It’s funny the things that we remember from childhood, and what we don’t. I have no concrete memory of learning about the Berlin wall coming down, but granted I was six when that happened. But I somehow have a strong memory of a Monday morning at school when I was in the fifth grade, everyone […]
DC Stuff
Out and About – National Arboretum
So, as I mentioned, my mother-in-law was recently visiting, and I was on the hunt for interesting places we could take her that would be easy, and very “DC”. It wouldn’t hurt if the thing we chose to do was cheap or free, and would take advantage of the lovely weather and the fact that […]
Personal – Taking Advantage of Local Services
There is a strong possibility that this blog post is going to seem obvious to almost everyone who reads it, but I’m thinking there’s a possibility that not everyone knows as much as they think they do about the topic. And today’s topic is…using the publicly available services offered by your municipality! I know, exciting, […]
Out and About – Mount Vernon
My mother-in-law was recently in town, and I was racking my brains about things we could all together so she could be with the baby, enjoy the outdoor weather, get there by car(s) (since there are enough of us in the family now where with a visitor we don’t all fit in one vehicle), and […]
Restaurant – Kinship
When was the last time I wrote about a restaurant? I’ll give you and myself a moment to think and guess before you go into my tags and find the answer. The answer is not as bad as I had imagined, since I’ve actually written about two restaurants since the baby was born, but it’s […]
Theater – Vanity Fair
There are lots of classic books I haven’t read, and a few that I feel like I’ve read because I’ve seen a movie version or something on television. Jane Eyre is one of those books, and it turns out that one of the others is its near exact contemporary – Vanity Fair by William Makepeace […]
Theatre – Richard III
Back when I was in college, I took a course on Shakespeare that involved making weekly (if not more frequent) trips down to the American Shakespeare Center and the Blackfriars Playhouse. It was a great course, and one of the most fun aspects was getting to have a behind-the-scenes look at the theater and how […]
ARGH
I am so frustrated. This past month, we have had a ridiculous number of delays and cancellations. Mostly it’s the delays that are the problem. Our daycare goes along with what the city does, and you’d think that being part of a city and not the county, we’d have the advantage of a more compact […]
Theater – Nell Gwynn
My issue with theatrical outings lately has been a lack of sleep, meaning I’m much more likely to fall asleep in my chair, which is not the way that I want things to turn out. It’s also a matter of most nights I would be happy to just stay at home and knit and watch […]
Theater – The Panties, the Partner, and the Profit
In recent years, there has been nothing that I have enjoyed more in the theater than one of the excellent new translations of French farce by David Ives at the Shakespeare Theatre. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen three of the four shows he wrote produced there, and they’ve all been delights. So when it was […]