is finished/used.
This structure got my imagination churning!
I went by the National Arboretum on Saturday to check out the Conifers and Bonsai in the snow (we got a whopping three inches on Thursday). Me and my buddy had almost the entire arboretum to ourselves. Was pretty great.
We went looking through this old broken down barn for a date post (where my buddies grandfather had carved the date they bought the barn; 1943). We searched through the barn for about 45 minutes, ripping apart old doors and walls to get to old support beams (where, we were told, it was carved). We couldnt find the date… finally my friends mom pulled up in her car and asked if we had checked the timbers that were lying near the side of the road. The first one we rolled over was the date beam. Bummer :-)
I got to spend thanksgiving with a good friend of mine in Upstate New York and northern Pennsylvania. The food was great and it snowed twice (just a dusting). We had two fantastic Thanksgiving Dinners.
Prob my favorite part of that part of the country are all of the old barns. Seems like everyone has at least one. Ive always wanted to own an old barn and turn it into my home/work environment.
We popped by the Corning Museum of Glass on our last day in Corning, New York. pretty awesome place. could spend 4 hours there easily. Great contemporary glass exhibit followed by historic glass works and a full spread of functional glass manufacturing.
