Archive for July 2006

Pretty as a Car Crash, Sexy as a Stinger

It’s been a pretty awesome week, all things considered. And that’s coming off a pretty awesome weekend. Last weekend was mad crazy busy. Andrew had Kiah visiting. Gabe had two friends, Becky and Sarah. I took a road trip to Philadelphia and we even had time for an apartment party. So many visitors. On Friday [...]

Hey, Come Back to Me

It was a pretty cool week, all in all. We kicked the week off with “Screen on the Green” where HBO shows classic movies out on the National Mall. It’s a really neat deal. People bring food and blankets and just chill outside. The weather was perfect, too. We watched The Day The Earth Stood [...]

My Trip to Akron, Ohio

For work, I had to fly out to Ohio for what we called the Ohio Mayors’ Education Roundtable, an event where we brought together mayors, superintendents, and parties who were in education or interested in it and worked on some really good stuff for the Ohio Public School System. I flew out of Dulles on [...]

Celebrating Independence on the Mall

One of my favorite parts thus far about doing this program and living in the UC Washington Center is that it has been the closest to “dorm life” that I’ve been, but with all the perks of an apartment. Even though we cook our own food and all that, everyone leaves their doors open and [...]