Yea, that’s what I was thinking. And they’d likely lock things down if there was an actual shooting right there. Thanks!

That's the Gateway Building entrance. Possibly someone was shot somewhere else and they were brought there in a private car instead of the Emergency Department entrance, it's happened before. If someone was shot there, I would have heard it...

You don’t even have to scratch. Just lightly breathe towards anything.

Colonial Heights/Petersburg/Hopewell is the most depressing area I’ve ever seen. Every customer I’ve driven to/from there was having a hard day in a harder life.

Booked in advance its WAY cheaper than gas + parking. Tickets for off-peak/ non-commuting hours are maybe $20-30 round trip if you book even a few weeks ahead. Day-of it'll depend on how sold the train is, but the most expensive ticket I've paid was maybe $60, which is still worth it to not deal with the drive.

There's definitely some good names in here. What I would say is that the cost of any trade is much higher these days. Fewer tradesmen means they get a TON of business and have raised prices accordingly. Because you said you bought a new house, it's worth noting for any future project of yours. Get lots of quotes and get them before you need the work done because it can take a while for good tradesmen to find time to quote a job!

Congrats on the new house by the way. You made it through the slugfest :)

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...more unpredictable than driving? While there are certainly delay factors on the train, the train is door-to-door at least comparable to driving, and if you're travelling during DC rush hour, hours faster.

❤️love to Harold

I often forget napkins. Cloth napkins make picknicing feel so special - plus they are reusable!

Might need to keep you on my contact list regarding your resources.

Go anywhere else

EvernestTenants@proton.me (it's okay to post the email address publicly)

Carli at Black Magnolia (Shockoe Bottom) is absolutely amazing. Her reviews are wonderful and she really takes her time to put you at ease/ explain the process. She also responds very quickly to follow up questions that may arise after the appointment.

Chimney savers (and we’ve also used cougots). Chimney savers did a much better job, at least for us.

I went up on Sunday and parked near the Rosslyn Metro stop and rode that in - I didn’t run into much traffic at all. It’s a bit of a walk from the Smithsonian stop to the tidal basin but not too bad. It was busy, I’d say there were hundreds of thousands of people there, but it wasn’t overly crowded.
Pro tip: don’t bother with a stroller. If you have a backpack carrier for your 2 year old that would be perfect. It gets really muddy at the tidal basin and with all the crowds everything from crossing the street to navigating over tree roots will be a challenge if your kids in a stroller. Also wear waterproof shoes and bring a change of clothes (or 2) for the kid. And bring extra water - the concession lines looked very long.

My water heater busted when I visited my parents over the holidays and I got back to my apartment flooding, they haven’t done anything to fix it except for turn the water off to the unit. I still don’t have water 😤

We just took my 2.5 year old this past weekend, but we took Amtrak up, stayed in a hotel, and metro’d everywhere. He loved it, but he napped through our walk to the tidal basin to see the blossoms. He LOVED the kite festival, but it was only on Sunday.

If you go, you need to go quickly because peak will be over soon. This coming weekend is probably the last chance, and even that might be pushing it.

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Tucker Pavillon is a good resource even if you don’t end up going with them…good things and bad things about any treatment place but I’ve dealt with them personally and am better off for it. It certainly beats other potential outcomes.

I’m mildly stressing out because I can’t find a particular document in a work file and I don’t want to find out I accidentally put it in a public file. The joys of office work

+3 for Cougots

I emailed 3 of their artists when their books opened for a year and never once heard back

stopped there the other day very nice guys can confirm

Heroes and Ghosts is good