Sunday in the Park
When this Sunday lived up to its name (and brought us beautiful weather in the mid 60s) we contemplated several parks that we could visit to take little Burger for a long walk. In the end, our love for Richmond’s old neighborhoods won out and we ended up hitting up Park Ave instead.
Richmond’s Park Avenue slices right through The Fan, one of the coolest and most historic parts of the city (and former home to our cousin Erin). There’s no shortage of homes to admire, so we’re glad we remembered the camera.
Here’s a sense of what the colorful streetscapes look like:
Did you see Burger and me in action in that last shot?
Sherry was especially enamored with a lot of door designs that we spotted. She’s planning to repaint our yellow door sometime soon and is “in the mood for red” at the moment. Here are a couple of entryways that were especially inspiring to her (there were also a lot with elaborate glasswork and cool house numbers- but we were doing our best not to get arrested while taking photos on people’s porches):
And if you’re interested in making Park Ave your home, we saw plenty of “For Sale” signs and even got a chance to pop into an Open House – a gorgeous home with 2000+ sq. ft, 10′ ceilings and lots of historic details for $399. It was definitely a nice place, but there’s no way we’re leaving our home sweet home anytime soon.
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I’m glad to hear that my husband and I aren’t the only one who nose around neighborhoods on walks! We always look at other people’s houses and get inspiration for what to do (or not do) to our house!
Totally! You should hear some of the nicknames that we have for the houses in our neighborhood. John will come home and I’ll say something like “The bed and breakfast just got their driveway done.” (The house we refer to as the bed and breakfast is this charming white ranch with a pool and a tennis court!). Or I’ll call him after a walk and report that “the spiky house is for sale” which would mean that the weird house with all the spiky tropical plants out front is on the market. We have nicknames for lots of homes we admire… and a few that we’re dying to makeover!
xo
Sherry