I’ve written before about my new interest in ballroom dancing, particularly tango. Tango has long held a fascination for me, and if you’ve seen it, then maybe for you as well. It’s a very strong, but yet still romantic dance. And then you hear about those places in Argentina where…
This weekend I had the unique experience of rooting for the opposing team. It was the first time I’d been to a sporting event where the team I preferred was playing and was the visiting team. Granted, most of the sporting events I’ve been to in DC have been hockey…
Saturday was one of those rare days when everything seems to just really, really come together. You know those days that I mean? It started off with incredible weather. Warm(ish), sunny…blue skies after a week with more rain and clouds than sun. And then I’d also heard about a French…
I spent the last weekend in Virginia, hours outside of DC. Several years ago was my first time back and also the first time in a long while I’ve driven through much of VA. After all, it is a bit of a drive from DC. And I’d made a comment…
Sunday night I made it out to Arlington for a poetry reading by contest winners from a city-sponsored contest (kind of cool: the winners’ poems will be featured on the sides of buses in Arlington, so keep an eye out for those!). My friend was one of the winners, so…
Salman Rushdie is a phenomenal story teller. I have read several of his novels now, and while some I loved, even those that I did not feel as strongly about, I still felt as strongly about his writing and a great ability to tell stories. Of course given that he’s…