Ever since things started to open up since quarantine, I’ve been intrigued by the amount of people who are still taking scrupulous precautions. While I certainly understand that there is a lot of conflicting information out there, one thing I don’t quite get are the healthy 20 and 30-somethings whose COVID survival rate is around 99.98% holing up and only feeding their anxieties further. In my humble opinion, it’s not…
I know we’re already in the throws of fall, but here in DC, things move a lil’ slow and we tend to not really get a winter until January. Heck, we never even got a winter last year, so maybe we’ll get lucky again. … Although, I must admit that I *kind* of like the coziness of a snowy day with coffee, baking, and forced resting.. Those days are kind…
We were craving a change of scenery this past weekend so after hitting up church on Sunday, we took a quick one hour drive to Purcellville, VA. And it was lovely. I don’t know what it is about me. I have lived in stereotypical suburbia my entire life and just can’t seem to sit still on the weekends. Take me away! When I recently read on Heather Bien’s blog about…
It’s no secret that I’m a huge history nerd and always have been. When I was in middle school, I gladly volunteered at my town’s historical village giving tours and becoming a little local expert of sorts. The first place I lived here in DC was Old Town Alexandria and immediately fell in love with the rich history there, from way back when it was one of America’s biggest port…
Today’s post was definitely one of the more fun posts I’ve written in a while. Yesterday, Governor Hogan issued a “stay at home” order, which, from what I’m reading, is nothing more than a semantic change. Grocery stores are still open, restaurants are still open for carry out we can (blissfully) still go on walks. Someone unfortunately decided to host a bonfire this past weekend with 60 people and welp,…
When I was growing up in Cleveland, St. Patrick’s Day had very low school attendance because every Duffy, O’Malley, Costello, and Reilly (unlike us lowly pedestrian last names) got to take the day off to go to the big parade. In case you were wondering, yes, this (along with being one of three first graders in my class who actually went to school when President George H.W. Bush came to…
I don’t know if I’ve ever done a post like this before, but I always enjoy reading them from other people. 2019 was, like all years, a year of ups and downs. I traveled more than I ever had, saw some amazing new cities, and even gained airline status on Southwest. January We rang in 2019 with a nasty bug. Both Jim and I were sick, but we still managed…
A few weekends ago, my pal, Catherine and I went brewery hunting. Even though wineries are my go-to, I often forget how much fun breweries can be. Now that I live on the Maryland side of D.C., Baltimore is super easy for me to get to, so I know this little venture is not a one-time thing. I visited Heavy Seas YEARS ago. It might have even been my first…
Last weekend was seriously one of the most fun and well-organized events I’ve ever been to, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation D.C. Brewer’s Ball. It was seriously a blast. There were 18 stations, and at each station were 2-3 breweries as well as a restaurant being represented. We got small beer glasses when we came in, so, in theory, pacing was encouraged by default. Granted, it didn’t always happen that way,…
Hope you all had an amazing Memorial Day weekend! We’re in the final week of school over here, and all of us are simply elated! A few weeks ago, Jim was competing in a volleyball tournament in the middle of “Peanut Country,” Virginia and I gladly went along for the ride. There is something about being around farmland that makes me so excited and so happy. To me, it’s a…