It’s no secret that I’m a huge history nerd and always have been. When I was in middle school, I gladly volunteered at my town’s historical village giving tours and becoming a little local expert of sorts. The first place I lived here in DC was Old Town Alexandria and immediately fell in love with the rich history there, from way back when it was one of America’s biggest port…
Sorry for the daunting title here, but I’d been thinking about asking my friends, Monica and Jose to write a guest post for me for quite some time. I went to one of their wine tastings a while back and not only learned a ton about winemaking (and, frankly, how gross and unethical it can be), as well as the whole grape growing process. I try to live a clean…
According to last night’s press briefing, stimulus checks are on their way and will hit your account this week. Before you get all excited, make sure you do your research and, before you rack up a $1,200 credit card bill, make sure you are, in fact getting one… Am I getting a stimulus check? Now don’t quote me on this but I’m 99% sure that if you made less than…
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Part of me kind of hates that I keep writing about “social distancing” and Covid-19 themed things, but since it’s pretty much what everyone is talking about these days, it’s kind of unavoidable. If you’re sick of hearing about it, I’m sorry. Know that my writing about it is merely to keep peoples’ spirits up and to give you some things to do while we’re safe at home. I mentioned…
OK, it’s happened. I’m bummed and this week has sucked. Thankfully, everyone in my family is still healthy, so I hate complaining when I know so many people are terrified after a recent diagnosis or mourning the loss of loved ones… So I’m sorry to be negative. I was A-OK last week. In fact, Jim and I went to hike the Chancellorsville Battlefield on Sunday and I was thinking, “Alright,…
Today’s post was definitely one of the more fun posts I’ve written in a while. Yesterday, Governor Hogan issued a “stay at home” order, which, from what I’m reading, is nothing more than a semantic change. Grocery stores are still open, restaurants are still open for carry out we can (blissfully) still go on walks. Someone unfortunately decided to host a bonfire this past weekend with 60 people and welp,…
If you knew me in high school, you would definitely laugh at the fact that I’m talking about this. I grew up in the Midwest where healthy eating and being fit is not the norm like it is here in DC. Fortunately I had a good teenager metabolism that allowed me to eat Auntie Anne’s pretzels (my first job) on the reg without suffering the consequences like I would today…
Today I am pleased to present a guest post from my dear friend, Caitlin. She and I met years ago at a church thing and immediately clicked. She’s one of those people that immediately makes people feel so welcome and I can’t say enough positive things about her. She’s also a fantastic writer so I didn’t have to edit this ;). I hope you enjoy her post today! Take it…
I’m not going to lie, one aspect of the Coronavirus that I’m not minding too terribly is the remote work that’s been happening. Of course, it’s always nice to see colleagues, but my company is 100% remote until further notice. Under non-pandemic circumstances, I still work remotely three days a week, so I’ve become a bit of a pro. Today I thought I’d share some tips for “WFH” days for…