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.
Alexandria Daily Photo 
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?
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! 🙂
that’s a great post.
i’d like to express my condolences for all killed at Virginia University.
Jazzy, that’s very kind of you. It’s such an incomprehensible tragedy.