Tonight's picture was taken in July of 2009. I recently found this photo on the blog and downloaded it back into my electronic files. I am so happy I have the blog, because for some reason there are several photos I have just lost track of during Mattie illness and I can't seem to find them anywhere. Except on the blog. Every photo to me is special, which is why the blog is so important. It is like a documentary of Mattie's battle and then our subsequent journey trying to cope with life without Mattie.
This photo features Mattie and Whitney on our couch. Whitney was a child life intern at the Hospital and one of Mattie's favorites. Whitney and her buddy Lesley, were one of the first two child life interns Mattie worked with at Georgetown, and this twosome became an instant hit with Mattie. Once Whitney's internship ended, she occasionally came over to visit Mattie and play with him so I could catch up on the world falling all around me at home.
Quote of the day: Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality. ~ Emily Dickinson
Today I had the opportunity to leave work behind, as well as my computer and was treated to lunch with a friend. My friend Dawnee took me to a Washington classic in Great Falls, VA called L'Auberge Chez François. I have always wanted to try this restaurant, but it is a bit of a journey. So one needs a special occasion and time to get there.
It was the perfect weather day for this restaurant. The sun was out, but it wasn't hot and humid. Just delightful to sit outside. This is the outside of the restaurant, and as you can see it has an old world charm! Since it is in Great Falls, driving to it, is very peaceful and scenic!
François Haeringer, the founder of L’Auberge Chez François
in Great Falls, Virginia, was a pioneer when he opened the original Chez
François in the heart of Washington DC in 1954. Haeringer’s goal was to operate
a restaurant with “a nice ambiance and good honest food at affordable prices.”
The restaurant’s enduring popularity is a testimony to his success with this
approach.
In 1975, the Claridge Hotel, which housed Chez François, was
sold to make room for an office building. Instead of retiring at age 57,
Haeringer decided to fulfill his dream of opening an “auberge” – a family inn
prevalent in his native Alsatian countryside. After finding the perfect six
acres of rolling green hills in Great Falls, L’Auberge Chez François opened in
1976, and became a family business. Eldest son Jacques, by then a chef in his
own right, became Chef de Cuisine. The dining rooms are filled with Haeringer
family heirlooms and murals depicting scenes of Haeringer’s place of birth,
Obernai, France.
As we were eating butterflies were fluttering by as well as birds.
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