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Late yesterday afternoon I left Arlington for a few minutes and went for a drive into Washington D.C. I snapped a few photos, thinking that I would post them with an essay that, if it wasn't overly long, would at least include a few profound thoughts about what these past few weeks have been like. [...]
When life hands you a furlough and a snowstorm in the same week, what can you do but make Snurlough cream? There is nothing so capable of compounding the boredom-inducing government shutdown than an old-fashioned blizzard. It kept me home bound for all of Sunday, but on Monday I was determined to get out. I [...]
Most of Washington D.C. doesn't feel much like a city to me. My town is long avenues and parks and statues and domes. It lacks grit. But Adams Morgan is a bit different. It is not quite the same as it was when we were young and heading to Madam's Organ. Expensive condos have taken [...]
When I was a child my family lived in England for three years, and it was there that I learned to love tea culture. Scones with clotted cream and jam. Chocolate eclairs filled with barely sweetened whipped cream. In short, I loved everything . . . except for the tea. But growing up changes tastes, [...]