Have you ever driven down on Baron Cameron Avenue only to have a zebra or camel catch your eye?  You’re driving past the Reston Zoo, home to a wide variety of exotic animals including alligators, alpacas, antelopes, bisons, camels, llama, monkeys, ostriches, porcupines, and zebras. And I’ve probably missed a few! If you click on [...]

The Reston Association is a not-for-profit association that serves the residents of Reston with government-like services.  The Reston Association features a full time staff of about 70 and an additional 300 seasonal workers to operate the recreational facilities and care for the natural surroundings in Reston. The Reston Association operates and maintains 15 pools, 49 [...]

Centreville is an unincorporated census designated neighborhood just 20 miles from Washington, DC.  The Centreville neighborhood sits on 9.7 square miles of land with approximately 60,000 residents in the Sully District of Fairfax County. The Centreville area offers a wide variety of housing choices from apartments, condominiums, townhomes, and single family homes.  As of 2009, [...]

It’s that time of year to start thinking about spring planting.  Getting the backyard into shape is on most people’s to-do list as plans are made to spend more time outdoors.  One task we all face: getting planting areas cleaned out and mulched.  We must love to mulch since we spread around 40 million cubic [...]

Sterling is an unincorporated area in eastern Loudoun County Virginia just west of Great Falls.  The main roads in Sterling are Route 28, Harry Byrd Highway, Algonkian Parkway, Cascades Parkway, South Sterling Boulevard, Waxpool Road, South Church Road, and Potomac View Road.  Most of the homes in Sterling were built in the 1970s and 1980s, [...]