My first Zipcar Experience
Ok, so I've been putting off trying Zipcar for roughly 14 years. Back in the early 2000's, I lived in the greater Boston area and my...Read More
Showing posts with label District of Columbia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label District of Columbia. Show all posts
End of Tour Summary - Washington, DC
Our first tour in the Foreign Service with the US Department of State was in Washington, D.C. Not really all that foreign, but there was a...Read More
Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia Reception
I spent this past Friday evening at an event organized by the International Club of D.C. at the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia . The evening...Read More
4th of July on the National Mall
For this year's Fourth of July, we decided to go into Washington, D.C. to watch the parade and then stay for the fireworks. How we fille...Read More
Anticipating Memorial Day Weekend in Washington D.C.
The office is somewhat quiet as it's the Friday before Memorial Day. If you didn't know, there are lots of Memorial Day events in Wa...Read More
Cherry Blossoms in DC
It's that time of year again, when hordes of locals and tourists descend upon the tidal basin and Jefferson Memorial to look at white an...Read More
Zoo Lights at the National Zoo
During Christmas time at the National Zoo , the whole place is lit up with all sorts of lights. And it's free! I had wondered if the noc...Read More
A United States Botanical Gardens Christmas
I'm expecting to see more than Christmas trees during our tour of the United States Botanical Gardens. But to start things off right, w...Read More
Mount Vernon Night Tour
As a seasonal event, George Washington's Mount Vernon does a "Mount Vernon by Candlelight" program. Of course, candlelight is ...Read More
Touring DC - White House & Pentagon
We got up really early to drive into downtown DC. Which most people don't do unless they live there because there's almost no parkin...Read More
One of those days...
I took advantage of the "comp time for travel" policy that exists for folks like me who have to lose a weekend to be in place for ...Read More
Marine Corps Marathon - 10K
Ok, so today's plan was to ride my bike to the metro so that I can run the Marine Corps 10k that finishes near my office, where I'll...Read More
Dining in DC: Zengo
While it's rare that Kacey and I get to go out to nice places to eat (because two over-tired children kinda ruins the atmosphere), last...Read More
How Apropos...priated.
So, Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14) looks to be getting off to a rocky start. It's particularly poignant for me, as Oct 1, 2013 marks the o...Read More
A New Commute
Today was my first day of my new commute route. Well, sort of. We recently bought a place about two miles from the place we'd been renti...Read More
DC is unpleasant w/o A/C
Ok, so our townhouse has two air conditioning units and one of them up and died last week. Sadly, even though I'm technically a licensed...Read More
Bike to Work
So, May was "Bike-to-Work Month" and May 17th was "Bike-to-Work Day," but I missed out because I was on my way back from...Read More
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