When Dave emailed me last month, he told me he had lived in several places in Alexandria as a child and was interested in getting some current photographs of his former residences. He was coming to town in April for a veterans’ reunion, so he wondered if I would be interested in meeting him and his wife and taking a few pictures for him. I was delighted to do so.
Here Dave is standing next to the building where his aunt used to live on North Fairfax Street, holding a photograph of himself and his brothers and sisters taken there. Not surprisingly, I had photographed this very same window last October.
He brought the photo wanting to give it to the current owners of the building and hoping for a glimpse inside. He rang the doorbell, but unfortunately no one was home.
April 16, 2007 at 7:51 am
It’s interesting what blogging does—little surprises here and there. Did you know Dave before this excursion with him; I’m assuming that you didn’t, but I could be wrong?
April 16, 2007 at 8:36 am
Kate, my first contact with Dave was when he found my blog and sent me an email a month ago. It is fun, meeting people you’ve only “known” on the internet!
April 16, 2007 at 6:55 pm
that’s a great post.
i’d like to express my condolences for all killed at Virginia University.
April 17, 2007 at 9:01 am
Jazzy, that’s very kind of you. It’s such an incomprehensible tragedy.