Archive for 'Washington, D.C.'
Post-Labor Day; Goodbye Gustav!
Hurricane Gustav wasn’t as bad as feared; but a storm’s no fun.
Spent Labor Day weekend in Washington, D.C. with the siblings - We saw a Nationals v. Braves game on Saturday night; otherwise much sightseeing. Weather was nice and the sights were amazing.
Saturday: lunch at Fuddruckers in Alexandria, VA - quite [...]
Posted: September 3rd, 2008 under Brooklyn, Washington, D.C..
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Upgrade
I’ve been on a bit of a Spring Break hiatus (thanks for SSW for holding down the fort). I’ve upgraded to WordPress version 2.5 on the back end, which is actually quite nice. Will make some changes to the template. In the interim, I’ve been doing the following:
Seen Rent - the musical (have seen the [...]
Posted: March 31st, 2008 under Brooklyn, Washington, D.C..
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Conference
I’m on day 3 of my DC trip. Quick recap:
Uneventful flight, although coworker did not make the flight thanks to the MTA not having A train service on the weekend. He ended up being on standby for about 6 hours. My hotel reservation was screwed up also - they put down February instead of March, [...]
Posted: March 13th, 2007 under Washington, D.C..
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Chinatown facade
Made a quick run to DC’s Chinatown during a break Tuesday. The traditional gate is very impressive - it’s at least 5 stories tall. However, there was a definite dearth of Chinese people around. There were about four blocks of quasi-Chinatown, but apparently someone told these people that everyone has to have Chinese on [...]
Posted: March 16th, 2005 under Washington, D.C..
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Having the constitution thrown at you
This morning as I was walking to the Farragut North station, a strong breeze knocked down a Constitution Street street sign, nearly nailing a woman on the head. Amazingly she wasn’t hurt.
Posted: March 15th, 2005 under Washington, D.C..
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