My son and I spent a few hours today at the Small Press Expo, an annual festival of comics and cartooning in Bethesda, Md.
Our biggest find was discovering Frank Cammuso, author of a terrific new children’s comic book, Knights of the Lunch Table. My son and I just read his book at bedtime. Cammuso has […]
In my neck of the woods, there are plans afoot to extend Metro Rail to Dulles International Airport. It’s a 23-mile, multi-billion dollar project that won’t be fully finished until at least 2015.
Meanwhile, some friends of mine had a better idea for their holiday travel. They live in Alexandria and need to catch a flight […]
How about this. Washingtonian Magazine has named my employer, Forum One, a “cheap eat.” Oh, wait, actually we’re among Washington’s 55 great places to work. And we’re hiring.
Obama is holding a small-dollar fundraiser in DC on Sept. 18. Entry fee is just $25/person. It’s part of his “Countdown to Change” program. I predict a huge crowd.
My wonderful father-in-law is coming to visit for a week to watch our son. Summer camp is over and school doesn’t start until next week, but my wife and I both have to work. “Papa camp,” we’re calling it. So we brainstormed a bunch of fun things he can do in and around DC — […]
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One of my clients, Capitol News Connection, graciously gave a few of us a personal tour of the U.S. Capitol last week including sections that are not ordinarily open to tours — […]
Phew:
The U.S. Army has agreed to dramatically scale back plans to move 22,000 jobs to Fort Belvoir in southeastern Fairfax County, averting a widely predicted traffic catastrophe and eliminating pressure on state and local officials to spend nearly $500 million in road and transit improvements.
According to an agreement negotiated with Virginia, the Army will cap […]
I find myself distracted today by the horrific turn of events in Blacksburg, Va. yesterday. While I may not know anyone directly affected by the tragedy, and Blacksburg is on the other end of the state from me here in Alexandria, Va., I feel right now that we are all coping and mourning together as […]
I live close to the Franconia-Springfield metro station here in Fairfax County, Virginia. Last year, I calculated what it would cost to ride Metro to work every day. Turned out, that with the recent fare increases, it wasn’t really much cheaper than driving. Now Metro is considering raising the fares further. Rob of the Raising […]