Motions In The City

Wedding season for most people usually falls between April and June. For me and my friends/family/colleagues, it usually falls between Sept and December. One of my nearest and dearest friends was married on 10.10.10 in Philadelphia, PA (truthfully it actually took place in South New Jersey). I was very honored to be one of her many bridesmaids, 12 to be exact. The wedding was beautiful and reception was one of the best I've been to. South Jersey/Philly in October is gorgeous! The leaves were changing so there was enough orange, red and yellow mixed in with the year-round green to leave you in awe of natures turn of seasons. The area that the wedding was located in was smack-dab in the heart of the "American Dream" neighborhood. Huge rustic homes, with porches that spanned around the entire building, picket fences and lawn decorations (because of Halloween coming up). I immediately fell in love with the area, and had a momentary lapse of "I could raise my kids here,...

This year, in the midst of a recession, I did not budget for any travel. I fully expected to be in the DC-Maryland-Virginia metro area for the entire year. However, a Memorial Day trip home to visit my family in Orlando started a domino effect that I am hard pressed to stop. I forgot, entirely, that Caribbean carnival in Orlando was on Memorial Day weekend, and I found  myself, my mom, my 4 year old nephew and my 9 month old neice jumping and dancing and waving! It was so much fun. My neice was dancing in the streets and marveling at the colorful costumes, while my nephew was begging to jump on the trucks and floats. After that experience, I couldnt wait to go to my first ever DC carnival the following month. The experience was a tad bit different. I went with friends, and it was just about 100 degrees and humid with not even a hint of a breeze. One friend ended up passing out and had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance. Most of the trucks were African, which was very n...

I realize at this point, that I haven't blogged in over 6 months. This is highly unacceptable in the blog world, however I think my excuses are valid. Let's review them and decipher for ourselves: 1.) DC/MD is COLD in the winter. No travel, little to no events. Just indoors, tv and movies. 2.) When Spring 2010 hit, heading outdoors was #1 on the list. Not blogging, emailing, facebooking or IMing. I needed to be OUTSIDE. 3.) Personal life: my relationships with people took over my life, and personal writing goals. Working to manage them more equally. Now that my excuses for NOT blogging are out, I should follow-up with some fascinating events/vacations/ or stories to blog about. Lets see, the new places that I've discovered are: Bar 7: Downtown DC, across from the convention center, and around the corner from Lux Lounge. Happy Hour in the summer from 5-7pm open bar. You cant beat that. Saturday nights are a bit roudy, and the general "club crowd" which I...