Jacques of all Trades

We had a couple of pretty tasty pizzas—the white pizza (pictured) and the bacon pizza (devoured)—at Pizzaiolo Cafe on Fern, off Quaker Lane yesterday.  

They were an excellent way to follow up the beer tasting at Port City earlier in the afternoon, and Pizzaiolo has a fairly nice beer selection themselves!

Historic Preservation gone wild? (When fences attack)…

To most eyes, a chain-link fence in the front yard does not scream curb appeal. Simple — but not what you’d call “elegantly simple” — it’s what a set decorator might prescribe when he wants to conjure up mean streets. A white picket fence it ain’t. Which is why some homeowners in Old Town Alexandria were surprised to learn recently that their chain-link fences were historic and that removing them could put them in hot water with the city’s historic preservation office. (via When historic preservation interferes with modern preferences - The Washington Post)