Inspiration strikes at the strangest times. Like 2am. I woke up last night – at 2am – thinking about a new story idea. I thought about it and first thought “you know…this can wait until morning to write down.” And then I continued to lay there, wondering how many ideas…
Over the weekend I went with friends to two vineyards in Virginia, fairly close to DC. Virginia, in the event you don’t know, actually has some very decent wines and beautiful vineyards. For one thing, Virginia is a beautiful state. Something that always strikes me each time I leave the…
An old post from almost two years ago came up on my radar the other day (just through one of those notices for spam comments). But I thought, “hmmm….this has 2011 in the header. I bet this is from new year’s day or thereabouts.” And sure enough, it was. Now…I…
So it’s October already. Wow. That came out of nowhere it seems like. About mid-week, as I dated something as the third or fourth day in October, I had to take a moment and come to terms with the fact that we were already in October. It was different when…
This is another post combining the last couple of weeks, and they’ve been a busy couple of weeks but great fun. As I’ve mentioned before, September means the festivals have descended on the streets and neighborhoods of DC. The first one I went to was the Adams Morgan Day festival,…
There are a lot of places to enjoy breakfast on the weekends in DC, and I’m not talking just about the patio brunch spots (though those are fantastic too!). I’m talking about the quiet places where you bring breakfast with you and can sit and enjoy the view and maybe…