I found this article interesting from a number of perspectives. First, the reviewer has a theater background, and later branched into ope...

DC Guide: DC area fall foliage destinations, including the National Arboretum, the Gardens at Dumbarton Oaks, and George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate

A sidewalk in the gardens of Dumbarton Oaks, a historic estate and home to the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, located at 3101 R Street NW in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The central portion of the home was built in 1801 by William Hammond Dorsey. Later in the 1800s, owner Edward Magruder Linthicum greatly expanded the residence and named it The Oaks. The home's most notable past resident is Senator and Vice President John C. Calhoun, who lived at The Oaks…

Lee F. Mindel tours a historic garden in Washington, D.C.

Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss were enthusiastic collectors and judicious patrons of scholarship and the arts. A graduate of Harvard University, Robert Bliss (1875–1962) pursued a distinguished career as an officer and diplomat in the Foreign Service. Mildred Bliss (1879–1969) inherited a fortune from her family's investment in the patent medicine Fletcher's Castoria. Sharing a taste in the art of little-known or under-appreciated cultures, the Blisses developed unique collections with the…

Why do people with inherited wealth often avoid discussing money? Is the money taboo a privilege of the wealthy? And where does the taboo come from anyway?

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