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quaggy_mire

A Pedestrian Take on The West Wing

Jul 18, 2009 23:41

On my way to work yesterday, a tourist stopped me to ask directions.

“I knew you were a local. You looked like you were from around here,” she said. I walked the rest of the way to work with a big grin on my face.

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gatsbyfan July 19 2009, 16:46:48 UTC

Your feelings about D.C. are what I feel about Chicago. (Though, I prefer to get around by car. If I had the Metro, I would totally go by train but the L is decidedly NOT the metro.) I feel that way when they set things in Chicago. Its fun to pay attention to what they get right and what they really miss. (As you know from my jabs at My Boys.)

I got stopped Wednesday morning by a British woman trying to find her way to the Loop. She was very happy that I told her to take one particular route because she wouldn't have to navigate a stairwell with her "pram". I told her she definitely had to walk by Millennium Park because her daughter would love the Bean. There are times when I don't mind being stopped by the tourists.

Now I'm nostalgic to watch some West Wing when I really should be cleaning or running to Target.

quaggy_mire July 20 2009, 23:19:29 UTC

As you know from my jabs at My Boys.

You're actually more complimentary than anything and I love knowing all those little inside references that I would have missed if I weren't friends with someone from Chicago. :-D

Now I'm nostalgic to watch some West Wing when I really should be cleaning or running to Target.

Hee! Then my job here is done.

cantbesilent July 19 2009, 19:43:28 UTC

HAHA, like my icon? Yeah, that would be a super long walk, I'd stay on the bus.

I ALWAYS LOL in shutdown when they say how long it will get to the speakers office. I've done that walk and it takes like, a half an hour. Whenever my friend and I are downtown and we walk places we always poke fun at WW by being like "oh, it'll only take 5-10 minutes" no matter where we are going.

I frickin love dc and love living here, wish I could actually live in the city. I love all the government workers with their suits and their id badges walking around, taking the metro. I love the metro! I love the architecture, love the feel, love the geeky sort of undercurrent to everything. Its fabulous. I hate people thinking I'm a tourist, even when I do tourist things. Like at Ford's Theater the other day people kept giving advice to tourists and my friend and I are like "locals, kthnxbye."

And I love Shutdown, even if it is in the worst season ever.

quaggy_mire July 20 2009, 23:26:57 UTC

Yes, EXACTLY like you icon. I used to have a similar icon myself. It's a great scene... as long as you don't let the reality of the situation slip in. I like to imagine that Donna's look of pain before she gets off the bus, is because she knows how far away she has too walk. And that's why Jed, in the next episode, was so caught up with the idea that they were walking in.

I frickin love dc and love living here, wish I could actually live in the city. I love all the government workers with their suits and their id badges walking around, taking the metro. I love the metro! I love the architecture, love the feel, love the geeky sort of undercurrent to everything. Its fabulous.Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! You said it right! That's everything that gets me about this city. It's home for me. I don't want to live anywhere else. I'm not saying I won't someday have to, I just don't want to. When family asked if I was still happy in DC, I would reply "What's not to like? There's a bookstore on every other corner and all the museums are free ( ... )