bon jovi

I’m going to the Bon Jovi concert tomorrow night at the Verizon Center.
My coworker, who is five years older than me, was fishing to see if I was old enough to remember the songs when they were popular. He told me about rocking out to “Livin’ On a Prayer” in high school.
Now, as a disclaimer, [...]

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in the dark

My brother called me tonight at about 10 p.m., asking me if the power was out at my place. Apparently his is out in Chinatown, as is the power in the surrounding buildings. He doesn’t know why. He and my sister-in-law live in a huge complex near H Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW (that [...]

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a coincidence, and all that jazz

C. sent out an email Friday afternoon.
“A friend of mine is performing…something new…music…And U St. shenanigans can follow.”
His coworker from Sen. Sabenow’s office was singing in a jazz band in an upstairs lounge in the Ethiopian restaurant Almaz that evening at 12th and U streets NW. U Street is designated as a historic hub where [...]

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out of context

At our weekly staff meeting today along a long board room table in the conference room, one reporter talked about how the Smithsonian’s National Gallery of Art may expand to another building. That lead to chatter about the recent Edward Hopper exhibit (so sad it’s closed) and how one editor waited an hour to see [...]

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a 24-hour study of feelings

I haven’t been feeling inspired to write. So I decided to describe some of the feelings I’ve had in the last 24 hours. It is quite the exercise. There are too many moments in a 24-hour span to capture. Try it. Here’s a sampling.

Nervous and excited to talk to my friend M., whom I haven’t [...]

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D.C. single scene

My friend K. came to visit from New York City last night. She was here for a girl scout conference in College Park, but wanted to see what the “D.C. single scene” is like on a Saturday evening. Maybe I tell a good story, but I know the D.C. single scene can’t compare to the [...]

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i got my stick

Three weeks ago, S. spent a day with a family in North Carolina taking photographs. The father had a ponytail and took the three-year-old out skateboarding amongst the big kids at a playground. The father asked the boy, “You got your stick?” The little boy said, “I got my stick.” The father said, “What [...]

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on aging

It’s Super Tuesday and I am lying on my couch doing my taxes.
Man, am I getting old.
To be fair, I had plans to go to J.W. Marriott to meet K. and her friends for her birthday. But I’m coming down with a cold. I can feel my throat closing up and my face flush. So [...]

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pumped up

The Pistons aren’t playing tonight and it’s not even close to playoffs, but this 38-second clip of their warm up pumps me up. C. emailed it to me last night. If anyone wonders why I dance like I do or like the music I do (I grew up on Snoop Dogg) this, my friends, is [...]

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motivated by a bet

So it turns out, I do miss N.
I woke up this morning at 5:20 a.m. for morning yoga because S. was teaching.
Also, at a Super Bowl gathering last night, S.’s husband J. and I bet that if one of us didn’t go to the 6 a.m. class, that person had to streak the complex we’re [...]

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