Your insider guide for both trendy and classic spots to eat, shop, and play in the DC area. Read More Here. In 1840, when Francis Preston Blair and his daughter came across a “mica-flecked” spring ...
In 1840, when Francis Preston Blair and his daughter came across a “mica-flecked” spring near present-day Georgia Avenue, he fell in love with the land and built a summer home there—calling it “Silver ...