It has been unseasonably warm the past few weeks in the Washington DC area which means time for outdoor fun. I’d like to say that is unusual, but Washington DC likes to throw a few beautiful days at us each winter. I think this year is unusual because it’s been more than a few days….
Category: Washington
White House Holiday Tour + rest of my weekend
This is one of those weeks where I totally need a weekend to recover from my weekend. And I have a crazy busy week ahead of me, so going into it exhausted pretty much guarantees it’s going to be a rough week. Did I mention that last week I was chosen to be an Altra…
Coffee and beer: two great tastes that taste great together
Today I’m participating in a Coffee Blog Hop. I love good coffee almost as much as I love good beer, so it makes perfect sense to talk about the combination. While I’ve heard rumors of a coffee that tastes like beer (eww!), I’m talking about beer brewed with coffee. In the interest of research, Beer…
5 Things to do in DC in the spring
OK, maybe I’m jumping the gun. After all, I didn’t get to run yesterday because the kids had a snow day. Yes, I got a walk in and I shoveled snow, so it’s not like I didn’t move, but I’m still in search of a 13 mile run. (Didn’t happen on Wednesday because I spent…
Picture Wednesday
There was no way I could even pretend this was going to be wordless. 14 years ago, Beer Geek and I visited the Pacific Northwest. When we took the boys back this year, we really didn’t go many of the same places we went last time. There were only about 3 exceptions to that. One…
State #20: Washington – Perfection
I’ve always loved the Pacific Northwest. Beer Geek is convinced I’d hate living there because of all the rain, but on both vacations we’ve done (one where it rained constantly, one where it did not), I’ve loved the area. My Washington race proved once again why I would like to move there – cool weather…