Category Archives: alexandria

Walking home from the Braddock Metro station in Alexandria one day I saw the strangest thing zoom by me down the road. I did a double take. Was it really? Yes…yes it was a guy riding on the front seat … Continue reading →

A European visitor to Alexandria in 1794, via The Lyceum: Alexandria is one of the most wicked places I ever beheld in my life; cockfighting, horse racing, with every species of gambling and cheating, being apparently the principal business going … Continue reading →