The other day while out, I passed by an area with several restaurants all with outside seating areas. I love the outside seating areas because I love sitting outside when at all possible. The only downside, which isn’t even so bad, is that sometimes they can create some sidewalk traffic…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! The Irish are known as storytellers, back to the great Bardic traditions up through lyrical poets and incredible authors today. In my own family, there are quite a few people who can definitely keep a captive audience with made up stories or stories from their past.…
I expected that I would like New Orleans. But I didn’t think I would love it. But I did love it. Do love it. I can’t wait to go back. The narrow streets of the French Quarter with the colored buildings and iron balconies are romantic, and walking just over…
Yesterday I got in a discussion with friends about books vs. e-books, and whether or not this is finally the end of books (since I’ve heard this argument for at least the past 10 years or so). It started off with a discussion about publishing and self-publishing, and I got…
In DC, chances are there’s usually something going on. And unlike other places where you might have to do a little research to find out a weekend’s happenings, a lot of the times here one just stumbles on them. Take this weekend, for example. I went out to do some…
Yesterday I bought French Market style coffee. It wasn’t the Café du Monde kind, because all that was left was decaf (and what’s the point of decaf?), but it’s still coffee with chicory. And it’s still delicious. I tried a small cup last night, but this morning made a full…