I think everyone who lives in or near a big city has a list of things that are interesting and fun and that they mean to do in town at some point. For a long time, I kept an email list of “things to do” with the Boy, and we accomplished some of it by […]
events
Event – Virginia State Fair
State fairs feel like such uniquely AMERICAN things. The initial idea of gathering agricultural and livestock displays isn’t unique to the US, but what it has become in the years since it started seems unlike anything that happens elsewhere in the world. My main experience with state fairs has been with the New York State Fair […]
Event – Holly Bowling at the Hamilton
I am a homebody and an introvert, and my default setting is to do what is easiest and most comfortable. Too many times have I skipped a party or social gathering because my social anxiety was flaring up and the idea of being in a new place around new people was just so overwhelming that […]
Event – Clustered Spires High Wheel Race
When you live in or near a big city, it can be hard to know which activities are worth spending your time on, especially on weekends when leisure time is precious. I feel constantly overwhelmed, and often find myself having scheduled one activity, only to discover that something else is happening, and having to negotiate […]
Out and About – Watson Adventures Scavenger Hunt
Obviously I like a good puzzle. I’ve done a few escape rooms (including one I haven’t written about here), and the most monstrous and brain-tangling of all scavenger hunts in DC. My friends know that I’m competitive, and that I like to challenge my brain. So for Christmas, our friends A & D gave us […]
Event – The Patrons Show
More than a year ago, my coworker told me about a fundraiser she’d been to that weekend. She was pregnant at the time, and was excitedly telling me about the piece of art that they’d acquired for their little boy’s nursery. It sounded interesting, but I think I was concerned with other things and not […]
Theater – Wicked
I am a very lucky girl. Ever since I was little, my parents have been taking me out to cultural events – concerts, plays, musicals, etc. I remember the year that my dad got tickets for all of us to see Phantom of the Opera at the Kennedy Center back when I was a little […]
Theater – The Secret Garden
Apparently part of the theme for this week is adaptations of things that I loved as a child. And today we’re going to talk about the musical version of The Secret Garden that is currently playing at the Shakespeare Theater. I didn’t know that there was a musical version, but it turns out that it was […]
Event – Mike Gordon Band at Lincoln Theatre
Oh hey! We’re back at the Lincoln Theatre exactly a week later, but this time for something a little different, and with no children in tow. We saw Mike Gordon and his other band – his primary band being Phish. Have I mentioned before that my Boy is a big fan of the Phish from […]
Event – Ingrid Michaelson at the Lincoln Theatre
I have strong feelings for Ingrid Michaelson. It’s amazing to think that I had heard her music but not been particularly moved about 3 years ago, but then the Boy and I started dating, and she was on his little-girls-in-the-car-friendly rotation, so I got to hear more of her music, and it felt like she […]