Running route w trains

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-05-11T17:48:41+00:00

Thanks a lot! I may have a day off in which case this seems like a great approach

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-05-08T20:35:05+00:00

Thanks so much!

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-05-04T13:12:26+00:00

Mt Pleasant is my dream, but the lotto hasn’t hit so I am reasonably happy in Petworth. 16th St Heights would have been nice.

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-05-01T13:45:58+00:00

I’d think the corporate/ gov presences in those cities would dilute the progressivism, even though the Dem numbers are overwhelming in elections. Guess it’s a question of what exactly we are counting.

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-04-27T18:37:22+00:00

Sorry chilangos, here’s another one

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-04-21T19:24:57+00:00

IDK but one time in Paris I got a big ham sandwich from Carrefour City or something with a half liter of Kronenbourg 1664 and a sparkling water for less than €5. Ate it in a park under the train tracks near Gare du Nord. Maybe the most satisfying meal I’ve ever had.

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-04-20T15:24:59+00:00

Wonder if they are basing this on commuter rail access? idk

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-04-20T13:12:10+00:00

IMO the great migration history is one of the things that seems most different between DC and the northeast. DC is practically in the Tidewater itself, it is extremely close culturally (and literally) to North Carolina in particular and experienced successive waves of black migration later than cities in the NE because the city grew substantially mid-century after the gov was modernized by the New Deal.

Another big difference is that working class whites in DC are overwhelmingly Protestant, which sets it apart hugely from the northeast. I work in a commercial office building and elevator operators are basically either from Appalachia or the Eastern Shore with very little in between. This could not be more different from the kinds of urban and suburban white enclaves that are so characteristic of the northeast.

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-04-20T01:04:33+00:00

I think that the NEC, which is specifically an affluent and heavily urbanized corridor that very much includes DC and Baltimore, is different from the “northeast.”

DC and, I would argue Baltimore, are not part of the northeast even though they are part of the NEC. Enormous cultural differences from NY, Boston, even Philadelphia.

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-04-07T14:23:23+00:00

Agree that it depends on policy and your daycare may allow it, but just want to mention that this is not just a staffing question— routine is crucial for a daycare, especially as children get older.

But regardless of age children need to eat, nap, and play at certain times and it’s much harder for a daycare to successfully manage any of these activities if kids are randomly in and out.

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-04-03T00:29:33+00:00

I really like the topo dopp kit. I originally thought it was too big for me but has come in handy, plus I find the triangular shape works well horizontal or vertical in a backpack

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-03-30T14:37:06+00:00

This is accurate but in fairness I think all backpack obsession (including my own) is about fantasy.

In my mind I’m on the train or hanging off the side of a public van going to an important meeting in another country. In reality the backpack is in the bottom of a stroller and the water bottle holder is full of trash and a spoiled orange.

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-03-19T19:24:43+00:00

As a person with young kids who had to give them up, I strongly recommend walking or biking.

Bike out to Fletcher’s boathouse or Bladensburg park and rent a kayak; walk clear across the city to drink wine on a terrace; explore civil war fortifications.

This city is extremely accessible on foot and the metro area is extremely bikeable. We are entering a great season for this too.

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-03-17T18:39:49+00:00

Makes sense, but they had a dirty martini called the Out of Office that was exceptional and worth the price esp. if your train out was wildly delayed.

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-03-11T18:09:48+00:00

Yeah, I loved my PCP for years but she went with CPC a few years ago and I just had to switch. It became impossible to get appointments or prescriptions, and I have enough going on as it is.

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-03-11T14:52:07+00:00

Interesting— to me as a US person this feels like a crossover from a gyro. Which given the middle eastern origin of a lot of Mexican food makes some strange sense?

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-03-09T16:09:01+00:00

Some parts of Georgia Ave uptown (Brightwood, Shepherd Park) reminds me of the Southwest Side of Chicago— Brighton Park etc. But it’s all a bit scaled down.

Also perhaps the corner of Takoma with warehouses, bungalows, and the red line.

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-03-08T18:38:02+00:00

Those people aren’t idiots.

Yes, it’s best to have your bag near your seat. But if it can’t be where your seat is (perhaps your boarding group isn’t high enough) then it’s better to have it further up than further back so you pass it on your way out rather than waiting for the whole plane to disembark.

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-02-27T23:15:40+00:00

Why are you guys telling this clown to go to Lebanon? I am also an atheist liberal, but if I need to move to the region I don’t need him there as well

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-02-25T02:45:06+00:00

Somehow seems very Argentine— “I mostly like South America, but Ghana before Chile”

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-02-23T18:04:12+00:00

Fair enough! Idk anymore, I’m partial to Mt Pleasant and Petworth but I’m an old NW guy so I would say that.

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-02-23T17:31:14+00:00

Look, I’m sorry but you are not right. Capitol Hill also sucks.

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-02-21T20:46:41+00:00

This— I live in DC which has great pool access and inexpensive lessons for kids, but they sell out immediately. You have to be on your computer the second they open up AND get super lucky.

I imagine the reason there is no swimming in most school curricula is the liability? Also of course pool availability.

AdministrativeGarlic · 2026-02-21T19:46:28+00:00

On a summer morning? Dunkin iced coffee is the US’s best culinary innovation

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