We went traipsing around NoMa a few weekends back (with some black and white film in the camera) to take a look at all the construction going on, and there is a LOT of it. I snapped this shot of Bowser and Matt walking under some scaffolding, into the abyss. Look at Bowser’s tiny little hind legs! They are so so cute. I guess Matt isn’t bad, either.
Oh hey what’s up giraffe. We walk past this awesome lady all the time, she’s in a yard at someone’s home around 7th and G NE. The house is also fabulously painted in bright Easter egg colors, so I really like these people even though I’ve never met them.
It’s been a great weekend. We went to see a live musical performance of Ty’s guitar teacher with Val and Ty on Friday night (shoutout Columbia, Maryland YEAH!), and now we are expecting huge things out of Ty. On Saturday, we went for a run around the Arboretum, picked up delicious Italian food dinner makings at Litteri’s, and ate burritos from Chinito’s. I love our little neighborhood. Then, we celebrated Jayluf’s turning 30 years old with drinks and dancing at the Rock and Roll Hotel. Today, we spent the morning wandering around Eastern Market with Bowser, and the reality that we are both still in school set in, and we sat inside trying to do schoolwork instead of being outside to enjoy the 60 degree weather. I did, however, reset half the clocks in the house, but not the other half, so I’ll never know what time it actually is now. Thanks, DST.
Last night I met up with Denise and Erin at Sova for their weekly Thursday night Bluegrass. It was packed in there, and Joe Overton and friends played a great set. Put me in the mood for the weekend!
I haven’t taken very many pictures lately, but we’ve still been up to some stuff here and there. Over the weekend we finally went to see Hugo and loved it! It’s hard sometimes to drag Matt to the movie theaters, he claims there is always something better we could be doing with our time, but he obliged by taking me anyways. YAY! I thought the movie was beautiful visually and actually meant to be seen in 3D, especially all the amazing scenes inside the clock tower. If you haven’t seen it yet, you should. Maybe it’s out of theaters now anyways, I’m not sure, I’m usually really late to these things.
On Sunday, we biked out to Del Ray, VA which is a little bit north of Alexandria. Neither of us had ever been there, but it’s just a quick little trip on the Mt Vernon trail to get over there. We walked around a bit, despite that fact that it was pretty windy and cold, poking our heads into the VeloCity Bike Co-Op, Cheesetique where we picked up some cheddar cheese rubbed with Turkish coffee (it is delicious), and Dairy Godmother for a ice cream treat. I took this sad picture of the ice cream cones hanging from the ceiling. It really was a much cuter place than this bad photo might lead you to believe. I want to go back during warmer weather.
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Last night, I finally checked out a class at District Yoga on H St. They have a really great space there – small but comfortable and cozy. My arms are a bit sore today though! Must not let three weeks go by again without yoga…
That’s about all I have to report on for now. Slow news week at Juxtaexposed.
I LIKE YOUR HEADPHONES.
Last night, Jill and I attended the The Fourth Estate’s Wine and Food Truck Pairing Dinner at the National Press Club. That’s a long, fancy title for what consisted of a giant food-truck dinner. I really wanted to go to this event because, since I’m now working from home, I never get to eat at (or even see, really) the food trucks, even though they seem to be a new phenomenon that are EVERYWHERE. I wasn’t sure what to expect, honestly I thought there would be a giant room where you would walk around to sample tables, but instead we had a 6-course, sit-down dinner with servers and all. The dishes came out at a pretty leisurely pace, and we got to spend three hours blabbing away. We thought all the food was pretty exceptional and we even got to hear from the truck owners/chefs between courses, when they would talk a little bit about their ingredients, how they got started, and what areas they serve. Each course came with a wine tasting, too. Awesome! (for Jill – #foodtrucks)
(Crab Cake not pictured, I ate that too fast…)
Lemongrass noodles
Lemongrass pork taco
DC Empanadas
BBQ Bus – at this point we were getting pretty full…
Chocolate City Beer and Curbside Cupcakes
And when we left… all the buses were lined up outside.
Bowser is a huge bum. He gets under our covers and then sleeps all day long.
I was walking Bowser the other day and I saw this sign on one of the driveway gates in our neighborhoods. This is an awesome graphic. If you just look at the picture, you might think: star jump through this gap in the fence! It will be great fun! But if you actually read the words, it means: watch out, you are about the get crushed to death. This is why everyone should learn to read.
I think there are some stairs missing here. That’s a problem… Hopefully the mailman is just tall enough to reach the mail slot.
I took this photo this past Saturday morning while we were wandering around NoMa. We went on a little stroll (Bowser included) over to CVS to get some black-and-white film for the Pentax and I shot off half a roll before realizing the light meter wasn’t moving much and it probably needs a new battery. Sooo, might be some bad pics in there, we’ll see when I get it developed. I ordered a new battery on Amazon today. They only came in packs of 10, so I guess I am set for… EVER. If anyone needs a 1.5V silver oxide battery, hit me up. I have spares.
I also ordered some printer paper, regular envelopes, bubbly wrap envelopes, and green looseleaf tea (had to put it over $25 for the FREE SUPER-SAVER SHIPPING). Whoever is reviewing my order is going to think I’m the lamest person in the world.
Back to the photo though… looking up at the clouds and the glass, pretty hypnotizing if you stared at it long enough, especially since they were moving kinda fast. As mom would say “COOL CLOUD DAY!!!!”