Squeeeee! We got to go to the White House Easter Egg Roll!!! In our attempt to do any and everything while we live up here I entered the lottery for tickets to the event. There were five different time slots and I had to rank them in order of preference. We didn’t get my preferredContinue reading “White House Easter Egg Roll”
Category Archives: Around DC
Is it too much to ask for?
I live in a big city. With lots of people. With escalators. Why can’t I find a small umbrella stroller with a basket for carrying packages? And titanium wheels on ball bearings? And possibly a jet engine? Oh, and doesn’t cost a lot because I don’t want to keep it forever? A behemoth stroller would beContinue reading “Is it too much to ask for?”
Cherry blossoms and Chinese
The cherry blossom trees around D.C. were given by the city of Tokyo in 1912. Over 3,000 trees. They’re all in full bloom right now and today was the kick off of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. The Kite Festival was part of the day’s events and we headed there first. Why we didn’t think toContinue reading “Cherry blossoms and Chinese”
Trotting through Arlington
Welcome fellow Blogtrotters! My name is Vicki and my family and I currently live in Arlington, Virginia. We have lived in many a city, state and even country. Second to Germany, Arlington has been my favorite place to live, and we’ve only been here for eight months. If you’ve been blogtrotting long you’ll remember Zahra’sContinue reading “Trotting through Arlington”
Cultural appetite
During school this week we’ve been learning about South America. The countries, the climate, the culture…the culinary delights! One of the best ways to learn about a culture is to eat their food. In all of our progress, we Americans have become quite wimpy in what we will and won’t eat. Tripe, anyone? Fortunately forContinue reading “Cultural appetite”
What we get to do in one month
We’re so excited! There was a lottery system for obtaining tickets. When applying you had to rank the five different time slots according to what you wanted. We got our second choice, which might actually be a better option for Du. I’m praying for warm weather…at least for sun! March and April are going toContinue reading “What we get to do in one month”
Not So SAHM 