Ah, April — that most unpredictable of months when it comes to weather, special elections, and DC special events. Our house is an older row house, so the warmer weather brings not just flowers in our garden but a few many-legged insects that appear (literally) out of the woodwork, scaring the bejeezus out of me […]
It’s been quite a month on the Hill and in our fair city. Our children have had not one week of school without a delay or day off due to holiday, snowfall, rainfall, wind, locusts, or cicadas. The high winds toppled the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse, creating the National Mulch Pile. We had […]
Growing up in DC, I have become used to winters with no snow days. We had some great storms that resulted in days (and even weeks) off of school, especially when going to a high school that followed Montgomery County for weather-related closings. But we have also had many years of nothing but an occasional […]
Yes, it’s another post about the heat. But I couldn’t help but share this picture that Rukasu1 added to our Flickr pool. In case you don’t recognize it, this is the sign at the Citibank at 6th and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, showing some crazy temperature readings yesterday. How are you staying cool in this heat?
In case you’ve living under an air conditioned rock, you’re sure to have noticed that it’s really really hot outside. Sizzling, scorching, burning, baking, blazing, blistering, flaming, humid, on fire, ovenlike, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, sultry, oppressive, tropic…yep, there are a lot of ways to say it but at the end of the day, […]