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…
So I was off my fairly regular posting this past week, but it was a very busy week. One thing that I’ve realized several days ago while chatting about some favorite restaurants, and also flipping through some recent photos, is I’ve had quite the culinary experience so far in 2011.…