Back from the Holidays
Excuse the hiatus.
Just got back from the Maryland/D.C. area where I spent some laid back quality time with family and a few friends.
Friday Jenny and I walked the newly revitalized 14th street corridor. Walking up P street from Dupont, we hung a left on 14th and meandered through a variety of house wares and furniture stores as well as funky gift shops and a few clothing stores. Although 14th street still has blocks or half blocks of dilapidated seediness, it’s definitely growing. We cut down U Street where we checked out an Asian oriented house wares store and the old faithful Millennium Furniture that’s been there since the first U street boom back in my day.
On Christmas Eve Jen and I managed to have a quality lunch with Debbie, Bill, and their new one Olive at a delish Burmese place called Mandalay in Silver Spring. Good to see you guys. Olive is adorable.
For the holiday we stopped by my grandmothers to visit. Although physically frail and showing her age, at 95, she's still smart as a tack. Props to grandma for being able to keep it real in body and mind for so long. Then off to my brother's place for some quality time with the little one's. Paige and Evan are quite the pair. We gave them a Karaoke machine to share. Which worked for about 15minutes of joyous duets between them. I'm telling ya, they did this amazing Frosty the Snowman bit that could have competed with Marty and Elayne for the funniest act this side of the delta. Afterwards the whole thing broke down into a battle for the mic (even though two were supplied). For the rest of the evening, the two nippers were at constant odds. Regardless, the day was a blast.
Friends Bill and Shelly recently moved to Silver Spring, so the day after Christmas, it was back to SS to check out their new digs and a quality chat for a while. They are expecting a child in the next month or two. Congrats in advance.
The Rents, it goes without saying, were as accomidating as ever. Great food and hospitality. Thanks guys.
The visit was topped off with a viewing of King Kong in Bethesda. Had hoped to make it to the Uptown for the viewing, but we were too lazy to make the trek. The theater was filled with obnoxious people who seemed to be more interested in hearing themselves talk. Regardless, the movie was a blast. At three hours, you might imagine that it may lag in areas...but strangely it almost felt like any nuance had needed to be cut to keep the whole story within the time frame. This movie had a mission and it kept to it. No dilly-dallying. I had read of Peter Jackson's mission to revive the "spider pit" scene that had evidently been deleted from the original. It was definitely one of the creepier scenes in the movie. I'm no movie reviewer so I won’t attempt to mess with a full review.
Well, that’s about it. So I’ll try and get back to giving you the west-side scoop. Have a safe New Year's in the mean time.
Just got back from the Maryland/D.C. area where I spent some laid back quality time with family and a few friends.
Friday Jenny and I walked the newly revitalized 14th street corridor. Walking up P street from Dupont, we hung a left on 14th and meandered through a variety of house wares and furniture stores as well as funky gift shops and a few clothing stores. Although 14th street still has blocks or half blocks of dilapidated seediness, it’s definitely growing. We cut down U Street where we checked out an Asian oriented house wares store and the old faithful Millennium Furniture that’s been there since the first U street boom back in my day.
On Christmas Eve Jen and I managed to have a quality lunch with Debbie, Bill, and their new one Olive at a delish Burmese place called Mandalay in Silver Spring. Good to see you guys. Olive is adorable.
For the holiday we stopped by my grandmothers to visit. Although physically frail and showing her age, at 95, she's still smart as a tack. Props to grandma for being able to keep it real in body and mind for so long. Then off to my brother's place for some quality time with the little one's. Paige and Evan are quite the pair. We gave them a Karaoke machine to share. Which worked for about 15minutes of joyous duets between them. I'm telling ya, they did this amazing Frosty the Snowman bit that could have competed with Marty and Elayne for the funniest act this side of the delta. Afterwards the whole thing broke down into a battle for the mic (even though two were supplied). For the rest of the evening, the two nippers were at constant odds. Regardless, the day was a blast.
Friends Bill and Shelly recently moved to Silver Spring, so the day after Christmas, it was back to SS to check out their new digs and a quality chat for a while. They are expecting a child in the next month or two. Congrats in advance.
The Rents, it goes without saying, were as accomidating as ever. Great food and hospitality. Thanks guys.
The visit was topped off with a viewing of King Kong in Bethesda. Had hoped to make it to the Uptown for the viewing, but we were too lazy to make the trek. The theater was filled with obnoxious people who seemed to be more interested in hearing themselves talk. Regardless, the movie was a blast. At three hours, you might imagine that it may lag in areas...but strangely it almost felt like any nuance had needed to be cut to keep the whole story within the time frame. This movie had a mission and it kept to it. No dilly-dallying. I had read of Peter Jackson's mission to revive the "spider pit" scene that had evidently been deleted from the original. It was definitely one of the creepier scenes in the movie. I'm no movie reviewer so I won’t attempt to mess with a full review.
Well, that’s about it. So I’ll try and get back to giving you the west-side scoop. Have a safe New Year's in the mean time.
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