Posts tagged ‘Washington DC’
Is the climate rapidly destabilizing? Is mother nature having a meltdown? Is this all a mild preview to 2012? I don’t know what’s going on, but extreme seems to be the new normal! Mother nature is unleashing its frigid, violent, and hot flashes.
Remember Snowtorious B.I.G. aka Snowmaggedon in February? Frigid!
(How does it feel seeing this picture? Ready for winter?)
Then, we got a 3.6 earthquake. What? I swear this wasn’t a burp from my California days. This was really here in Maryland/DC! Violent!
And now, we have trees falling left and right because of really nasty thunderstorms. The humidity is through the roof! Hot flashes!
More extreme stuff is happening around the world, but you know what else is extreme? My little sister from Los Angeles is coming to visit! THAT IS EXTREME! Haven’t seen her in over a year!
Life is like a rainbow. You need both the sun and rain to show its amazing colors.
In this case it couldn’t be truer! I was driving while the sun was shining down cheerfully. I saw major clouds rolling in quickly up ahead, and whaddya know, there’s this beautiful rainbow! I hadn’t seen one in years! I clicked away with my iPhone camera, then the next thing you know after passing the rainbow, I have zero visibility! It started to pour hard, each drop like the size of a golf ball! Then, boom, the sun came right back out and the storm never really happened. Or did it?
What a Florida-type of summer we’re having.
Hey!
You wanna shower with the Washington DC Metro?
This was for sale at Bed Bath and Beyond. It’s even PVC free. Yup. You better believe it. WMATA for sale.
Here are some aerial shots of the Potomac River and the surrounding areas before landing at the National Airport in DC. The Potomac River looks nasty. I wouldn’t swim in this! It’s a toxic stew, making the male fish more female! I know, First World complaint. And this is NOTHING compared to the terrible oil spill in the Gulf. Nothing.
Just look at all these trees! I am constantly amazed at how many trees there are here! Talk about a major pollen festival.
If you’re bored one day, count the trees.
Alexandria, VA (I think).
Folks! I went from Maryland to the waterfront in Georgetown DC on my bike a while ago with some friends. Talk about being a superwoman crossing the state border! Ha, I kid. Okay, it was only 7 miles each way. Seriously, biking to Georgetown beats sitting in traffic on the beltway with your music blaring and getting the bird from fellow drivers who don’t really share the road with you. I was absolutely amazed at how easy it was. Just park in Bethesda, hop on your sexy bike for about 7 miles on the Capital Crescent Trail and BAM you’re at the waterfront ready for a cold one! Or a Georgetown Cupcake to refuel!
Days like this, Washington DC isn’t too bad.
I didn’t actually see Sarah Palin in person in the ladies room. Instead, I saw a fun rant about her on the bathroom stall. This is blog worthy because I have never seen a rant on a bathroom stall about Sarah Palin. I hear the men’s bathroom has all kind of goodies to read like this one, though. What an amusing bathroom trip! Only in Capitol Hill, kids.
If you can’t read the last line, it says “And she could have been VP?!?!?”
Thursday sat on a wall
Thursday had a great fall
All the King’s horses and all the King’s men
Couldn’t put Thursday together again
BECAUSE IT’S FRIDAY!
Or at least in a few hours it is. Friday totally played games with me all week! So close, yet so far away. But at last, Friday is about to make a presence once again! Even though the week crawled like the slowest turtle in the world, I’m really content with how the week turned out. For the most part, it was sunny and the temperature actually crawled up to a whopping 50 degrees!
I started off the week by seeing the movie Avatar. Everyone has been raving about Avatar, and honestly, I had no clue what it was even about. I wasn’t even going to go, but I thought why the heck not?! I’m glad I went, because it was awesome! My favorite quote from the movie was, “All energy is borrowed.” In just four simple words, you can’t say it any better than that. If you haven’t seen it yet, go!
For food this week, I’ve had delicious crab enchiladas that I really just died and went to heaven for. Who knew this area had some good Mexican?! So glad El Mariachi exists – check it out! I also had the biggest black bean burger that made lots of squishing sounds. None of that freezer crap.
After hours of practice, I now finally understand how to crochet three different ways, and got started on crocheting a scarf. Anyone want me to crochet some underwear?
And get this – this is the real kicker – most drivers were incredibly nice all week! Not once did I feel inclined to smile all fake-sugary and give anyone the middle finger. I was with a friend trying to get into the carpool lane on the freeway. None of the drivers tried to pull an ego trip to prevent me from crossing over to the far left carpool lane. What? Is this really the Washington DC area or am I just dreaming? WOW! Totally makes my week!
At this very moment, the trees here in Maryland are radiating beautiful colors. My attention is completely captivated by the trees. The air is super crisp and making me breathe in more than usual. Shall I dare say that autumn is making me fall in love with Maryland, at least just for now? Suffice to say, yep. I’m seriously enamored with all these colors. Why didn’t I notice it last year? Was I too busy missing California so much? Too engrossed in my new love, Jeff? Or did the leaves just drop dead too fast last year? Or just simply that I lived on the DC border last year, where there are less trees.
Right before I left for my week-long vacation in Arizona, the trees were slightly changing colors. Nothing to make me go “WOW!”
I thought by the time I got back from Arizona, the trees would all be naked. Imagine my surprise seeing that the colors are just even better now! So glad I didn’t miss the beauty.
Every morning lately, when I stumble into the kitchen half asleep dying for some water, I am constantly amazed at the glow this tree seeps through my breakfast nook. The picture doesn’t even do justice. Bright orange just shines through the windows and really just makes my eyes bulge and go, whoa.
This is what i see every morning this week driving to work:
Alright, enough of my incessant yakking about trees. Point is: Maryland has it’s beauty, even if it’s just once a year (or twice, if you count the cherry blossom season).
Please pardon the horrible quality of this photo, as it came from my shitty cell camera. The sign at a Washington DC metro station says: “You gonna eat that? Unlike some subway systems (which will remain nameless), you don’t see rats the size of house cats roaming Metro. Why not? Because we’re so strict about eating and drinking in the system. Please help us keep the critters away. Please don’t eat or drink on Metro.”
Yeah, because those rats are in my apartment, which is clean. And just so you know, Metro, I saw a rat at the Metro Center station while waiting for the orange line not long ago. The little bugger, aka RODENT, was scurrying across the tracks. I don’t even want to know if it got smashed by the train. Yuck.
Up until recently, I have not been able to point out any similarities between San Francisco and Washington DC. That changed while I was walking through 21st and P Street in Dupont Circle last weekend. I felt like I was in San Francisco for one split second. I repeat – just one split second, no more. The Victorian-like building in Dupont circle building looked similar to some of the awesome designs in San Francisco that I grew to love and adore. Granted, there are many areas in DC that have charming row houses that boast cool Victorian styles, but it’s quite rare to come across something that is made of stucco-type like the place in Dupont Circle.
This is at the intersection of 21st and P in Washington DC’s Dupont Circle. What? No brick?!
This is in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights. (Picture ripped from the ‘net.) Anyone have a tissue to wipe up my drool?
The only thing missing in Dupont Circle was the bay, limos, funky shoes, the smell of the ocean, the hills, bikers, and… ah okay, I’ll shut up here.
While I was googling for a picture of Pacific Heights, I came across this:
Wow. Just wow. Can this be real?! If so, did it even qualify for insurance? Because if a really BAD earthquake hit, that house would go *splash.*
