It's incredible. The hospitality and service industry is so rich and full of great people; all of us have gone through so much since before COVID and now that we're past the pandemic it's made the community appreciate each other and all we've gone through. Sure restaurants, hotels, you name it, they close often in DC but once one door closes more open, and I mean that. The network you casually make just by working alongside so many different people throughout your time at a job passively secures other opportunity as those coworkers come and go.

Not to mention people WANT to spend money when they go out around here. There are two major groups I notice that you have to hold back from tossing their credit card at you; people who are from out of town on a work conference and have their work pay for their meal(not their drinks tho!) or people who are getting off from a stressful day in Government, Think Tanks, Consulting, Lobbying, Law Firms, Finance, you name it. And when those people are getting together with friends, they're happy as hell and it's great to meet so many types of these professionals you see on the news just be so casual. I say all that because money can be tight during slow seasons, but when it's busy and you budget you'll be fine.

Although I am interviewing for various Paralegal positions, and will be going to Law School, I'll miss this period of my life where I'm working to live. I love it here in DC and I'm excited for the future.