Clearly, as evidenced by my last very brief post, I was recently at the beach. I didn’t write much more in my last post, as I was still operating on that relaxing feeling that comes only with visiting the ocean – that gentle lull one gets put into after watching,…
It was Commencement weekend in DC. And I’ll admit, walking to Georgetown for my Sunday breakfast at Dean & Deluca, seeing graduating seniors dressed up, some carrying their cap and gown and others wearing them open over their clothes, made me a little nostalgic. Graduation was a lot of fun.…
Is there a season I love more than the holidays? Sure, spring and fall are quite nice, but there isn’t the same feeling that comes with the holidays. It’s that cozy feeling I love, with the hot chocolate, the warm holiday movies (like Love Actually), maybe now some hot wine…
If you do not live in the Northeast, or missed the news and weather forecast, then you may not know that it snowed over the last weekend. Yes, that’s right. It snowed. In October. And it was cold. Now granted, it didn’t stick. But there were large, fluffy snowflakes falling…
Do you know that Monty Python sketch in the Holy Grail about the seasons passing and skipping? “And winter gave spring and summer a miss and went straight into autumn.” While we definitely had a summer in DC, the fall does seem to have descended a little too quickly. I…
One of the many things I love about DC is that there is a lot to do. This fact was highlighted to me over the weekend when a friend came to visit from Texas. We had only two full days and, as it was her first visit to the District,…