Shopping for baby can be quite an overwhelming task. Who knew there could be so many options for… well everything? Erica is the researcher in the family and she poured hours into blogs and product reviews searching for the perfect items. I (Dave) decided to return the favor to the baby blog world and offer up our findings. In the first 3 month’s of little Coen’s life, a few items …
Although we love DC in the fall, there is nothing quite like a drive through the mountains to take in the glory of autumn’s colors. Last weekend we headed out of the city with our good friends James and Sarah to take an afternoon drive through Shenandoah National Park’s Skyline Drive. We packed ourselves some fall snacks and a thermos full of hot apple cider and spent a few hours …
In the past year or so of living the ‘freelance life’ by finding jobs by visiting this go URL, I have learned a few things from many places. One of the most memorable moments was when I realised I am learning something while I was working at a coffee shop. The etiquette, if you will. You see, when you spend a lot of your days working from home, you can …
As a girl who grew up in the arctic tundra, I mean Michigan, I have a complicated relationship with winter. On one hand I am really sick of the air hurting my face every time I open my front door, but on the other hand, there are few things greater than sitting under a blanket with a good book as snow falls outside. A few weeks ago I was pretty …
I’ve passed the beautiful National Public Radio building more times than I can count while driving down North Capitol over the past (almost) four years of living in DC, but never had an excuse to go in. Then, my lovely friend, Sarah, informed me that the only excuse needed was to sign up for free tour. Who knew? So one sunny, but extremely cold, day we teamed up with the always-wonderful …
We scratched an item off of our summer bucket list this week! We loaded up a quilt and a bottle of wine and headed down to NOMA for their Summer Screen event. Every Wednesday over the summer months a giant movie screen is blown up, the food trucks drive-in, and Washingtonians flock in the an empty lot for a movie showing. The event is open to the public and free …
After seeing an epic sunset on our way into Shenandoah National Park we decided we had to get up early for the sunrise. We stayed in the Lewis Mountain Cabins and made ourselves a nice fire before going to bed. We were up at around 5 am and loaded into the car to begin chasing the sunrise. Unfortunately we did not find an overlook in our area of the park …
It’s only been warm for a few weeks but we have already been able to enjoy some time away in nearby national parks – such a great way to kick off summer. Natalie and Jake were over at our house last weekend playing Settlers of Catan (you know, like the cool kids do) and we all decided to plan a spontaneous trip out of town to celebrate Natalie’s birthday. Five …
During our anniversary ‘staycation’, Dave and I drove over to Great Falls National Park for some afternoon walks. We were pleasantly surprised at how close this beautiful park is to Washington DC – it only took us a half hour to drive there! We went to the park with idea that we would just stroll and explore the park, but after spending time there we decided we would love to come back …
Dave and I are trying to spend more time being tourists in our own city, so we have been trying to make a trip out to Mount Vernon for some time now. We found out that during Memorial Day weekend Mount Vernon opens in the evening for a sunset celebration and since Memorial Day weekend is also our anniversary weekend, we thought it would be the perfect time to check …