Bestie of 15 years flies in tomorrow for a messy weekend and MERYLTHON (we’re binge watching Meryl Streep movies) and I couldn’t be more excited if I tried

A day trip to both Haarlem and Leiden! I could have spent several days in Leiden - so charming and peaceful, with all the things one loves about Amsterdam.

totally hungover, absolutely hounding a McDonalds Big Arch burger in my hotel bed, Winnie the Pooh style, and washing it down with a witbier 🎶 life is worth living 🎵

Scenes from Den Haag

While DC endlessly debates the few ramshackle outdoor dining spaces we have, European cities of all sizes have incredible cafe and restaurant spaces in the public square - with permanently installed heavy duty umbrellas, outdoor heating, Christmas lights, and more. We are dreaming too small!

Jetpacked a 6’2” Dutch guy after a long, sexy date and got lots of smooches so the vacation has been a success 😮‍💨

Goedemorgen!

Genuinely so happy when I’m in Amsterdam

Amsterdam in fall is so 😍

Hi from Brussels!

Can’t believe I got to see this with my own eyes. I never want to leave.

In fuckin’ Bruges

Two hours in Ghent, Belgium and I’m already asking “what if I moved here?”

So many cute, narrow streets and pocket parks around Paris that are so my vibe

Off for 3 weeks ✈️ First stop: Paris

A doomsday political thriller? With my fav Rebecca Ferguson? Drink is poured and I am SAT.

It’s always the people you least expect with the biggest bulges

Found out today there is a “Knowledge Management” initiative underway at my organization and when I asked for details they showed me an excel spreadsheet where they are planning on pasting direct links to important documents on SharePoint and Teams

A pretty heavy handed metaphor for this administration: tearing down something timeless and beautiful to create something cheap, tacky, and corrupt

In case you don't want nonsense polluting your feed:

As in the notoriously dangerous L St NW bike lane that was supposed to be turned into a protected cycle track after @mayorbowser.dc.gov inexplicably killed the K St Transitway bike lanes against DDOT recommendations? Sure seems like the Mayor’s indefensible meddling is getting people hurt!

Spending 3 weeks in Paris, Belgium, and the Netherlands starting the end of this month is that enough time to find a husband?? 😅

Current top 3: Ruin the Friendship Father Figure Elizabeth Taylor

If you’re gay and staying up for life of a showgirl please identify yourself so I know I’m not alone

If the end result of your “permanent Streatery Program” is the closing of almost all streateries then you don’t have a permanent streatery program. @councilofdc.bsky.social needs to step in and reduce these onerous fees or make them commensurate with what the city charges for parking.

It truly is a handful of drivers causing most of the chaos and carnage on our streets. These people are menaces to society, with blatant disregard for the lives of those around them. Glad we’re finally in the “Find Out” stage for those who fucked around.

Isn't it crazy that the leader of our country is able to get comedians fired for their jokes? Pic unrelated

I am very pleasantly surprised by the Amex refresh. This is a massive net increase in value for me personally and I was fully expecting a $995 AF (which still would have been worth it IMO). Much happier with this than I was the CSR changes.

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“So far this year, DC has seen a 62-percent decrease in traffic deaths and a 10-percent drop in major injuries – traffic cameras and limiting right turns on red work.” Republicans in Congress want to override Home Rule and remove these critical, proven safety interventions - making DC *less* safe.

You can sell me anything, Daddy Ternus

If you work on @eleanornorton.bsky.social’s staff you have a moral obligation to resign at this point.

Why are there so few Free2Move car share vehicles in DC anymore? Is the city just not making car share economical with the high fees they charge? So aggravating!

me looking at the number 7

The J in “Donald J Trump” stands for “Just Barely Alive”

🫡 Madam President

If there was ever a perfect moment to be outside in DC it’s right fucking now. Temperature. Sunset. 10/10.

I’m sick of this argument. She “placated” republicans by removing BLM Plaza on the promise they’d not assert further control over DC. Now she’s “placating” them on their military takeover on the promise they’ll not assert further control. Fight back or be complicit @mayorbowser.bsky.social.

I would rather the Mayor of DC stand up for our city and draw Trump’s ire than go down with a whimper. Absolutely fucking infuriating that she’s trying the bootlicker appeasement route.

This confirms what many of us have said about @mayorbowser.bsky.social: Weak. Transactional. Unprincipled. Washingtonians cannot abide a mayor who normalizes and welcomes the fascist takeover of our city. She is unable or unwilling to meet this moment and has forfeited the right to lead DC.

Mentally, I’m already at fall. What are your favorite comfy, cozy movies?

Finally found a ginger I hate

Crime concerns are of course a flimsy pretext. Their real motivation is to sanitize DC - of our culture, our people, our leadership and even our museums - so that the city functions as a monument to white supremacy and enshrines their power.

Rot in hell, James Dobson

If there are ever trials I hope Scott Jennings is at the top of the list

Jade Helm 15 conspiracy theories were treated as legitimate concerns for years but when multiple Republican states are sending troops to the nation’s capital the right is fucking silent

A lot of revisionist history from people in the quotes and replies. Democrats have overwhelmingly supported DC statehood for a decade and have passed bills twice in the House to try and make it happen. Maybe direct your anger where it belongs - at Republicans.

STATEHOOD FOR D.C.

I just want to give a special “fuck you” to people like @potomacfever.bsky.social who fear-mongered about crime, lied about bills passed by council, and cozied up to Republicans to urge their involvement in local affairs. I hope you never know a second of peace in DC as long as you live here.

Getting this one email in a flood of bad news today