Update: The Alexandria City Council is still meeting. Related update: We’re off the boat and getting post-game sushi in Old Town.

I hear that the Alexandria City Council is having a day-long public hearing with well over 100 speakers weighing a difficult policy question. In related news: The weather is perfect and we took the boat over to cheer on the Nats. #GoodLifeChoices

82 years ago, a group of brave Howard University students launched an early challenge to Jim Crow segregation laws, launching this effort at what is today Meadowlark Botanical Gardens. Today NOVA Parks is releasing a documentary to tell this amazing story. youtu.be/dId-A8Pwr0U?...

Got “close” to Leesburg and hit MOST of the pit-stops on the @NOVA_Parks W&OD Trail for Bike to Work Day. I get antsy when I’m past the outer reaches of Metro (Do people actually live past the Silver Line?) so I ducked into the Ashburn station for Metro to take me back East.

Almost 27 miles along the way and I’m now at the Sterling Pit Stop on the @NOVA_Parks W&OD Trail on Bike to Work Day! Apparently they have line dancing going on, but I’m going to pass…

I’ve made it to the Town of Herndon just off the Town Green a little over 23 miles along the way. Another great gathering of the Friends of the W&OD!

I’m now in Reston at a pit stop located at The Bike Lane, almost 20 miles along the way on the @NOVA_Parks W&OD Trail!

Next up, I have arrived in the Town of Vienna at the Town Green along the @NOVA_Parks W&OD Trail on Bike to Work Day! 14.5 miles in…and off we go!

I have reached my first pit stop 9 miles into my ride on the @NOVA_Parks W&OD Trail: In the City of Falls Church at Little Falls Street. The Friends of the W&OD are embarrassed by the condition of my helmet and conducting a mid-ride recalibration.

It’s Bike to Work Day! 2 million people use the @NOVA_Parks W&OD Trail each year, including many bike commuters. This morning, I’m going on an adventure on the Trail. I’m starting the morning off at the Del Ray Pit Stop in Colasanto Park before I head West.

Starting the morning in Loudoun County to celebrate a new overlook at the Luck Stone Leesburg Plant, Mile Marker 31.5 on the NOVA Parks W&OD Trail. A great partnership between Luck Stone, the Friends of the W&OD and our amazing NOVA Parks team!

Throughout my life, I have seen the example of great moms, especially the one that raised me and the one that managed to get our kids into “adulthood,” in both cases achieving these feats in spite of my best efforts… Happy Mother’s Day to all of those who nurture!

Sporting the retro Parkway Classic shirt in the off chance I can manifest a shorter race. Time for the Alexandria Half…I guess. #NeverForget

Great news: They’re having a sale on used Mayors in Del Ray! 20% off!

Great morning out on the water at NOVA Parks Sandy Run Regional Park watching the Al Urquia Regatta and 1,300+ student athletes from around the region competing. Our staff works closely with the volunteers from VASRA to create great experiences on the water!

It was great to end the week yesterday walking a bit on the NOVA Parks W&OD Trail in Falls Church with Mayor Hardi. Good discussions of efforts to improve trail safety and ensure everyone enjoys the best trail around!

It’s the day! Spring2ACTion is off with a strong start. Join me in heading to spring2action.org today to make your donations to the organizations that support our community. Let’s do this, Alexandria!

This morning, along with our partners from Loudoun County and the Commonwealth, we broke ground for a new pedestrian/bike bridge to safely bring the NOVA Parks W&OD Trail across Sterling Boulevard. Thanks to our great partners for investing to make the best trail even better!

It’s time for the Scholarship Fund of Alexandria Gala! #AdultProm

I have great news folks: According to the @nationals.com a chili half-smoke all the way is only 200 calories! #winning

Today was our NOVA Parks All-Staff Meeting, held at The Woodlands at Algonkian Regional Park in Loudoun County. It was a great opportunity to bring together our entire team, review successes, discuss goals, prepare for our next strategic plan and recognize excellence.

Five and a half years ago, I pulled off on the side of the road on vacation in Nelson County (the only area nearby with cell coverage) to announce our deal to bring Inova Alexandria Hospital Landmark. Yesterday, we celebrated the “topping off” in construction for the new hospital!

This morning we hosted the Va Department of Historic Resources at NOVA Parks Bull Run Regional Park & Bull Run Marina. We discussed the burial grounds for the enslaved that have been discovered and our collective work to improve recognition, maintenance and interpretation.

Another Cherry Blossom 10-miler in the record books, this time with Kid2. Beautiful morning for a run!

Susan Kellom was a force of nature paired with a wicked sense of humor. She was a fixture in our family for as long as we can remember. She served our nation in uniform and our community in so many ways, big and small. She will be missed, but she is back with her beloved Ben.

It’s on social media, so it’s officially, official! Kid2 will be a Hokie at @virginiatech.bsky.social !! We are so proud of what she has accomplished, the person she has become and all that she will do in the future to make the world a better place!

With her soft-spoken nature, Delegate Marian Van Landingham broke barriers in Richmond and created a lasting legacy here at home in Alexandria. Her brand of civility in leadership is sadly rare, but deeply missed. Alexandria will miss Marian and we mourn the loss of a friend.

Scene From Our Tuesday Morning Run: “Now or Never” has made its debut on the waterfront!

Robert Mueller volunteered for service in the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam after college graduation, earning a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He later served as a career prosecutor, a US Attorney and the FBI Director. Here is how our President chose to remember him.

I don’t get invited to speak at events too often anymore (very happy about that!), but it was exciting to help celebrate CityHouse Old Town tonight. 200 new housing units replacing a vacant 1983 office building at King and Henry. Another exciting conversion!

I will never forget watching the impromptu editorial offered on @nbcwashington.com by the late, great Jim Vance when Officer Gibson was senselessly murdered, almost 30 years ago. Gibson's service and the sacrifice of his family will never be forgotten. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

And the Rams are going Marching again! Repeat A10 champions and 14th Tournament appearance in the past 2 decades. Let the Madness begin! Let’s go VCU!

A Friday afternoon meeting at the beautiful NOVA Parks Winkler Botanical Preserve.

Want to learn more about a gizzard shad kill and what it means for the ecosystem? Bella, from the NOVA Parks team at Reservoir Park in Loudoun County, breaks it down!

That’s my Governor! A voice from the Commonwealth, with a message for our nation. Thank you Abigail Spanberger.

A week ago Prime Minister Mia Mottley and her party won their third mandate (another landslide) to lead Barbados. Take some time to hear why by listening to Trevor Noah’s interview. Her insights on migration, infrastructure, climate and more are inspiring. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Five years ago, Mac Myers called me and told me to head to the waterfront to welcome Rev. Jesse Jackson who was in Alexandria on a family visit. Sadly, we lost both Mac and Rev. Jackson, two tireless champions of equality, within months of each other. The hope will live on.

Scene From Our Sunday Morning Run: A family out on a walk at N Imboden Street & N Howard Street.

Today’s the day! Celebrate Valentine’s Day by registering your children for @NOVA_Parks Summer Camps! Registration opens today for camps at Potomac Overlook, Meadowlark Botanical Gardens and Winkler. www.novaparks.com/camps-progra...

Crisscrossing the planet with my Valentine, 27 times. Happy Valentine’s Day!

This nice couple, who had owned an Alexandria home since the 60s, sat up front at my first campaign coffee 19 years ago. At the end, the husband identified himself and gave me some valuable advice. That was Lee Hamilton, an exemplary statesman. RIP. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

The NOVA Parks W&OD Regional Park is a 45-mile treasure for the region. This agreement with Dominion Energy represents an important step forward as we balance our missions along the Trail and will protect our natural resources for generations to come! www.novaparks.com/about-nova-p...

In a few weeks (2/28) our community will come together to support the work of ALIVE fighting hunger in Alexandria. Please purchase your tickets and sponsor Empty Bowls before it sells out! It’s a fun, tasty and casual event. I’ll see you there. www.alive-inc.org/emptybowls/

A fascinating new study by Opportunity Insights on the impact of Hope VI Public Housing redevelopment projects (including a project in Alexandria from the late 90s) on children. www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...

Scenes From Our Sunday Morning Run: Snow, sleet and more snow. Don’t venture out unless you are on foot or on a @dashbusva.bsky.social

Just about 7 years ago, a divided City Council approved a permit to allow a small business to operate in our City. Fortunately, facts triumphed over irrational fears. Today, a small business is full of customers and we now have a chicken for a snowed-in dinner!

Congrats to @kirkmcpike.bsky.social Kirk will represent us well in Richmond! Thanks to all of the candidates who offered themselves in service to Alexandria.

I just cast my vote for @kirkmcpike.bsky.social to be our next representative in the Virginia House of Delegates! An hour left to vote at Charles Houston Rec and Beatley Library! Make your voice heard.

Tomorrow Alexandrians will be choosing a nominee to replace @EBPforVA in the House of Delegates (by now, you know the drill: 8:30AM-7PM at Charles Houston or Beatley). The Liberally Social Podcast folks have interviewed all 4 candidates. Take a listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Gathered on a very cold MLK Day morning in Falls Church near the @NOVA_Parks Tinner Hill Historic Site. Over a century ago, the first rural NAACP branch in our nation was founded to prevent enforcement of a segregation ordinance that sought to divide a community.