Today, my heart hurts

While the date is February 1, what my heart remembered this morning was that it was in the very early hours of a Friday morning, in the middle of a big snowstorm, when I got the call that I never ever ever wanted to get- my mom calling to tell me that my dad had [...]

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Our Honeyday

As I was sorting through pictures on our camera this morning, I realized I never posted about the place we went after our wedding. It was such a fun, unexpectedly gorgeous place, I wanted to post some pics even though it’s almost four (!) months later.
We drove from Chicago to DC after the wedding, and [...]

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Times, they are a-changin’

It’s finally arrived- Inauguration Weekend is finally here! There’s been a really fun energy around DC for the past week or so…at least I think it’s fun energy- hopefully it just wasn’t DC-ers getting nervous about millions of people descending on the town. In any case, it’s been fun to see the city start preparing, [...]

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Eight days to go…

Approximate distance from my office to the U.S. Capitol (the dome is behind the trees):

Jersey barriers that were deposited in front of my office sometime over the weekend:

Welcome to the week before the Inauguration in DC!

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My (very small) New York Times debut

On Thursday, I was very lucky to be able to attend a major speech given by President-Elect Obama. We received an invitation at work from the Obama Transition Team, and (you know me) I jumped at the chance. It was really fun to be there…I arrived pretty early to get a decent seat, and along [...]

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