Category Archives: NoVA Living

Fun with Kites

Ever since I moved to the DC metro area in October 2006, I’ve heard about the annual Smithsonian Kite Festival. And I really wanted to check it out, but due to being out of the area at the time, or because it was raining (that’s been the case for the past few years), I never [...]

Snowed-In

I didn’t go outside for three full days. See, it snowed all day on Saturday, and then Sunday and Monday it remained quite nasty outside. Since there wasn’t a reason for me to bundle up and go out, I didn’t. (However, there’s a fitness room in my building, so even though many of you know [...]

Goin’ to See POTUS…

I’m going on a tour of the East Wing of the White House tonight with a group of people from work. We had a few extra slots for the tour, so I was able to invite a non-work friend to come along, too.
The non-work friend who’s coming with me on the tour is J-, [...]

Recommended: Sunset Parade at the Iwo Jima Memorial

I had the most amazing experience on Tuesday night. Not only that, it’s free and open to the public.
Since 1956, the U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps and the Marine Corp Silent Drill Platoon, have been performing during the summer at the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington.
My friend Foggy Dew sent out an email [...]