Back to Wednesday Pizza of the Week! Tonight we had bacon, pineapple, and onion with mozzarella cheese. A perfect blend of salty and sweet - no leftovers.
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Published! & Summer Reading List
I wrote a blog post for my co-op about a family where the kids were removed because they lived in a storage unit. Don't worry, there's a happy ending.
BrandonB wrote an in-depth series on commuting, Tales from the Road, which you can relate to even if you don't live in Boston. Make sure to read the Reporter's Notebook and Train Commute Timeline articles for his personal take on being a guinea pig.
Justin and I also submitted a Letter to the Editor of the Boston Globe yesterday in response to the ABCC cracking down on craft brewery licenses. It was really fun to write it together, but it looks like we might not be getting published.
Summer 2011 Reading List:
BrandonB wrote an in-depth series on commuting, Tales from the Road, which you can relate to even if you don't live in Boston. Make sure to read the Reporter's Notebook and Train Commute Timeline articles for his personal take on being a guinea pig.
Justin and I also submitted a Letter to the Editor of the Boston Globe yesterday in response to the ABCC cracking down on craft brewery licenses. It was really fun to write it together, but it looks like we might not be getting published.
Summer 2011 Reading List:
- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby - recommended by Dan, but I found it pretty disappointing
- How to be Good by Nick Hornby - exact same feelings as above. This is modern lit? I just don't get what is great about it.
- The Plague by Albert Camus - clearly one of Justin's books, a great, quick read
- The Stranger by Albert Camus* - accidentally left this at the Outer Banks. Hope to finish it sometime soon.
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith - this book blew me away, I can't believe I hadn't read it before. One of those books where you are totally immersed in the characters' world and when it ends, you try to reconcile it with everything around you.
- The Confession by John Grisham - a typical Grisham legal thriller, read in 1 day at the beach
- The Idiot by Fyodor Dostovesky* - currently in progress, 5 pages at a time on the metro, and I'm really enjoying it.
- ??? - hoping to finish the Idiot and squeeze in 1 more book before I go back to school. Any recommendations?
Summer Bucket List
Justin and I made a bucket list to celebrate our last month in D.C. Updated as we cross off each item!
Restaurants - a mix of favorites and using up Groupons before we left town
Mad Fox - a fancy brewpub in Falls Church, and we had a Groupon
Colonel Brooks Tavern - cozy restaurant just one metro stop up at Brookland-CUA. My sister sent a Groupon for my birthday once she heard I would be in NE for the summer. This place offers pitcher deals on craft beers, and we would love to go back with a group.
Chadwicks in Gtown - had a Groupon but still never made it here...
Lauriol Plaza - had an amazing girls' night with MEY/2.5 anniversary dinner with Pink and the pitchers of swirl margaritas were even better with a giftcard
St. Arnold's Mussel Bar - a tiny treasure just south of Dupont Circle that offers delicious mussels at half price weekdays 4-7 and has Kasteel Rouge (awesome fruit beer) on tap
Amsterdam Falafel - picked up a Scoutmob deal and got a free falafel on 18th street
Julia's Empanadas - Scoutmob again! We hit the Dupont Circle location for more free yummy-even-when-you're-not-drunk-at-2am food.
Granville Moore's - didn't make it back to this amazing Belgian restaurant with mussels, frites, and good beers. Hopefully on our next visit, but it would be easier if they took reservations.
IHOP - one more IHOP date with KMetkus and a trashy magazine :) Because some things will never change.
Pho 75 - didn't make it here in August, but when we came back in September for Jud and Lani's wedding, I finally got to try one of Justin's favorite places. Giant bowls of steaming pho, served cafeteria style, for about $7, cash only. It's hard to beat that.
Mangialardo & Sons - awesome family owned deli in SE that's been around for 58 years but is only open for breakfast and lunch. Luckily I had a few days off before the move, and I picked up Gmans and had an indoor picnic (boo rain) with Justin and Steve-Mike.
The Frog - we had about five "last visits" to the Froggy Bottom pub, the dive rugby bar on GW's campus.
Activities
Shirlington Dog Park - oops, never brought Izzy back to her favorite swimming spot
Shakespeare Free For All - after accidentally showing up on Tuesday, a day theatres traditionally take off, Justin and I returned on Wednesday to see an amazing Casear
Bike ride to Gravelly - I did a 20 mile ride to one of my favorite local places for rugby, a field just north of Reagan airport and accessible from the Mt. Vernon bike trail
Civil War Battlefield/VA Brewpubs field trip - was too busy playing rugby or lifeguarding on the weekends
Picnic in Dupont Circle - Justin and I first picnicked in Dupont to play chess in spring 2006, a few months after we starting dating, so we had another dinner under the fountain.
MLK Memorial - I picked a lovely sunny day to visit the new MLK Memorial and go back to the FDR Memorial, one of my favorites. Unfortunately, I went right when an earthquake hit about 80 miles south in VA. I was able to finish my tour through the MLK and get to FDR, but the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument were closed due to damage.
Restaurants - a mix of favorites and using up Groupons before we left town
Mad Fox - a fancy brewpub in Falls Church, and we had a Groupon
Colonel Brooks Tavern - cozy restaurant just one metro stop up at Brookland-CUA. My sister sent a Groupon for my birthday once she heard I would be in NE for the summer. This place offers pitcher deals on craft beers, and we would love to go back with a group.
Chadwicks in Gtown - had a Groupon but still never made it here...
Lauriol Plaza - had an amazing girls' night with MEY/2.5 anniversary dinner with Pink and the pitchers of swirl margaritas were even better with a giftcard
St. Arnold's Mussel Bar - a tiny treasure just south of Dupont Circle that offers delicious mussels at half price weekdays 4-7 and has Kasteel Rouge (awesome fruit beer) on tap
Amsterdam Falafel - picked up a Scoutmob deal and got a free falafel on 18th street
Julia's Empanadas - Scoutmob again! We hit the Dupont Circle location for more free yummy-even-when-you're-not-drunk-at-2am food.
Granville Moore's - didn't make it back to this amazing Belgian restaurant with mussels, frites, and good beers. Hopefully on our next visit, but it would be easier if they took reservations.
IHOP - one more IHOP date with KMetkus and a trashy magazine :) Because some things will never change.
Pho 75 - didn't make it here in August, but when we came back in September for Jud and Lani's wedding, I finally got to try one of Justin's favorite places. Giant bowls of steaming pho, served cafeteria style, for about $7, cash only. It's hard to beat that.
Mangialardo & Sons - awesome family owned deli in SE that's been around for 58 years but is only open for breakfast and lunch. Luckily I had a few days off before the move, and I picked up Gmans and had an indoor picnic (boo rain) with Justin and Steve-Mike.
The Frog - we had about five "last visits" to the Froggy Bottom pub, the dive rugby bar on GW's campus.
Activities
Shirlington Dog Park - oops, never brought Izzy back to her favorite swimming spot
Shakespeare Free For All - after accidentally showing up on Tuesday, a day theatres traditionally take off, Justin and I returned on Wednesday to see an amazing Casear
Bike ride to Gravelly - I did a 20 mile ride to one of my favorite local places for rugby, a field just north of Reagan airport and accessible from the Mt. Vernon bike trail
Civil War Battlefield/VA Brewpubs field trip - was too busy playing rugby or lifeguarding on the weekends
Picnic in Dupont Circle - Justin and I first picnicked in Dupont to play chess in spring 2006, a few months after we starting dating, so we had another dinner under the fountain.
MLK Memorial - I picked a lovely sunny day to visit the new MLK Memorial and go back to the FDR Memorial, one of my favorites. Unfortunately, I went right when an earthquake hit about 80 miles south in VA. I was able to finish my tour through the MLK and get to FDR, but the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument were closed due to damage.
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