As you can see from the photograph, my parentsâ hallway fixtures were entirely enclosed by a rectangular glass âglobeâ (which is, apparently an antique, as a replacement globe of the same variety seems entirely unavailable through normal Internet channels).
A Georgetown staple where JFK allegedly proposed to Jackie is celebrating a milestone of itâs own. Martinâs Tavern is turning 80. Martinâs Tavern, established 1933. Martinâs has served a number of big names over the years. And itâs rumored to be the place where President Kennedy proposed to Jackie in whatâs now known as the restaurantâs proposal booth.
Jackie and Ari had started as dear friends. It wasnât until several years after the assassination of her first husband President John F. Kennedy, that their courtship actually began. Aristotle Onassis, a Greek shipping mogul, was one of the wealthiest men in the world and Jackie, an American icon. The pair married on Onassisâs private island of Skorpios on October 20, 1968, an event that is now being played out on the small screen by Katie Holmes and Alexander Siddig.