My online writing space

One of the highlights from my weekend in DC was spending an evening with Janet, Zandria, and OPH. We’ve all met before, so I wasn’t full of nerves like last time. My sister dropped me off at Poste for happy hour, and OPH exclaimed, “Yes, you’re wearing green! It wouldn’t be RA without green.” Yes, [...]

Weekend of fabulousness

Ah, the Third Annual RA & Zeister DC Weekend! This year, it meant laughing through a train ride wherein a conductor lost his hole punch and made a PA announcement to that effect, eating delicious food at Rasika, trying my hand at painting pottery, indulging in my annual Chipotle burrito, scheming about a potential surprise [...]

Q and A: Travel, resemblance, hotness

Thanks for all of your great questions! As will be a surprise to no one, I have sorted them out into categories for future answering. These three did not fit so well into little slots, so this first edition of 2009 Q&A will be a grab bag of sorts. Heidikins asked: What is your destination-vacation du jour? We [...]

Red and Me and Writing Places

I’m pretty sure that Bill Russell didn’t write Red and Me for me. I barely know anything about basketball, and I only ever watch the sport during March Madness. I don’t follow the Celtics (when pressed, my family claims allegiance to the Knicks), so I don’t know anything about Bill Russell’s history with the team [...]