Posted in Urbanal, tagged batman, chicago porch disasters, gyros, intern bitches, jesus christ's holy colon, Kanye, leather and capes, my dad is a lawyer, washington dc, winona ryder on July 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I miss Chicago. Waah. It’s all I talk about. Waah. Sympathize with me, especially considering that before I moved I just wanted to leave because it’s too cold. POOR ME.
THE FOLLOWING THINGS MAKE ME HOMESICK:
Things that don’t make me homesick:
Work
Public Transit
Abraham Lincoln
The entire month of February
Middlechild
Posted in Urbanal, tagged old post office, washington dc on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite things about DC is the architecture. If you just ignore the bureaucracy-made-manifest late 20th century federal office buildings it’s like they’re not even there. On previous trips to the Mall, I had noticed the Old Post Office on Pennsylvania. Apparently it became obsolete almost immediately after it was [...]
Posted in Urbanal, tagged bullet popsicle, delicious, national mall, patriot popsicle, street vendors, walking, washington dc on April 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of my favorite things about living in a tourist town is acting like a tourist; one of my favorite things about living in our Nation’s Capital is that it is so small one can walk virtually everywhere (except NE of the Capitol… do not walk there. Or toward SE… do not walk there, [...]
Posted in Gramma's Handbag, tagged cherry blossoms, neat, photography, tourists, washington dc on April 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Check out Arjewtino’s (h/t DCist) photos of tourists taking photos of the cherry blossoms.
The National Cherry Blossom Festival runs through April 13. I’ve only been down to the tidal basin during peak bloom once – on a foggy Tuesday morning last week during the group run. It was pretty serene thanks to the [...]
