Vegas, Baby, Vegas!

I double down or hold with two aces? Before: Poor, Wears Shirt After: Broke, Cooks Naked Its another beautiful afternoon in DC and I just received yet another beautiful rejection letter. With just the right mix of apology, future hope, yet firm ‘No’ I can almost feel good about it….

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Rob’s Madrid Living – Part I

How many bathroom fixture stores can a city support? In Rob’s Dreams An Open Sign Civil Law A Clean Bathroom Editor’s Note: My friend Rob is in Madrid this summer studying law at a Spanish University and is sharing his interesting interpretation of Spanish life with me. Life in Madridby…

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Rev It Up Weekend

It’s all about the zoom-zoom The best part: hairnets Karen: ready to race Zoom! Zoom! From the Beltway turnoff, we could hear tires screeching, we could smell the burnt rubber, and we could feel our hearts racing. We were close. Very close, and about to experience one of the joys…

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Taste the Sweat, I’m in Training

Even if I have to crawl, I will finish! A Georgetown 10K: Easy Look Ma! No hands! Now that spring is officially here, and after a weekend in Vero, I am tan, it is time for me to get this soft body in shape. Unlike Dad, who ran a marathon…

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Prom Night 2004 – The Same as Before

Did you have a fat Elvis at yours? Surrounded by beauty And Elvis?! Do you remember your prom night? Can you recall, though the fog of time and memory why that night seemed so special then? Or why you’ve repressed the memory since? Saturday night I had a refresher course…

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