Category Archives: Around DC

Visiting the Supreme Court

(This turned out to be a novel so if you want the abridged version scroll down to the bottom of this post, after my signature.) It was a cold, damp morning. The girls and I caught the 8:45 bus in our neighborhood that dropped us off at the Pentagon Metro. Several stops and one trainContinue reading “Visiting the Supreme Court”

Digging the altruism

I helped a man unstick his car from the snow and ice yesterday. On the way back from taking my neighbor to her friend’s house for the weekend I noticed a guy, in our neighborhood, who had gotten his little car stuck in the middle of an intersection. It was blocking the way of aContinue reading “Digging the altruism”

Blessing in disguise

Snowpocolypse Snowmageddon SnOMG How about SNOVERKILL It started snowing Friday. It hasn’t snowed continually since then but it sure feels like it. The average snowfall for my area for the last snow was 26″. We’re expecting anywhere between 10″ and 20″ more. On Saturday the power was out for closer to 20 hours than 12Continue reading “Blessing in disguise”

The blizzard(s) of the century

Make that this winter’s second blizzard of the century. It is affectionately (or not) being called Snowmageddon or Snowpocolips. This southern girl is over it. I just call it overkill. 18 = inches of snow in December’s storm of the century 26 = inches of snow in January’s storm of the century 2 = inchesContinue reading “The blizzard(s) of the century”

Lucifer lives in DC

and drives an RX7. I met him today. Well, I didn’t actually meet him, thank God (and I mean that). I saw him driving on I395. I was minding my own business, paying close attention to all things in front of, behind, and around me, including my blind spot. As I merged into traffic IContinue reading “Lucifer lives in DC”