Saturday was chock-full of social.  Went to B&E's new house for a party over in Fairfax., to see the new digs, show support.  They had been inviting everyone over to help them move and we hadn't come, so it seemed like a good idea not to diss them entirely for this sort of big life event.  The lower level of the house was a jumble of car parts and ( Read more... )

Let's be clear, in case I left a false impression with anyone ( Read more... )

Saw Yes! at the Warner last night after work. The line-up, since it has switched around from tour to tour, was Steve Howe on guitar, accoustic, mandolin, steel guitar; Chris Squire on bass (including a three-necked bass) and harmonica; Geoff Downs on keyboards; and Allan White on drums, if I have remembered correctly. The vox was a young man in ( Read more... )

I haven't washed my hands today, which is kind of icky, but I shook Jose Andres hands last night around 9 o'clock and every time I look down at them, I think maybe I can hold off a few more minutes. So I am typing this with fingers enfolded just yesterday by the firm hairy mitts of a premier DC chef. How did this come about?

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Remember how my sister fell down our front steps and hurt her foot? Turns out the problem, that horrible noise she heard, was not a bone, but a tendon on the top of her foot snapping. When she went in for xrays recently, the little bones at the base of her toes had moved around without that connective tissue to make them behave. Tuesday, she is ( Read more... )

You may know that DC is choked with protesters fer and agin gay marriage, converging like ants to the peak of the hill, on the peak of The Hill, ie, the Supreme Court. They are full of excitement and signage ( Read more... )

Saturday at the S Dillon Ripley Center next to the Smithsonian Castle went to a series of 4 lectures, basically all day, on the historical evidence or lack thereof for Jesus ( Read more... )

Husband had a stress test Wednesday to make sure he is on the mend, and the cardiologist was very pleased, and feels there will be very little permanent damage. He claimed when he called that he was considering eating something fried, but wasn't sure what just yet. I told him that this good news was not carte blanche to eat badly ( Read more... )

ATTENTION, ATTENTION. EMERGENCY. WE ARE TRAPPED IN A HOUSE WITH FOUR BAGS OF EASTER CANDY. EMERGENCY ( Read more... )

I had to get back to work, but my husband lingered the morning yesterday before driving back (from Milwaukee to DC is 13 or 14 hours; not sure how he does this. I just can't stand driving for extended periods. 2 hours and I'm done.) to talk to an indie film maker whose work we had been enjoying. He was worried that maybe these guys would turn ( Read more... )