Some days, you need simple things: a dozen eggs for breakfast, some sort of starch to go along with them, and perhaps some fruit. So maybe you get in your car and drive yourself to the supermarket; or you walk a few blocks and grunt hellos under the fluorescent lights. In and out: transaction over. […]
Metro buses don’t typically give people the warm fuzzies, although Angelique has previously waxed poetic about the X2 in this space. Much ink and pixel has been devoted to WMATA’s delays and inconveniences, not to mention the heartbreaking fatalities. On Twitter, there is @unsuckdcmetro, a feed devoted to highlighting and retweeting the bad –and sometimes […]
I originally was going to write about how sweet and underrated the back-to-school is as a citywide experience: even those who do not have children or do not seem to have children about them appear to look on in a kind and perhaps reminiscent way as waves of kids of all sizes and ages trot […]
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 […]
For those who follow local politics, this has not been an auspicious month for the DC Council. No need to go into all the details here, but as embarrassed as I am for my city, this is a good time to be from Capitol Hill and Ward 6. I happen to support Tommy Wells and […]