Spontaneous Ireland trip in a few weeks. Four days. Two in Dublin. Two near Kilkenny/Thomastown. Any musts from BlueSky (saving longer range exploring for another trip)?

Obviously not new to Midwest thanksgiving dinners but it was still shocking that—despite Elissa’s from-scratch green bean casserole—the plate was so brown brown brown compared to literally anything we ate for the past two weeks on the islands 😂

“The delegation discussed creating a prescription drug affordability board and improving pharmaceutical price transparency as potential measures to address rising costs.” Love to see it! Other states have started using to take action on drug pricing. Would be great for VA to lead on this.

Ahhh… coming home to gas powered leaf blower season 🙃 last season with them??? 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 TBF, there were gas powered leaf blowers being used to push around the teeny tiny grass blades cut from the resort turf lawn in Hawaii…

Saw more rainbows these past few weeks than I have in my entire time on the mainland combined. Will miss these sporadic reminders to slow down, appreciate nature, and always live with aloha.

There is an ebike here, and it made me think of the people back home. @sarahbagley.bsky.social @alexgoyette.bsky.social @elenah.bsky.social Sorry to all who I missed tagging. I’m really going to need a bourbon night to catch me up on all the Alx happenings since we’ve been gone

Woah. We have a wraparound lanai on the 4th floor that has walls that completely open. It’s the final countdown now. But I’ll enjoy this open air lifestyle till we have to trudge on home

Not all heroes wear capes but they do all attend civic association meetings

It was all a warmup for this.

Super zen morning yoga. No plane or car noises. Just waves.

Hana. 🌺

Zoning for Housing lawsuit dismissed!!

Not a spouting volcano, but it was once and now has another kind of red-ish light to come gaze at. And these cool plants that you can’t find anywhere else.

I live here now. Enjoy the shed. Keep #DRBC alive

Am I billing hours? No. But @elilad.bsky.social doing her thing. #werk

@beckyhammer.bsky.social the technique 🤙 🤣

Pork barrel is is lovely, dark and deep But I have promises to keep And hours to bill before I sleep And hours to bill before I sleep

Note to self: starting vacation on a Thursday is terrible for Monday work motivation. 😑

It’s on. #DRBC tonight — let’s say start at 6:30pm. Should be a great night for the solostove. Have all the mosquitos finally died?

Would anyone be up for an impromptu #DRBC tomorrow night? If we don’t do it this weekend, there won’t be a November date. Because, naturally, Hawai’i.

No candy, just cocktails. Happy Halloween 👻

Still hard to believe this has become reality. A few more projects to go, but we’re so close!

Flooring day fun!

Had a great time judging business decorations in Del Ray yesterday with the amazing @kirkmcpike.bsky.social

Love a good old town sunrise

All call! Are you available this Friday and/or Saturday to volunteer for a slot at our Tales of Terror Haunted house @ Duncan?? If yes, please reach out!! We really need volunteers—Thanks for considering!

Lots of thoughts, but just posting because I always like an evening in the district when I can see the dome against a clear night sky.

Sitting in Yellow line car at L’Enfant, doors open, car automated speaker says “this is Archives Navy Memorial…” 🤦‍♂️

So its all dishonest. But that's what we've come to expect from him, and from the paper that publishes him.

Was absolutely wrecked today from the Flu and COVID vaccines. Threw me into a migraine. Ooof. But am now at a clearing 😵‍💫

Packets secured, 12 hours from now we’ll be ready to start our first ATM. Have only heard great things about this race. Also excited to learn that the Navy is planning its inaugural 10 miler in SAN DIEGO this coming February. Yes plz. We told them they should make it a Tri, because, water.

It’s peak DRBC season. Now can all the mosquitos die? Please and thank you.

Date night at Il Canale, featuring their special white truffle pizza and pasta (with a gnocchi bolognese appearance). Excellent all around.

Apparently DRBC is next Friday the 17th. Mark those calendars.

Winsome Earle-Sears — that is, in fact, discrimination.

Yaasssss

Just made some restaurant bookings to take my in laws to Merrimans and Mama’s Fish House. 🐟🐋🌴😍 It’s only a matter of weeks now…

Squash round 2. Crazy to be cooking with more than 1 burner again 🤯

We out here! AoA or bust

Took this photo on our run, thought of @samer.is and all his awesome shots of Reykjavik. (This is nowhere near as good)

Hawaii anyone? @volcanojw.bsky.social

I made butternut squash soup this weekend with our makeshift kitchen Setup. Fall can now begin.

Woken up to every smoke detector screaming at us. No fire. No smoke. All refused to be silenced. I literally had to rip all of them off their cords because they would not disconnect properly, too. And they’re all brand new! Smoke detectors of the underworld. 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

As a pharmacist who had received many questions about Dr. Oz’s latest TV fad (que raspberry ketones), I’m not at all surprised by the Dr. Oz style rebuke of Tylenol with recommendation for some unproven supplement that Dr. Oz sells. 😒

I know we’ve had a lot of new guests at #delraybourbonclub lately, so I just want to make one thing clear: It’s not THAT kind of club. 😂 You may pick up your device at your earliest convenience or at the next evolution of DRBC.

Just got a $21 Washington Gas bill. Total use: 0. Our gas line has been capped at the meter all month since we removed all gas from our home. [waiting to cancel until I see if/when we’re getting a generator]

I’m guilty of being in the “just coming up to speed on details” club re pump house. As I do, if anyone knows — would the pump house address this routine flooding that seems to be here more often than not?

To be clear, I’d much prefer a giant sphere than the current vast nothingness that is the vacant lot (sans arena). At least it would be notable. Especially if it was like the one in Vegas. Then we could project #DrainAlx on that 😏

A perfect hot mic moment: after an impassioned speech on the 1st amd., calling for unanimous consent for a resolution condemning FCC Carr’s actions, Sen. Mullin simply objects without comment. Sen. Moody, presiding, on a hot mic: “I’m surprised, the Sen. from OK generally has a lot more to say”