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…
Category: DC
My Favorite DC Things
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…
Weekend Adventures: The Smithsonian Annual Kite Festival
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…
So Grateful Sundays: The Breastfeeding Center of Greater Washington
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…
Thankful Thursdays: Children’s National Medical Center
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…
Weekend Adventures: The National Aquarium
“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…
