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2024-02-19 13:00
Happy Monday when we conveniently have a long weekend and a celebration of the birthdays of George Washington (who was born February 22, 1732) and Abraham Lincoln (who was born on February 1… Read More
2024-02-12 13:00
I had a total hip replacement 10 days ago which means I've pretty much been confined to home, getting my steps in by laps around kitchen, dining room, and living room. I cannot complain -- m… Read More
2024-02-05 13:57
I've always found February to be a rather grim month. Even though all that January snow melted and the days are getting longer, the skies seem perpetually gray and the sun is still low on th… Read More
2024-01-29 13:00
My neighborhood is within the city limits of the District of Columbia but it has the distinct feel of an older suburb: single family houses with yards (albeit small ones), lots of big trees… Read More
2024-01-22 13:00
Like they needed this sign.We got about seven inches of snow last week, spread out over two days (Monday and Friday), the first snowfall exceeding one inch in over two years. I gotta sa… Read More
2024-01-15 13:00
Funeral procession for Martin Luther King, Jr., April 9, 1968There are dates in history that are seared in our minds -- John F. Kennedy's assassination, the moon landing, Nixon's resignation… Read More
2024-01-08 13:30
When the world went into lockdown in March 2020 and many of us shifted to working from home, I started sending an email every morning to the staff of the small federal agency where I was exe… Read More
2024-01-05 16:04
It's that time of year when news content is full of best of lists, retrospectives, predictions, and suggestions for New Year's resolutions. I guess I should be happy that there is a counterw… Read More
2023-12-25 13:30
The neighbors are once again outdoing themselves with the array of holiday inflatables decorating their lawns. But for whatever reason, I don't find the Christmas-related ones nearly as intr… Read More
2023-12-18 13:11
The Friendship Heights neighborhood, which straddles the line between DC and Maryland, has become a bit of a ghost town with big retail failing during the pandemic, emptying out two indoor s… Read More
2023-12-11 13:04
You are probably wondering who Martin Weil is and why someone you've probably never heard of should be considered a national treasure. But feast your eyes on this from the Sunday Washi… Read More
2023-12-04 13:00
From Foxtrot Comics by Bill AmendThese days when getting together with friends, the conversation predictably leads to three questions: What are you reading? What are you watching? And… Read More
2023-11-27 13:30
At a recent online meeting, the icebreaker question was "what is your favorite thing about fall?" There were shoutouts to hayrides and apple picking, football and Halloween candy. My f… Read More
2023-11-20 13:00
It's a busy week for most of us but since I'm trying to stick with a regular routine of posting every Monday, I'd thought I'd pop in to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. The list of things… Read More
2023-11-13 13:42
Veterans Day was either Friday or Saturday of last week. Unlike other federal holidays that are observed on the closest Monday to the actual holiday, Veterans Day is always observed on the e… Read More
2023-11-06 13:50
The world is a dumpster fire right now. The situation in the Middle East is heart breaking, both because of the human toll on innocent Israelis and Palestinians and because there doesn't see… Read More
2023-10-31 13:25
I've finally decided enough is enough and deleted my Twitter account. If you want to follow me on Threads, you can find me at https://www.threads.net/@justanotherdayindc Read More
2023-10-30 12:12
I said last week that the neighbors were all in on Halloween, but some people have really gone next level. Being clever and audacious is what gets points here. While I celebrate enthus… Read More
2023-10-23 12:35
The neighbors have gone nuts decorating for Halloween. I've snapped so many pictures that I will have to do this in two parts -- a potpourri of themes today and then my best-in-show next wee… Read More
2023-10-16 12:27
You seem some odd things when out and about and your head is attuned to making content.I'm trying to imagine what happened to this street sign. The bend in the pole is far too high to… Read More
2023-10-09 12:00
Artwork by jenhud.comThe current dysfunction in the U.S. House of Representatives would be fun to watch if it weren't so sad for the nation. No matter what your political stripe, I'm pretty… Read More
2023-10-02 12:00
Years ago, in the days before children and other commitments, my husband and I took a lot of long bike rides in the country where I was always charmed and intrigued by the yards we would pas… Read More
2023-09-25 12:02
It's Yom Kippur, the most sacred day of the year in Jewish calendar, and I should be fasting. But I'm not. Fasting doesn't make me look inward. It just makes me cranky. And since there… Read More
2023-09-18 12:00
Someone has put up these colorful-but-somewhat-difficult-to-read-while-driving signs on telephone poles around DC and its neighboring jurisdictions, and that basically begged for a post.My f… Read More
2023-09-11 12:06
The following is a repost from September 11, 2011. While the events of 9/11/01 are ever more distant, the mess we made in Iraq and Afghanistan ever more apparent and the January 6th in… Read More
2023-09-04 21:17
I was looking at Google Maps awhile back, figuring out the distances between two places in my neighborhood, when I noticed a pin just across the District line, labeled "Samuel Shoemaker Fami… Read More
2023-08-28 12:17
The National Mall is such an iconic spot, the beating heart of tourism in DC and known to millions more through television and film. It's also been the site where news has been made includin… Read More
2023-08-21 13:00
We've gotten to the point in the DC summer when honestly, we're all exhausted. It hasn't been an exceptionally hot summer (particularly in comparison to the one they've had in Phoenix or Hou… Read More
2023-08-14 14:01
Washington has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to tourist sites. The monuments and memorials, the Smithsonian museums, the Capitol, and the White House can keep you busy for a weekl… Read More
2023-08-06 11:59
What is it about the act of spreading ashes after cremation that has so captured our imagination – in film, literature, and in our everyday life? While many of the world’s major… Read More
2023-08-01 14:04
Last weekend, we had friends over for dinner and I went looking in the cupboard for the dessert plates that I got from my mom. This set, manufactured by Royal Copenhagen in the 1950s… Read More
2023-07-26 12:44
We don't have free universal health care or higher education but one thing we do have in Washington are plenty of free museums and exhibitions. Although you may be thinking of the various Sm… Read More
2023-07-24 14:21
Although I enjoy going to the occasional Nats game, I don't follow professional sports. Actually I don't follow college sports either. But every four years, I cannot get enough of the Women'… Read More
2023-07-20 12:25
I wasn't much of a doll person as a kid, and I never had a Barbie. I did have a Penny Brite who was kind of an off-brand Skipper: no curves, no boyfriends, and many fewer outfits and a… Read More
2023-07-14 20:47
Months ago, the only slotted spoon in my kitchen disappeared. It wasn't anything special but was handy to have for dishing out marinated cucumbers and pickled beets. I don't even know… Read More
2023-07-09 14:52
One of the features of life in DC is that you often run into celebrities -- well that is, celebrities known to those who follow news and politics. There's Dana Bash, anchor of CNN's State of… Read More
2023-07-02 14:16
Summer in Washington, DC is not for the faint of heart. While we haven't been experiencing the brutal temperatures that are crushing Texas, the hot and muggy weather is here and I imag… Read More
2023-06-20 23:36
As a kid, I loved going to the public library every week and I was lucky enough to have stacks of books in my bedroom to enjoy at all hours of the day. I spent countless hours at our n… Read More
2023-06-19 20:36
2023-06-12 15:32
Okay, it's been a month but I'm back at it. Taking a long walk on a sunny Sunday afternoon, I happened by this. Must have been one hell of a night Read More
2023-05-09 16:45
Notwithstanding my posts about spring blossoms, the true first sign of the change of seasons is the reappearance of the neighborhood ice cream truck. Every night around 6 pm, you… Read More
2023-05-03 17:52
Enough said. Read More
2023-04-25 19:43
Posters for this poor lost kitty named Breckin have been plastered around the area for a good nine months, extending in a radius of at least 2 miles from its home address. Occasionally the o… Read More
2023-04-19 14:09
I was walking down the street in Georgetown the other day, en route to take care of a mundane errand, when I came across this sign:Of course, I knew that Georgetown preceded the establ… Read More
2023-04-13 14:21
Seems like a lot of those gadgets featured in futuristic shows like The Jetsons are now just a part of our everyday lives. Camera phones? Check. Electric cars? Check. An electronic ass… Read More
2023-04-10 13:03
It’s my favorite time of the year—love the feeling of warm sun on my skin, the progression of blooms from crocuses to roses, longer days, the promise of a newly planted garden.&n&hell…Read More
2023-04-07 10:30
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2023-04-03 15:44
It's been over a decade since my last post -- how can that be?! In the intervening years, I had two different jobs, sent two kids off to college and saw them launched into adulthood, s… Read More
2013-08-12 19:50
With the new year just around the corner, I have been thinking about resolutions and my aspirations for 2012. And one of the things I've realized is that blogging is just not one of my prio… Read More
2011-12-28 12:37
Moving to some place new has a way of tuning your senses. What's otherwise unremarkable is novel, interesting. Here are just a few things that are part of the landscape in DC and Paris, th… Read More
2011-12-26 00:53
My trusty Canon camera, the one that shot over 7,000 photos in three years living abroad, up and died this week. It still takes pictures but the screen is shot, and technology being what it… Read More
2011-12-24 15:11
As much as the hard core foodies seem to find nothing redeeming in American cooking, I'm always quick to rise to the defense of it. I grew up in a household where few processed products mad… Read More
2011-12-21 11:45
With Christmas just days away, I'm quick like a bunny getting these photos up to share. I suppose that I could keep putting them up until New Year's but honestly, once the big day has come… Read More
2011-12-19 12:36
Although I don't technically celebrate Christmas, I love the festive atmosphere, the foods, the music, and most of all the decorations. The neighbors are going all out with the twinkling wh… Read More
2011-12-16 12:32
You gotta admire the confidence of someone who drives a car that looks like this:And for those who wish to go all out in celebrating Christmas, why stop at a wreath on your front fender when… Read More
2011-12-14 12:15
It's the Christmas season and if people aren't buying because of a down economy, it's not because the retailers and manufacturers aren't trying their best to push the merchandise. The stack… Read More
2011-12-12 12:15
the short descriptions of people in the newspaper obituaries read like this:Navy nurseU.S. Supreme Court clerkPolitician, environmentalistLabor department officialMiddle East expertFederal R… Read More
2011-12-10 15:50
I should have known better. In fact, I told myself months ago not to go there. But with Paris now 5+ months in the rear view mirror, I was craving a baguette and started asking around for… Read More
2011-12-07 12:25
If you traveled in Europe before the days of the European Union, you probably remember those oval car stickers with two letter abbreviations designating the car owner's nationality. Among o… Read More
2011-12-05 12:35
After an unseasonably warm fall, the first bit of winter cold has made its way to the Washington area. Although daytime temperatures are still in the mid 50s F, the mercury is dipping below… Read More
2011-12-03 13:20
As Miss Clavel from the Madeleine books would say, "something is not quite right" with this picture. Well perhaps only to someone who cares about French geography. Not sure what a good ske… Read More
2011-11-30 12:25
One of my brothers-in-law (and I have many), who was an avid reader of my Paris blog, told me the other day that this blog is boring. Okay, well he phrased it a little more nicely than that… Read More
2011-11-28 12:33
Vélib’ in ParisAnd in DC, Capital BikeshareCapital Bikeshare has been around since 2008, a year after the launch of Paris's wildly successful Vélib’ program, itself… Read More
2011-11-26 12:43
Perhaps we made a mistake not bothering to assemble a "cellar" of French wines while we were in Paris. It was one of those decisions made by default, a function of not enough time, expertis… Read More
2011-11-23 12:12
Today, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, may be the worst possible day to travel in the U.S. Everyone is on the road trying to get to Grandma's house (or wherever family gather for their t… Read More
2011-11-21 12:22
What could be more fun than lying face down in a public place and getting your picture taken? When I saw these teenage girls gleefully face planting themselves inside the rental car center… Read More
2011-11-18 13:27
This bank of newspaper boxes is quintessentially DC. I well remember my sister, a New Yorker for many years, being taken aback by the sight on one of her visits to DC long ago. In her New… Read More
2011-11-16 12:21
The other day my husband mentioned in passing that his work will likely take him to Paris for a few days in December. And there in the dark green cloud of jealousy that suddenly surrounded… Read More
2011-11-14 12:45
While the rest of the world knows Capitol Hill as the seat of the U.S. Congress, Washingtonians know that it's also a great neighborhood, at once both intimate and stately, yuppified and rou… Read More
2011-11-12 15:52
Is it just me or is there really something that's just wrong about filling Santa's pants with candy and nuts (!) and calling that an appropriate gift for Christmas? And don't get me started… Read More
2011-11-11 12:59
A tip of the hat to my younger child, who walks a good mile each way to school each morning (and back in the afternoon), for pointing out these fascinating sculptures hanging in the yard of… Read More
2011-11-07 12:50
When making comparisons about history, DC doesn't stack up very well against Paris. On the one hand, you've got a town that had its origins long before the Romans and on the other, wel… Read More
2011-11-04 11:01
If you read my Paris blog, you may know of my interest in potato chips as an indicator of differences in tastes across cultures. (If not, take a look here and here.) So nat… Read More
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