Tag Archives: Washington DC

Friday Postcard: Empty Eastern Market (Plus! Best Bookstore Ever)

Friday Postcard: Empty Eastern Market (Plus! Best Bookstore Ever)

Posted on 09. Sep, 2011 by .

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I really wanted to take Mike to Eastern Market in DC this Summer. Maybe because it’s fun or maybe because it’s the only really funky and hip thing that happens in my stuff hometown. Anyways I failed, because I am lazy and unless you go on the weekends the market just looks like the above [...]

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Friday Postcard: Washington DC

Friday Postcard: Washington DC

Posted on 01. Apr, 2011 by .

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Is it springtime in DC yet? I hope so. I took these shots last May in the Capitol Hill neighborhood near Eastern Market. DC is so lovely in the springtime and Ican’t lie… I kind of miss it. (Do you have a photo you’d like to see featured here? Email me at Steph@twenty-somethingtravel.com)

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Friday Postcard: Washington DC

Friday Postcard: Washington DC

Posted on 01. Oct, 2010 by .

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No, I’m not homesick already. I just wanted to share this photo I took last spring at the Korean War Memorial. This monument is often overshadowed by the nearby Vietnam Memorial but I think it is equally haunting and somber. This is particularly evident when you get close enough to see the faces of the [...]

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Playing Tourist at Home: A Local Does DC

Playing Tourist at Home: A Local Does DC

Posted on 12. Sep, 2010 by .

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The other week when I was suggesting things to do while waiting to travel, exploring your hometown was a big suggestion. Stacy is really living out that idea while she waits to leave for her round the world trip: “There’s so much to do in this town,” we’ve all said at one point, “but I [...]

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Friday Postcard: Washington DC

Friday Postcard: Washington DC

Posted on 14. May, 2010 by .

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The Library of Congress is one of those buildings that I used to pass by all the time when I worked on Capitol Hill, but never bothered to poke my head inside. I was really missing out because I recently discovered that the Great Hall in the Jefferson Building is one of DC’s treasures. It [...]

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Flirting with San Francisco

Flirting with San Francisco

Posted on 20. Apr, 2010 by .

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Travel, like dating, is an exercise in possibilities. A thrilling rendezvous with a new city is all about getting to know each other, searching for a common connection. Do I like how this place makes me feel? Could I see myself, working, playing, and living here? Could I make a long-term commitment? It’s a game [...]

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Good Tourist/Bad Tourist: A Local’s Perspective

Good Tourist/Bad Tourist: A Local’s Perspective

Posted on 11. Apr, 2010 by .

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Along with the fluffy pink cherry blossoms ( and abundant sunshine, something else begins popping up in Washington around April. Tourists. From April to August DC is awash with out-of-towners. Great locust sized hordes of them clog the metro and swamp the mall. I will say up front: everybody is a tourist at least some [...]

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DC in Bloom

DC in Bloom

Posted on 06. Apr, 2010 by .

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I love Spring. And I LOVE Springtime in DC. After the winter to end all winters, warmth and happiness have come back to DC with a vengeance. And although I never want to see that much snow again, it was all worth it because springtime in DC is just gorgeous! I had the day off [...]

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Operation Clean Sweep

Operation Clean Sweep

Posted on 04. Apr, 2010 by .

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Spending Diet update! You can track how my own savings are progressing here. So here’s the deal: I have a LOT of stuff. I have four bookcases full of books. I have a closet overflowing with clothes (although strangely, nothing to wear). I have drawers full of unused electronics, knick-knacks and trash. I am currently [...]

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