Last Sunday, Peter and I decided to pop over to Old Town to be by the water for a bit, get some iced coffee, and take a walk. As per usual, I brought my camera along and snapped some random photos. :)
This building is now a restaurant, but like everything else around here, has had many past lives. I think I read that it was a brewery in the 18th century and then later a feed house, as evidenced by this fading sign. I love coming across ghost signs in unexpected places. There are a lot of other things I love going on here too, like those industrial light fixtures, the multicolored brick, and the black window sashes.
We stopped inside a couple stores. I came really close to buying some neon bobby pins in this place but they were $15 for a tiny package, and something that--let's face it--I will ultimately lose somewhere in the depths of my bag, so I just couldn't justify it. But they were cute. I might still go back and buy them. Maybe.
We saw a few "for sale" signs and looked them up when we got home, as you do, and both the houses I liked were around $3 million, so...anyone wanna go halfsies? ;)
Anyway, hope you enjoyed this walk with me. Happy 4th to all my compatriots, and happy Friday to everyone else! xo, Mary
I will! I love Old Town. How is it just so darn pretty everywhere?
ReplyDeleteI like how cohesive your photos in blog post.... they illustrated the story wonderfully! Always looking to your new post!
ReplyDeleteAll the cool old houses I end up liking around here are multi-million dollar homes too. Damn it.
ReplyDeleteGosh, only $3 million? Count me in! I say this every time, but I'm so jealous of the DC architecture.
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