We live in a row house in upper Columbia Heights, a house that has two front entrances — the main entrance is up onto our porch, and there is a lower basement entrance that is down 4 steps. The porch is 8 or so feet deep and creates a small walkway below the porch up to the basement entrance. I recently found a pile of coins — $2.28 to be exact — sitting on that walkway. Were we the mistaken beneficiaries of DC’s tooth fairy? Has anyone else had a similar discovery? Who’s got a compelling story to explain this? (more…)
A Great Garden Haul? Halp!! Thanks, I think, to Cassandra for sending from Adams Morgan. Apparently Le Bustiere shall curse us with this scene every August. It’s still better than the bunny heads.
On Thursday I asked what is this ridiculousness? seen in the photo below. It was a huge fence only facing one side and it was ridiculous. So many questions. Anyway, on Saturday I saw the current set up of a now smaller fence and totally out of proportion giant door (photo above.) Many questions remain.
Thursday, August 2, 2018
Today I share the prescient words of the great Albert Camus:
“Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that’s what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.”
“I am writing to request that you publish a correction to your recent article about an Irish Dance School opening in DC. I am not sure who wrote the Press Release, but it is inaccurate in saying it is the first in DC.
My daughter has attended Shannon Dunne’s program for a number of years, and five years ago Shannon was also based in Tenlytown. Shannon’s program may be sean-nos vs traditional step dancing, but it is still Irish dancing. Shannon has been in the area since 2006, and was even featured in the Washington Post. Her students travel to Ireland every year for competitions.
Further, there are other Irish dance schools in the area, such as Culkin. Culkin was established back in 1997 in Bethesda and continues to hold class all around Montgomery County, very near the DC border. Irish dance is not a new concept for the general DC area.”
courtesy District Irish Dance Academy
From a press release:
“Riverdance cast member and certified Pilates instructor Joe Duffey announces the first Washington, D.C.-based Irish dance academy, District Irish Dance Academy, will open Fall 2018.
To celebrate the opening, the Academy will host a free, all-ages open house August 25 from 12 – 1:30 p.m. at the Fuse Pilates studio in Northwest D.C. (more…)
