Happy 100th Birthday Julia Child!

 

“We arrived back in Washington, DC in November 1956, and almost immediately dove into the task of renovating our little jewel of a house at 2706 Olive Avenue [sic].  It was a 150-year-old, three story wooden house, on the outskirts of Georgetown…  What fun to feather our own little nest, the only nest we actually owned.” – Julia Child, “My Life In France” 

Image via The Ten Mile Square.

WHERE: Olive Street NW

Quite possibly the prettiest street in Washington runs just three blocks from 27^th Street NW to 30^th Street NW. Olive Street is a narrow, tree-lined row of Federal style town homes, most no higher than two stories, and one former schoolhouse that has been converted to residences. The street abuts Rose Park at one end and a lovely residential block of 30^th Street NW at the other, making it a picture-perfect sliver of Georgetown’s East Village. And few streets can boast better connections to the culinary world: both Julia Child and Ina Garten lived on Olive Street NW!

Image courtesy washingtondchotelsandtravel.blogspot.com.