No Cubicles in Sight

If you have to work for a living, wouldn’t it be nice to work in a colorful place like this? Well, maybe except when it’s really hot like today. Or when it snows. Or when it’s raining torrents.

Guess that’s why I’ll always be a pathetic office worker with skin a delicate shade of fish belly white. By the way, that’s my blues name, so don’t be goin’ anywhere with that.

Tomorrow is Daily Photo Theme Day! Alexandria Daily Photo will be one of the participants.

Inside Eclectic Nature

This Del Ray plant nursery is very attractive. It was so colorful, it made me happy just to be there!

Eclectic Nature Revisited

Previously I shared an image of only the entrance to Eclectic Nature, a Del Ray garden center, because at the time there were cars parked everywhere, making SNUDs out of themselves. (SNUD is a photographic term I made up. It means Something Nasty, Ugly or Distracting.) Today it was closed, so I was able to show much more. I didn’t explain so well last time that Eclectic Nature is not a public garden to walk around in. It’s a plant nursery where you can also get interesting accessories for the garden like statuary and banners.

Look Through Any Window (Except This One)

It may not be immediately obvious from the photo, but the window on the left of this Del Ray antiques shop on Mt. Vernon Avenue is really a mural.

If you’re humming and you’re not sure why, all that pot smoking you did in the 1960s affected your memory. I was going to tell you something else, too, but I can’t think of it right now. If you don’t have a clue as to what I’m babbling about, click here.

My thanks to Passante of Picturing Washington DC, from whom I shamelessly stole this idea.

Hablamos Español

This shop on Mt. Vernon Avenue caters to its many Hispanic customers who live in the Arlandria-Chirilagua neighborhood adjacent to Del Ray. Oh my goodness, Toto! We’re not in Old Town any more! Nope. You’d never see a shop like this in Old Town. In Del Ray the businesses don’t cater to tourists. They cater to residents who need to get things and get things done.

Mancini’s

A stone’s throw from Al’s Steak House (you can see Al’s sign on the far left) is Mancini’s. I love what they did with the wall. In case you can’t tell from the picture, the little alcove with the sunflowers is painted on.

Al’s Steak House

I should write an Alexandria restaurant guide because I love eating out, and I love sharing the best and most interesting places on Alexandria Daily Photo. Haven’t eaten here yet, but Al’s Steak House on Mt. Vernon Avenue has been a Del Ray landmark since 1956. Their specialty is Philly cheesesteak sandwiches.

I wonder if that telephone gets used any more.

Fireflies Cafe

Mt. Vernon Avenue in Del Ray is the main drag where most of the restaurants and cafes are located. Too bad for me! Fireflies was closed this afternoon when I came by.