February 2011
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Assalaam alaikum!
I’m (finally) posting from Male, the capital of the Maldives. Best known as a honeymooners’ destination and divers paradise, the Maldives is as beautiful as everyone says. Whats more, it has the most unique geography: ~1200 small islands grouped into atolls (islands of coral encircling a lagoon). The international airport is located on its own island. From the highest point in...
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The Pass
Midwestern psychodelic indie rock! How good does that sound?
Pic source: IRC
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Paperboys are extinct, so what?
So everything! I came across this article in Time that, at least to me, poignantly tied together lots of issues today. “Newspaper delivery has shifted from kids on bikes to adults in cars - a bad sign for the US workforce.” The declining sales of physical papers, kid’s declining interest in anything remotely resembling exercise, and increased parental paranoia put the stakes in...
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Move over Pottery Barn
I see I’m not the only one who likes inconvenient rusticism. Vintage furniture shoppers are trekking out to heat-less, catalogue-less, mom & pop barns to buy their wares. Charming! More gorgeous pics and barn locations at the Post
Listening to: Adele ‘21’
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Business Casual's more than just work clothes
Usually, I’m all about beer, food and football (in that order) on Superbowl Sunday. This year, I enjoyed all three but the real kicker had nothing to do with Towelheads or the Terrible Cheese.
CHROMEO! In concert at 930 Club. The electrofunk duo describes themselves as “the only successful Arab/Jewish partnership since the dawn of human culture.” If only foreign policy jammed...
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Next time, Caps game.
Wizards v. Magic @ the Verizon Center. Our boys put up a good fight (sadly) to no avail. Whatever. We dougie
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To the land of unicorn tears and English pints!
I swear, I’m not speaking gibberish! Yestereve, Scott and I went to a 826DC / McSweeney’s book reading in Columbia Heights. Let this post be a shameless plug for Dave Eggers’ nonprofit, 826; they do great work in cultivating youth creative writing with chapters throughout the US (NY, Chi, SF, LA, etc.) The reading took place at the Museum of Unnatural History. Stepping inside,...
