Leslie’s Visit to DC

Last month my sister Leslie came to visit me. We had a great visit! Because Leslie and I are both homebodies, the activities we did were mostly eating, then hanging out, so there aren’t many pictures of us doing stuff. This is very unlike what I expect to report after my mom visits in a [...]

Point Chaud

        A million years ago I went to a restaurant called Point Chaud. It’s technically a creperie, a restaurant that serves crepes.                  I had a chocolate crepe, and a mushroom and spinach crepe, and they were DELICIOUS.         Check out the chocolate crepe:         It was FILLED with chocolate. SO good! And the spinach and mushroom:         It [...]

Fro-zen-Yo

There is a really cool frozen yogurt store in Columbia Heights that I visited a few months ago called Fro-zen-Yo. It’s kind of a self-service soft-serve bar. Even though it’s colder now, I figure it’s never too cold for frozen yogurt! Unless it’s -10. Then it’s too cold. Anyway, at Fro-zen-Yo, there are a bunch [...]

DC’s Best Snowman?

We in the DC area had our first significant snowfall last Wednesday. You may have heard about how about five inches of snow brought our nation’s capitol to its knees. You may have heard about how our city’s transportation authorities (along with MD and VA) were totally unprepared for the snow. You may have heard [...]

The Corner Gym

One of my favorite things about spring and late summer/early fall is the workout guys. There’s a group of men who use a street corner as their own personal gym, complete with a punching bag, super-push up handles, and the street light for pull-ups. It’s basically awesome! Of course, they’re not outside any more, since [...]

Georgetown Cupcake 2

About a thousand years ago (and by that I mean a couple months), some friends and I headed down to Georgetown to visit the flagship Georgetown Cupcake. The line was much longer than the line at the Bethesda location, but it moved pretty quickly. An employee came by to pass out menus during our wait, [...]

Weird Elmo

Driving down the road recently, I passed a daycare center that had paintings of children’s characters on the windows. They were easily recognizable, and it was only after looking at them for a while that I began to see some oddities. Best example: good ol’ triangle-leg Elmo:

Second Annual Chili Cook-off

Once again, Mosaic Church celebrated All Saints’ Day with a Chili Cook-off! Eleven people made their best chili, and brought it the church for tasting. Church members lined up to try the chilis, spooning samples into little cups. The little cups were a great idea! Last year we just had regular-sized bowls, which meant that [...]

Pumpkin Picking at Larriland Farm

Saturday a bunch of Centro Maria residents headed out to Woodbine, Maryland to get some pumpkins at Larriland Farm. After the hour drive, we were really happy to arrive! We stopped in at the main farm first, where the food, store, and hay maze for the kids was loacted. The farm was decorated for fall, [...]

Ledo’s Sundays at Mosaic

One thing my church does that I really love is Ledo’s Sundays. The first Sunday of every month, the entire church (whoever wants to, that is) gets together at Ledo’s Pizza to eat lunch together. It’s often loud, and always fun. Unfortunately for me, I despise tomatoes, so pizza is not very appetizing to me. [...]