Ann is Swank in Squirrel Hills

Its Party Time in P-Burgh Calm in Daylight Wild at Night Once upon a time, I lived in Moscow and hung out with a Joe-cool girl who at times was a friend, a housemate, and a hero. Now she lives in Pittsburgh, and until recently, I was scared about this…

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The Party Scene of Screen on the Green

We all screem for Screen on the Green Nice backdrop, eh? Its summertime in DC again, and that can only mean one thing: the start of this year’s Screen on the Green performances. Sponsored by big companies, but done with style and grace only found here, classic movies are shown…

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DC is United for DC United

We all scream ‘goal!’ whenever we can Learning my cheers Now that’s dedication Surprisingly for an American man, I am not interesting in sports. I have no clue who is winning the basketball championships and I couldn’t name the last Superbowl winners if my life depended on it. When it…

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It’s a Beach Wednesday!

Whatcha doing at work? Packed in the day Pink in the night Coming back from Africa, I was tan, and I mean African sun tan. My stop-off in Florida was filled with even more sun, so by the time I got back to DC, I was so tan as to…

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I’ll Pay to Hear Nixon

Nixon was a crook! Was he a crook? Or a superstar? Or just misunderstood? So many times I’ve heard people bitch about the taxes we pay in America, even in these times of billion dollar tax cuts and trillion dollar deficits. The usual refrain is that we pay way too…

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