Those fleeing persecution deserve the chance to have their asylum claims heard, and Congress established a process to determine who qualifies for that protection.

Trolls want to revoke the 19th Amendment cool cool

Good morning tree friends

This watermelon feta mint salad is basically air conditioning in food form. Three varieties of homegrown mint - mountain, pineapple and mojito chiffonade and a little basil top for garnish

Ugh. Sometime this weekend, my Aunt Tifa and Smokey the Bear RESIST magnets were taken off of Lucky Beast.

@martaschantz.bsky.social the wallpaper in the bathroom at Rooster and Owl might be my new favorite public bathroom decor!

Watching the Germany - Côte d’Ivoire game at the rooftop Biergarten in Old Town. First time here!

Happy Friday (and Juneteenth), Alexandria! We're worshiping vengeful thunder gods, summoning celebrities with the power of our words, and taking our crockery seriously in the new issue of ALXtra with @oconnell.bsky.social. Join us:

Happiest birthday to Craig! He’s so cute wearing his USA US Soccer shirt from Costco. He wore it for the game against Paraguay and is now convinced he has to wear it for every U.S. game from now on or else they’ll lose. Honestly makes a whole lot more sense than some of my wilder superstitions!

@jackjenkins.me on NPR?! I love it. You sounded terrific!

Darn I missed the first day of early voting and the elections board is closed tomorrow for Juneteenth. Don’t be like me, make a plan to vote! www.alexandriava.gov/elections/ke...

Bill signing ceremony at Turning Point Suffragist Memorial and River View at Occoquan Regional Park!

Lulu got a seasonal summer puppy cut and looks so young! Feels velvety! After a full groom, she promptly rolled around in bird poop at home.

Filled with culinary storytelling, The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook highlights farmers and their spices with profiles and evocative photography, plus 85 recipes. Join us LIVE next Tuesday for a chance to win a copy of The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook! RSVP to see how. Link below.

I’ll be tabling at Sails on the Potomac today so stop by and spin the prize wheel. NOVA Parks is giving away beach balls, pinwheels and pencils!

And nobody clapped.

Whoa the sky outside looks like there’s an orange filter all over it. Freaky lighting!

Steven Raichlen’s Swine-Apple kebabs (pork tenderloin, pineapple, onion and jalapeño skewered and glazed with a rummy-pineapple juice-garlic soy sauce marinade.

Happy Loving Day!

www.staradvertiser.com/2026/06/12/h... Everything this stupid potus touches goes to shit

It got dark rather fast

Pride Month Bird Walk!

Riffing off another Jose Andres recipe for Mediterranean green beans braised in Cento tomatoes I crushed with my hands! With hella oregano, onions, garlic, shallots, bay leaves and a pinch of cayenne. And ground beef I needed to cook.

Looking at proof that exceptional sushi gets you high!

Flaming cakes gotta get put out

A whole mess of watermelon, cucumber and garden mint (mojito and pineapple varieties) yielded three little bottles of home pressed juice. Birthday brunch: homemade scratch vichyssoise and a Gustav’s ham and cheese croissant with caneles for after. Last night’s dinner was a Jose Andre’s recipe!

Today in addition to #wearorangeday it is also wear flip flops to Tropical Smoothie and get a free mango smoothie day from 2-7!

Next Saturday! www.novaparks.com/parks/bull-r...

So, certain foods can trigger nosebleeds with me, as was the case at lunch today- a really delish but spicy chicken mole with rice. I only got like four or five bites in. I stopped my bleeding but do I continue eating and finish the dish? It’s good and I hate wasting food!

One of my fave influencers talking about baby jackfruit but really looks like it came from another planet.

Saying nice things about you at ADC @oconnell.bsky.social !

I went heavy on the prunes when re-steaming sticky rice I got at Eden Center. My blood sugar is making my CGM scream. But it tastes great! This sticky rice is baby jackfruit flavor with coconut.

First time hearing Mongolian musicians! Their instruments have horse carvings and the selection they started out with very much evoked galloping horses! Incredible. Like Rohirrim and Dothraki meet luthiers!

On the fancy sponsor screen!

You run into the nicest people in the wild! In this case, the Community Spelling Bee!

😍 rose’s luxury’s signature dish, made at home!

Such a fussy salad to make but the payoff! Worth it

Exactly as instructed but omitted the cilantro of course.

#fungifriends we’ve had so much rain recently in northern Virginia

Happy for the bug spray but an otherwise beautiful morning to clean up the Harris Family Cemetery, an enslaved burial ground at Bull Run Regional Park with the Fairfax NAACP and NOVA Parks!

Unearth a story for you and your new friend and adopt a gently used plushie. Plushies have been cleaned and refreshed. Come by the circulation desk starting June 1 and request yours! One plushie per person while supplies last. #SummerQuest

All the food websites I like said that Salad Nicoise is the ultimate warm weather weeknight meal but this dinner almost made me cry - I hate peeling eggs and didn’t have any green beans acceptable by others in the house. But I did make the dressing from scratch and had tuna steakies.

#fungifriends underneath a giant pine tree in my front yard after days of rain!

1. Lead Left, a super PAC created on 4/24, purports to stand "against MAGA extremists." It has spent $3M+ in Democratic primaries. But it's funders and motivations have been secret. Until now. It's a GOP dirty tricks operation. 🧵

That is @justindotnet.bsky.social out there on the water! Birdwatching and paddling Pohick Bay with NOVA Parks!

My dedication to #blackbirderweek is full.

Eating artichokes makes me feel like a goblin and elite simultaneously.