Washington DC
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Maladies of a transient Minimalist
There are three giant bottles of pickles in my fridge. I don’t eat pickles. I never saw Komal eat pickles. Nonetheless, there are three Costco-sized bottles of this stuff in the fridge. I set off to bake choco-chip cookies last night in an attempt to use up chocolate chips, butter, and flour. Half way through…
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A Weekend in Chicago.
I headed to Chicago last weekend to check up on my husband. This note greeted me as I entered our new apartment . A very romantic love note on a very prosaic note pad. What a darling juxtaposition. He writes too nicely for a doctor. The next thing to greet me was this wonderful view. THIS feels like home. …
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Saving civilization
A gentleman on the train stopped me in the moment of mass exodus onto the platform of Metro Center to tell me that “it’s great to see someone reading Henry James in this day and age, let alone on the DC Metro.” Then we got flung in separate directions as the crowd from behind pushed…
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July 4th at the National Mall.
National Mall. View of the Capitol. Geeta. Anchal. And the rest. Fireworks! Not the best fireworks show, but certainly fun.
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Weekend wrap up
Summer foliage Royal Flush at Grand Central, Adams Morgan Amsterdam Falafel’s at 2:30am. Watermelon. Twlight Tour at Jack’s Boathouse Kennedy Center from my neon green kayak. A plane soars over the Potomac. Pizza and libations at Pizza Paradiso. This was a perfect weekend.
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Father’s Day 8k Race report
Last Sunday I participated in the second annual Father’s Day 8k sponsored by Georgetown Running Company. The race commenced at 6:30 pm under the Key Bridge on the Capital Crescent Trail. It was familiar grounds in forgotten weather. It slipped my mind just how hot DC gets during the summer. I was forced to stop…
The Antibland Chronicles 