Virginia is for Lovers

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February 23rd 2017

Published: February 25th 2017

Virginia is for lovers. So goes their state motto. And so captures the essence for one of my most magical friendships. Last weekend, my very best good friend Felicia took me down to Shenandoah Valley from Washington, D.C. and we had the opportunity to hike along one of my most beloved trails in America - the Appalachian Trail. I felt like we were living Bill Bryson's and Stephen Katz's adventure i... Read Full Entry

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Washington's view of the Potomac

Sun gleam in eyes

make phenomenal photos

the three attorneys!

go us! taken in Mount Vernon

Women's slave quarters on Washington's plantation

honestly, I came away from that visit with a different view of him, and it wasn't in a positive light at all. He and his wife treated their laborers inhumanely: they owned human beings like property and treated them like animals. Our founding father owned slaves, and that makes me sick to my stomach. We can never, ever turn our backs on this kind of history.