Okay, so this might not be the strongest argument ever voiced – but I can’t help but notice the frequent and somewhat indiscriminate use of the word ‘egregious’ by Mayor Fenty in recent months.

My interest was peaked when the DC government employees/porn story aired – and Fenty deemed their behavior “not just egregious…” I was sure I had heard a similar quote – and low and behold, just 2 weeks earlier, Fenty called the responsiveness (or negligence) of DC’s social service agencies in the Banita Jacks case “egregious.” A brief session of googling this morning brought up two additional citations: once in September, while vowing to continue the fight for DC voting rights Fenty pointed out the Senate’s failure to right the “egregious wrong” that Washingtonians have been forced to deal with. Then, digging back to his days as a City Councilman in 2006, Mayor Fenty stated, “An egregious, continuous pattern of abuse and neglect is being perpetrated by MRDDA (Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Administration) and its contractors upon the District citizens it serves.”

Call me catty, but does his communications staff not have access to a thesaurus? No cause for alarm, but I’m starting to see a pattern…

it’s thursday, congress called last votes yesterday… and i’m ready to dance. i was talking to amanda yesterday about her latest adventures in parisian nightlife and she directed me to the video above of the latest dance craze to sweep france, tecktonik. not only does this make me want wear more neon, but it got me totally psyched to find a place to cut a rug this weekend.

finding a good place to dance in dc (and convincing your friends that you’re right) has proven to require a decent amount of effort – at least if you’re looking to venture out of the 18th street meat market. as far as i can tell – downstairs at saint ex has got it going on. the bartenders and bar-goers are friendly, the drinks are reasonably priced and the lines to get them aren’t backbreaking. the DJs achieve a delicate balance of sceney music (that admittedly, i often find myself trying and remember so i can update my itunes library later that night) and all around crowd-pleasing dance hits. basically, the music is good enough to make you want to dance, even before you start swilling tequila.

what’s your imaginary band’s name?

Mine:

Portage Park
your thoughts take you

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a brief summary of the last month:  i took this picture at the fells point festival in baltimore.  i think it’s a great shot of what you do when loitering is the best thing going…

i saw this boat, which has apparently been sitting the baltimore harbor now for years now.  still sinking.

when the going got tough – i ran away to new york and went apple picking.  i cannot deny my penchant for  autumn in the north east.

i made it to the dupont high heel drag race for the second year in a row… jasmine and maisha found their disney princess alter egos.

…and jenna and jeff’s grandpa turned 94!!

as the weather seems to go in these parts – november was unusually warm… which meant lots of extra time to spend outside on urban adventures. after one of many rides home from sunday pho in arlington, jenna and i comprised a list of the places we wanted to see in dc before we were snowed in for the winter – starting with potomac park.

between birthdays, explorations, and re-decorating – we managed to find a way to save ALL the homeless people in DC. mayor fenty helped.

I have far too many stories to tell of the summer, not nearly enough time to tell them in – but just enough good landscape photos.

That first one of the Great Sand Dunes in Colorado is actually from last summer – but I when I was going through my photos, I needed to see it again.

The misty hills of Shenandoah

A good shot off of a cliff in Horsehoe Bay

Sunset over the Island

Morning Rainbows – docked in Bermuda

The Ocean at night

The Ocean during the day!

Heading back into shore – the first land point from Bermuda

The Original Sunshine Skyway Bridge

One of my favorite “out the airplane window” shots, on my way back to DC.