Category: the dc experience
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Running in Heels
Last night was the 23rd Annual High Heel Race in DC. Thousands of people gathered on 17th Street between O Street and R Street to watch about 25 drag queens run two blocks in their high heels. It looked like this: The race is really more of an excuse for the pre-race bar specials, the […]
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Dumb Betty
I wanted to tell you a funny story from a few weeks back when Beau was here. We got some friends together and hopped in the Scion to visit Kings Dominion, just outside Richmond. I had initially looked up directions on Google and saw it would take, theoretically, two and a half hours (ugh). We […]
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Tourism Begins at Home
I was mostly away from blogs this weekend while I entertained my father, who came to visit me for a few days. He hadn’t been to DC since the 50s, so on our agenda was doing a smidge of the monument thing. He especially wanted to see the Vietnam Memorial, having been a hair’s breath […]
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Rock You Like a Hurricane
I had a “rocking” Saturday for a few reasons: First, the Open House event at The Writer’s Center was a rockin’ success! It was so well publicized even Tropical Storm Hanna decided to stop by…for the entire day. Despite the torrential rain and water-soaked streets, we had about 130 people come by to chat with […]
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A Five Hour Tour
I gave a brief presentation on The Writer’s Center in Arlington today, for a group of federal employees. I left my house (in Maryland) at 7 am to give myself a large cushion for arrival before the 9 am start time. I arrived at the place at 8:45 am. It was “10 miles,” according to […]
Charles Jensen | Writer 