With a title like this, I could very well write about the Palin/Beck rally participants that descended on my city this weekend… But instead I’ll stick to the (hopefully) less-polarizing topic of cupcakeries. I’m not entirely sure when the fad of cupcake-focused bakeries began sweeping America. National Geographic says: The gourmet cupcake trend really took [...]

The concept of car-sharing is no newcomer to the DC region — Massachusetts-based Zipcar opened its DC office in 2001, and Seattle-based Flexcar was also in the area (before its merger with Zipcar). However, bicycle-sharing for commuters (as opposed to tourists) hasn’t been as quick to catch on. SmartBike DC is a self-service public bike [...]

Lately, due to general life busy-ness, I’ve fallen behind on my unofficial list of things I’d like to do in the DC area. It’s amazing how after more than two decades of being in this city my list just keeps getting longer and longer. I’ll do this list in two parts. First, things I have [...]

Some people don’t seems to understand when I express my dislike for suburbs — the traffic, the strip malls, the sub-divisions, the never-ending traffic light systems — it’s frankly all a mess. And you don’t have to look far to find stories about the traffic congestion. I think that’s my biggest gripe about the suburbs. [...]