I'm a DC-area mother with an over-developed sense of irreverence, ADD, socialist tendencies and a blog. All my opinions are entirely my own and not representative of anything officially sanctioned by any political party, my mother, or arbiters of common sense and good taste.
Two facts about last week: 1) I have an adorable new yellow purse that I am not carrying during the week. 2) I am putting C through hand-holding boot camp. These facts are related. And they’re both Metro’s fault. Here’s the deal. As many of you who frequent this space know, we are a commuting family. We take Metro to work and daycare every day. It’s not the worst commute ever but it’s not the…
Click here to enter the Modern Bird Studios custom art giveaway! *** Recently, a couple of people have asked me for recommendations of fun stuff to do on a DC trip. That made me happy because they didn’t qualify the query with “…as long as it keeps us far away from you, blogger girl.” I have a pretty long history here in the DC area so I actually have something of value to add to…
Every spring, DC boasts of one the most beautiful natural phenomena on the eastern seaboard: The National Cherry Blossom Festival. Cherry trees, many of them gifts from the government of Japan, rim the Tidal Basin near the National Mall and each spring they burst forth in a kind of pink glory unrivaled by any Disney Princess. It is a wonder to behold and I highly recommend finding pictures of the event and looking at them. …
OK, so the alliteration of So Grateful Sundays is not as good as Thankful Thursdays but we’re gonna go with it anyway. Today I want to highlight a place that will make my DC area sisters smile and everyone else grow green with envy. Because this place is the Happiest Place on Earth. No, not Disneyworld. The Breastfeeding Center for Greater Washington. I think C. was six weeks old the first day I walked into…
Today I picked another charity that has a dual local/global appeal. While you may not live near Children’s National Medical Center, you probably live near a pediatric medical facility that runs a similar program. So here’s the skinny on Children’s National Medical Center, as taken from their website: Children
“Oooooo!” you’re thinking. “The National Aquarium! I’ve heard of that! It’s supposed to be fabulous, all nestled in the Inner Harbor in Baltimore near restaurants and shops and Camden Yards and it has dolphin shows and…” Yeah. No. We didn’t go to that one. We went to the DC location which is in the bottom floor of – I can’t make this up – the US Department of Commerce. Apparently, even the fish in DC…
