serge kovaleski once gave me a tour of a the old WaPo newsroom when i was a young PR grasshopper dropping off an envelope for a metro section piece. it was so thrilling to see legendary reporters in their element. heartbreaking to see these desks gutted.

Yikes. My knees hurt in empathy for Lindsey Vonn.

I used to think he ruined my favorite SM feed b/c his feelings were butt-hurt by the criticism of him on it. Now I suspect his motives were far more sinister.

Oh good, millions of pages of redacted text to comb through. I do not envy the reporters covering this, but I do admire their tenacity. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.

Amazon is producing a web series on #regenerativeagriculture. They are asking experts to pay a fee to be featured. So if you see a special on Amazon about regenerative ag, understand those expert voices were actually bought. Who has the cash to afford these placements? Corporations with an agenda!

It's not the roads, it's the sidewalks! We live in a city; why are people pretending only cars count? I know about emergency vehicles, but the attitudes I have seen today just reinforce how oblivious businesses are to community needs. If you can afford a $1 million condo, you can afford shoveling!

Proposal that DC emulates Boston's smart snow farm model and dumps all the grey, icky snow in front of the White House.

For anyone afraid of hiring people over the age of 45 b/c they think we can't learn new platforms: HA! In the past 5 months, I have mastered two new website platforms, two new email platforms, and drastically improved my Canva skills. #olddognewtricks #ageism #employmentcrisis

In 2026, let's normalize calling in depressed.

Trump may be firing fewer cabinet members this time around, but he did recently hand a pink slip to his architect. Guess he couldn't get the Catholic guy to be the yes person he hoped for. This keeps getting messier and more chaotic!

In a year where Mormon women and trad wives dominated pop culture, DEI programs were cut, and there's an actual phenomenon called "Mara Lago face," this seems very...on the nose. Spoiler alert, it's a fancy word for white!

Why I hate TikTok: 1. The people who post really obvious stuff that is news to them, assuming that b/c they didn't know something, everyone else must be equally ignorant. 2. Shit like this. Your midface is fine. Go touch grass.

Yesterday, I gleefully canceled my Paramount+ App. I will miss Ghosts but one silly sitcom does not justify supporting a company helmed by Bari Weiss.

F*ck RFK Jr and fake "science"! Other than the occassional migraine and hereditary anxiety, I am one of the healthiest people I know. I have never had COVID and I rarely get colds and flues. My mom was the poster queen for vaccinating her kid. Likely not a coincidence.

So far today, I have tried having quick, silly, lighthearted exchanges with two fellow Washingtonians. Both ended awkwardly. D.C, it's fine to be pleasant when a stranger talks to you in person. It doesn't mean you're marrying them or committing to a future selling Amway or something. Lighten up!

Simple life pleasure: Order yourself a fountain soda and fill it with a bunch of different soda flavors. Why settle for Diet Pepsi when you can have Diet Pepsi with Lemonade and Dr Pepper?

My hot take of the day is that Taco Bell's "fire" hot sauce is not that hot. Also, this is my second time ever eating Taco Bell.

I can: set up a darkroom and process prints and negatives in it; delint a vinyl record; record content over a commercial cassette tape; burn CDs; look stuff up in a card catalog; make eye contact while having a conversation with a person over the age of 30.

NPR was such a huge force in our house that my mom would keep the car running in our barn when we got home, just so she could catch the end of their stories after she picked me up from ballet and theatre stuff. Susan, Nina, and Cokie were all reasons why I joined a media-adjacent profession.

The crows of Petworth, D.C., decided to throw themselves a karaoke party; a certain tortishell cat is not pleased. She also does not care that crows hold grudges even longer than felines, and that glaring at them from the top of the radiator may not be in her best interest.

Rise and brood, my fellow misanthropes! Turn those smiles upside down, furrow your brow, and roll those eyes. ironically, I also make a mean lemon bar.

It's the #TrumpShutdown www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/10/01/t...

I was able to sign up at the Safeway for a COVID and flu vax in DC without being elderly or having a doctor's note.

Feel so lucky to live 2 miles from the Smithsonian National Zoo. The fact that I can look at tigers whenever I want is pretty mindblowing. AND I was tickled to learn this weekend that it was designed by the OG badboy of #LandscapeArchitecture Freddie Law Olmsted. One of my favorite places in D.C.

Two MAGA-ites interrupted our dinner last night to ask my dad if the Air and Space Museum is "still woke." Kudos to dad for not stabbing them with a fork. "I don't wanna see no information about gay flight attendants," one said as I tried really hard not to scream at him.

Reminder that not everyone experiencing unemployment is a federal worker. If you're having "government shut down" parties and happy hours, please invite your comrades from other sectors, who are just as poor, freaked out, and mad as you are. Probably more so bc they've been out of work longer.

So excited to see two of my favorite media figures teaming up in the name of justice and journalistic freedom!

3 weeks ago, I ordered a shirt. It shipped from Wisconsin thru #USPS, bopped around a few facilities in PA, then took a detour south to Puerto Rico. I live in Washington, D.C. Still no shirt. WTF is up with #USPS? Props to the lovely Lands End customer service ladies for at least trying to help.

I've been side-eying EG ever since her journey towards self-actualization and independence ended with her coupling up with a dude she met in Indonesia. This latest chapter just confirms to me that she speaks out of both sides of her mouth a bit too much to be credible.

My takeaway: -WaPo thinks that Charlie Kirk, a straight white man who espoused hate, was a member of a protected class. um, which class would that be? -WaPo thinks that when you encounter a person spewing hatred, you should just ignore it and go about your day.

Dear freelancers, I was very recently in the same place as you and understand the pressures of securing business. BUT reaching out to an institution by insulting their communications assets is NOT the way to go. Saying you want to "fix" a logo is unprofessional, particularly when said logo is fine.

One thing that adds stress to my life is selecting the correct emoji that will convey my okayness with a situation without inadvertently alienating somebody of another generation. I'm gonna need Boomers, X, Millennials, Zoomers, etc., to get together and decide once and for all what they mean.

Not me, a middle-aged woman without kids rushing home to watch the #summeriturnedpretty finale even though I watched it at 6 a.m. I know her Paris bob is likely a wig, but I love it and wish my hair could reliably conform to that style. Stupid natural curls! #sitp

I had a Pearl's bagel for the first time today, and I liked it almost as much as the cash-only place on P street. Major contender in the DC bagel world and sadly overshadowed by showier chains. It was better than the H&H I had last month, but to be fair, that one was whole wheat. Time 4 a rematch.

I'm sorry I cancelled my WaPo subscription last year so I can't cancel it all over again. Prime is next on my list. This lady is my hero.

As much as I like my new job, our current political era is unlocking a desire to get a Masters in U.S. history so I can teach kids the truth about our country before it's completely erased from the books. If only grad school were free...

Nearly a dozen National guardsmen hanging out on the corner of 7th and I doing absolutely nothing but wasting their youth and our tax dollars. It's nice that they're not harassing anyone, but still. This is extremely stupid. #freedc

More takeout lunch places need to offer breakfast items. I can no longer get excited about 17-dollar grain bowls when all I want for lunch is a plate of eggs with some potatoes.

This should be a "teachable moment" about gun control but you just know the gun faction is going to turn this guy into a martyr, thereby totally missing the point.

Today, a techie made fun of my iPhone 11. Yes, it is 6 years old. It still works perfectly well, and holding on to it is my rebellion against planned obsolescence. I guess we shouldn't tell him about my first-gen iPad Pro (that also still works just fine).

The more I learn about octopi, the more I relate. In addition to hating bright lights, they also enjoy decorating their homes.

This is what I'm talking about! Thank you for speaking out!

Chloe Malle's appointment to the head of Vogue reveals that the #nepobaby debate is more nuanced than many would like to admit. -Yes, people with rich, famous parents get a leg up; there's no denying that. -Talent runs in families. Smart, hardworking ppl tend to birth and raise other smarties.

Play all the pickleball you want; I just need my trusty, 40-year-old Prince Jr tennis racquet, a ball, and a backboard. Speaking of, why are there so few good tennis backboards in D.C.?

My bedroom AC is really old, and only reads temperatures in Celsius. It turns out that 32 degrees C is in fact, very warm, which is why I have been sweating my butt off for the past few months.

This. I always tell people that writing is a muscle. If you let AI do all your writing, you're never going to develop said muscle. Just do a little hard work, and your reward will be improved writing skills. Do you think Simone Biles got good at gymnastics by letting a computer do her routines?

This crisis has underscored for me a divide in this nation. There are people who think that laws are laws and should be followed no matter what. Then there are people who understand that laws should evolve with political contexts and bend to the needs of the people they're intended to serve.

This is incredibly troubling. I have so far managed to avoid getting COVID (I was a champion social distancer and got the vaccine when it was first available). I have to get on an airplane in two months (for the first time in 6 years) and attend a huge conference. Ugh, I'm toast!

I was one of the oldest ladies at my last job and felt horribly isolated and lonely all the time. Today, I spent my lunch watercoloring in the conference room with a group of other middle-aged women, comparing hot flash symptoms. #screwagism