Art Opening Podcasts

#114 - Monticello

Sat November 01 2008

Today Julie visits the home of third US President Thomas Jefferson, Monticello with her parents, John and Katy Hamm. Mark was not able to be along wit... read more

Today Julie visits the home of third US President Thomas Jefferson, Monticello with her parents, John and Katy Hamm. Mark was not able to be along with us today. Julie talks about Jefferson and a little about Monticello, introduces her parents and we walk through the kitchen gardens. (1:50) We continue on to Mulberry Row, where slaves lived and a number of the plantation's main functions occurred,... read more

Today Julie visits the home of third US President Thomas Jefferson, Monticello with her parents, John and Katy Hamm. Mark was not able to be along with us today. Julie talks about Jefferson and a little about Monticello, introduces her parents and we walk through the kitchen gardens. (1:50) We continue on to Mulberry Row, where slaves lived and a number of the plantation's main functions occurred, like the joinery and blacksmith shops, and the smokehouse and dairy. We discover and solve the mystery of the wires going up the trees. We also visit the Levy grave site and talk about the Levy's role in preserving Monticello. (6:32) After Mulberry Row we head up to the house, and the rooms under it, including the cidery, beer cellar, and the wine cellar. (16:56) We play the Trouble in Mind, by the Virginia Blues duo Cephas and Williams. It came to us from the Podsafe Music Network. (21:25) We are ushered into the house, and take the tour. We include some excerpts from the tour guide, including some interesting information about the clock in the entry to the house. (24:30) We finish up talking about the tour of the house, then prepare to head back to our car. (30:13) feedback@washingtontravelcast.net Julie@washingtontravelcast.net Mark@washingtontravelcast.net Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music is from Find Me by H, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia. Enhance the podcast by checking out our Monticello Photo Album. read less

#113 - President Lincoln's Cottage

Mon September 08 2008

Today we visit the summer presidential retreat of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln's Cottage at the Old Soldier's home. Julie talks about the history of the h... read more

Today we visit the summer presidential retreat of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln's Cottage at the Old Soldier's home. Julie talks about the history of the house, and we start out at the visitor's center, checking out the exhibit in the entryway, buying tickets and checking out the gift shop. (2:03) We cut to our tour - and our tour guide, John S. Blackman. We have a couple of short excerpts from our tou... read more

Today we visit the summer presidential retreat of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln's Cottage at the Old Soldier's home. Julie talks about the history of the house, and we start out at the visitor's center, checking out the exhibit in the entryway, buying tickets and checking out the gift shop. (2:03) We cut to our tour - and our tour guide, John S. Blackman. We have a couple of short excerpts from our tour. Some of this is, unfortunately, quite quiet. (5:10) After the tour, we reflect on it, and on the emancipation proclamation, which was probably originally written here at the cottage. We share what we have learned. (12:03) We play the Battle Hymn of the Republic, by the Air Force Band. (19:59) Julie talks about the recent history of the historic site and the restoration. We talk about the visitor's center, then enter it. Julie talks about the history of the Old Soldier's home. (25:19) We head into the building, and we visit the interactive exhibit (which works!) called President Lincoln's Toughest Decisions. (27:02) We finish up by checking out the last few exhibits in the visitor's center. (33:15) feedback@washingtontravelcast.net Julie@washingtontravelcast.net Mark@washingtontravelcast.net Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music is from Find Me by H, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia. Enhance the podcast by checking out our Lincoln Cottage Photo Album. read less

#112 - Embassy Row

Sat August 23 2008

Today we take our time and stroll down Embassy Row Wisconsin Avenue in the international heart of Washington. We start out defining embassies and cons... read more

Today we take our time and stroll down Embassy Row Wisconsin Avenue in the international heart of Washington. We start out defining embassies and consulates, and then the details on where "Embassy Row" is and why it's called that. We talk about the history of the building that is the Indonesian Embassy. (2:30) We check out the Gandhi statue in front of the Indian Embassy. We look at some buildings... read more

Today we take our time and stroll down Embassy Row Wisconsin Avenue in the international heart of Washington. We start out defining embassies and consulates, and then the details on where "Embassy Row" is and why it's called that. We talk about the history of the building that is the Indonesian Embassy. (2:30) We check out the Gandhi statue in front of the Indian Embassy. We look at some buildings around the Indian Embassy, including the Phillips Collection, the Anderson House, and the Cosmos Club. (9:19) We visit the statue of Tomas G. Masaryk, from Checkoslovakia, followed by a block just full of embassies, including Greece, Estonia, Georgia, Turkey, Sudan, Togo, the Bahamas, and Ireland. (18:03) We pause, and Julie rests, in Sheridan Circle, then visit the Embassy of Korea, including some displays inside. (21:32) We visit the Embassy of Madagascar, then play a musical number that we heard at there. (31:42) We continue on past, commenting on the Embassy of Mexico, Embassy of Korea, and Embassy of Japan. (38:18) We visit the National Islamic Center (but don't go inside). Then we check out Rock Creek Park. (41:36) We visit a memorial to Lebanese-American poet Kahlil Gibran, then finish up at the British embassy. Be sure to listen to our directions - this was tricker than we expected. (44:35) We end our podcast with an announcement that we will be limiting our podcasting to accomodate Julie's Plantar fasciatis. feedback@washingtontravelcast.net Julie@washingtontravelcast.net Mark@washingtontravelcast.net Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music is from Find Me by H, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia. Enhance the podcast by checking out our Embassy Row Photo Album. read less

#111 - Pope-Leighey House

Sat July 26 2008

Today we visit the Pope-Leighey House. We think this is worth renting a car for. It can be visited at the same time as Woodlawn Plantation. PLEASE NOT... read more

Today we visit the Pope-Leighey House. We think this is worth renting a car for. It can be visited at the same time as Woodlawn Plantation. PLEASE NOTE: Julie is experiencing some minor health problems, which we will explain in our next podcast, which will reduce our frequency in the next several months. Tune in next week to find out all the details! We had problems with our audio files this week,... read more

Today we visit the Pope-Leighey House. We think this is worth renting a car for. It can be visited at the same time as Woodlawn Plantation. PLEASE NOTE: Julie is experiencing some minor health problems, which we will explain in our next podcast, which will reduce our frequency in the next several months. Tune in next week to find out all the details! We had problems with our audio files this week, so a few weeks after our visit, we talk a little about our impressions of the Pope-Leighey House, and the Usonian houses of Frank Lloyd Wright. (1:06) We listen to some of the tour we took, which we were able to retain. (7:42) We play Constant Architect by DC area band Lejune,which comes to us via the Podsafe Music Network. (10:16) We continue our tour inside the house. (14:41) Weeks later, we share our impressions of the house. (21:10) feedback@washingtontravelcast.net Julie@washingtontravelcast.net Mark@washingtontravelcast.net Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music is from Find Me by H, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia. Enhance the podcast by checking out our Pope-Leighey House Photo Album. read less

#110 - Woodlawn Plantation

Sun June 29 2008

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