Category: the dc experience
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Feeling My Age?
Over the weekend I enjoyed a lovely brunch with a poet friend here in DC (where I got to have aebleskiver–one of the few ethnic treats of my childhood!). Over the course of our meandering conversation, we talked about what it meant to feel old. “I was just thinking recently about how no matter how […]
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Hot Press
Director seeks to raise Writer’s Center profileFocus on younger, newer writers, partnering with arts organizations Having grown up in Wisconsin, lived in Minnesota and spent four years promoting a creative writing center at Arizona State University, Charles Jensen never pictured himself working in a place like Montgomery County. But the new director of the Writer’s […]
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Translations of Maryland Traffic Signs Back Into English
Drivers who are new to Maryland may be confused by the awkward traffic conventions and surprising meanings of commonly seen traffic signs and signals. The following guide is designed to help visitors and new residents acclimate to Maryland’s unique traffic conditions and considerations. Below, you’ll find the actual text of Maryland traffic signs, followed by […]
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My Accidental Date with David Leavitt
I’ve been busy lately. Busy-busy. So busy, in fact, I have almost no time to read my personal email (much less read it closely). So when a friend of mine mentioned he’d made reservations for a group of us for Wednesday night of DC’s restaurant week, I dutifully got all bundled up last night, timed […]
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Climatization and Other Mythologies of Change
When I was a teenager, I traveled to Eurpoe with a big tour group, bunch of other kids, some adults, etc. I was sort of “alone” on the trip, so I tried to be friendly with the other travelers. In the group were two guys my age from Texas, and I remember quizzing them constantly […]
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