When it comes to seeing the sites in our nation's capital, I consider myself a true Washingtonian. After spending four years here as a G.W. undergrad (go Colonials!) and nearly two years as a nine-to-five adult, I have most of the D.C. essentials crossed off my to-do list. Lincoln Memorial, check. Bike the Capital Crescent Trail, check. Eat a half-smoke at Ben's Chili Bowl, delicious... I mean, check. I've got a lot of places under my belt, which is why when my mother came for a visit this past weekend, I tried to find something both she and I had yet to explore. Our destination: The Hillwood Estate, Museum, and Gardens.
The Hillwood, tucked away in a quiet residential neighborhood in Northwest D.C., is the former home of Marjorie Merriweather Post-- the only child of entrepreneur Charles William (C.W.) Post of the Postum Cereal Company that would eventually become the General Foods Corporation. After her mother's death in 1912 and her father's in 1914, Post, at only 27 years old, became the sole heiress to her father's company and fortune. She had become one of the wealthiest women in America.
Post originale: http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2010/11/undiscovered-dc-the-hillwood-e.html
