Is one book long. And I give myself about a 65 percent chance of completing it.
The reason for the truncated expectations is that I’ve decided to participate in Infinite Summer. Don’t be misled by the name; (perhaps unfortunately) Infinite Summer isn’t some high school nostalgia-fest or eighties music party. Rather, it’s basically a support group for people [...]
Archive for June, 2009
My summer reading list
Posted in schmistrict, tagged david foster wallace, infinite jest, infinite summer, intellectual persuits on June 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Palling Around with Ponies
Posted in schmistrict, tagged assateague island, camping, eastern shore, misty of chincoteague on June 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I recently had the chance to live out one of my ultimate little-girl fantasies*: palling around with ponies on Assateague Island National Seashore. Neither Misty nor Stormy made any cameos, but you really can’t beat peering out your tent in the morning to find a couple of their friends moseying around your campsite.
Misty mania aside, [...]
Friday Fries Day: Rayne’s Reef Luncheonette
Posted in schmistrict, tagged berlin md, eastern shore, fre, french fries on June 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In which we review a local establishment’s French fries. Because it’s Friday, which sorta sounds like “Fries Day,” and there’s a whole weekend of French fries-eating ahead of you.
Place: Rayne’s Reef Luncheonette, 10 N Main St, Berlin, Md
Menu Says: Fries
Price: $2.49 for the small size, $3.49 for the large
This is another dispatch from our Eastern [...]
A disturbing conversation with my father
Posted in district, schmistrict, tagged decemberists, merriweather post pavillion, music, parents on June 10, 2009 | 5 Comments »
While visiting my parents over Christmas last year, my father said something very unsettling as we browsed through cds at a Borders.
“Here’s a group I heard about on NPR, I don’t even know how you’d describe them. Very, very interesting and theatrical.”
He then proceeded to show me a Decemberists album. Naturally, this horrified me to [...]
DC is scooter shop-less no more
Posted in district, tagged dc, modern classics, scooter, scootergate, vespa on June 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Modern Classics at 955 V St NE is having their grand opening this Saturday the 6th.
And the yuppies and Mods did rejoice resolutely.
I really dropped the ball on writing about this important topic since I was informed about it two weeks ago by my secret inside sources (MC’s official email list), and now I seem [...]
Farmers Market Follies
Posted in district, tagged 14th and U, farmers market, michael cera on June 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Maybe it’s the corn-fed Iowa girl in me, but there’s little I love more than wandering a quality farmers market. And though no DC market could ever compare to the incredible bounty that is the Downtown Des Moines Farmers Market, the one at 14th and U has fast become my local fix.
It’s admittedly much smaller [...]
