03 Aug 2011

Things We Take for Granted: The Employees of Nationals Park Bike Valet Service

For every game that my family bikes to, we use the wonderful valet service that I’ve written about in previous posts. Last night I realized that my previous post overlooked two key components:  Olajawon Davis and Delonte Brown, the wonderful employees who make the bike valet station run. When we arrive at the garage on the corner […]


27 Jul 2011

Things We Take For Granted:

Things We Take For Granted: The H Street Farmers Market

I grew up in the country, on a farm, where fresh produce was in abundance all summer long. Our plates were full of fresh corn, okra, tomatoes, cabbage, kale, shallots, berries, and the likes all summer long. We never needed to visit the produce aisles of our local supermarket, because everything we needed was right […]


15 Jul 2011

Things We Take For Granted – People Power

A few weeks ago our family’s beloved pup got out and was missing for over a day. She’d escaped while folks were in and out while doing some work on our house. Once we realized she was missing we were panicked because we had no idea how she had been gone. Like anyone would do […]


08 Jul 2011

Things We Take for Granted: Great Places to Run on the Hill

When I first started running in April, I could barely keep up with the training program’s guidelines.  How could I run a 5k in six weeks’ time when I could barely run for one minute? A funny thing happened around the third week when we took our training to Lincoln Park. We were able to […]


29 Jun 2011

Things We Take For Granted: Home Run Fireworks

I live near the ballpark; not as close as some folks, as I am just north of the highway, but I’m a very short walk and certainly within earshot of the fireworks at Nationals Ballpark.  Well, at least when there were fireworks.  This season, the Nationals have switched to a horn… Why did I love […]


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