I wanted to start the New Year off on the right foot, surrounded by beautiful scenery, so I told my boyfriend we should try winter camping. Also, I tend to go into somewhat of a depression in winter, so I’m… Read More ›
D.C
Rural Virginia, River Fishing and Waterfalls
When I was in Montana a few months ago, I felt like I’d arrived in a land where you could theoretically do whatever you felt like doing, few questions asked. It’s an immense, mountainous place where the largest “city” has just over 100,000… Read More ›
In Preparation for Yellowstone
I’m going on vacation to Colorado, Wyoming and Montana this summer, which means I’ll be doing a lot of hiking and camping because this is an outdoorsy-type vacation. I’ve been walking a lot to prepare for this trip, but it turns out that… Read More ›
Sperryville
I’m going out west on a two-week hiking/biking/kayaking/exploring vacation this summer and I’ve decided that it would be a good idea to at least try to get in shape BEFORE my trip. That way, I can actually enjoy my hikes… Read More ›
Spring Comes to D.C
I’ve been a lazy blogger lately, probably because it’s spring now and I’ve been out doing rather than thinking. Or more doing than thinking, anyway. So here are some D.C springtime pictures…
It’s a New Dawn, it’s a New Day, it’s a New Life for me…and I’m Feeling Good.
I’ve been working so much lately that I kind of forgot that life should be enjoyable as well as profitable. Also, winter tends to take me down a dark, frigid hole of existential dreariness. Dramatic sounding, I know, but then I’ve always… Read More ›
A Weekend Among Leaves, in Pictures
One of the best things about living in Virginia is great fall foliage. This past weekend I convinced my brother to join me for a short fall tour of central Virginia and we headed southwest to the great town of… Read More ›
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Last year I did a lot of meetups, mostly hiking meetups because I really love walking/hiking but am scared to go on my own because of my terrible sense of direction. Also, I thought it would be a good way… Read More ›
West Virginia
When you live in a place like the D.C area, you sometimes forget that the vast majority of the country feels very different. In some ways, D.C is a bubble: Relatively wealthy, highly educated, opportunities for most (arguably), culture, sophistication,… Read More ›
Beautiful Baltimore?
I’ve been busy and haven’t had much time for blogging, until today. That’s because yesterday I went for an evening walk after work and somehow I twisted my ankle and found myself flat on my butt in the middle of… Read More ›
Buck Mountain Road and Proper Wine Glass Holding Etiquette
This past weekend I had one of the best small-town/weekend trips that I’ve had in a while. My friend and I decided to go “camping” (air-conditioned cabin located within a campground) about an hour and a half west of D.C… Read More ›
Two Rivers, the Dirty Dawg Saloon and Civil War Ghosts
Two of my favorite things in life are road trips and small towns. This past weekend a friend came down to visit from upstate New York and we decided to head over to West Virginia— Harpers Ferry, to be exact –… Read More ›
Pat’s Market and Unexpected Runners
On Sunday morning I went out for a 25-mile bike ride and ran into this little shop in the Belle Haven neighborhood of Alexandria, right across from a fancy, fru-fru-la-la-la country club. I initially assumed the place had closed down years ago,… Read More ›
Bald Eagles, Snakes and Slugs
I’ve decided that some people are just better at being adults than others. I think I was pretty good at being a kid, but I could really use some remedial adult classes. For example, this happened yesterday: I have the… Read More ›
Huntley Meadows Park Evening Walk: Lots of Ducks but no Fancy Birds.
Today was a beautiful 65-degree day and I felt like going on a nice walk after work. So I drove over to Huntley Meadows, the largest park in the Fairfax County Park System at nearly 1,500 acres. Most of the… Read More ›
D.C Sucks You In
First of all, I want to acknowledge that I’m using the term D.C broadly to include the Maryland and Northern Virginia suburbs. I don’t want any D.C purists out there to take offense, as I actually live in Alexandria City,… Read More ›
Same Place, No Fog
On Wednesday after work I decided to go back to the Belle Haven Marina and Dyke Marsh for a nice sunset walk. It was a very different place than it was on Saturday morning; still a nice enough place but I’ve… Read More ›
Ghost Trees and Ghost Boats
Almost exactly one year ago, my sister and I biked the northern section of the Mount Vernon Trail. It was nice. We started on Theodore Island in Arlington, got a great skyline view of the Washington Monuments, saw planes flying just… Read More ›
El Asador y La Iglesia Fuente de Vida
I was in the Spotsylvania/Fredericksburg area with a friend last weekend and I spotted this slightly downtrodden, solitary strip mall on the outskirts of town on my way home. It was a cloudy, drizzly late winter afternoon – the kind… Read More ›
Memories of War and Peace from a 1987 Cadillac Deville
This past weekend I went camping with a friend outside Fredericksburg. Actually, camping might be the wrong word…we stayed in a cabin with heat and electricity at a campground and for the outdoorsy part of our trip we watched part of… Read More ›
My (Former) Nomad Life 