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The Washingtonian's Dilemma

http://www.dc202.wordpress.com

About being a Washingtonian and D.C. living. A bit of humor added. Some personal remarks (really just me venting about tourists and suburbanites, and taxation without representation). Hope you enjoy!

Added on: Mar 16th, 2009
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: dc202
Listed in: Culture Places & Geography
Tags: Personal washington cities metro d.c. urban living

Recent Posts

Jury Doodie

Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 14:35 in politics, tourism, Government, washington, washington d.c., U.S. Government, vote, cities, d.c., jury duty, washinton dc, jury service

Like unexpectedly stepping in a fresh mound of dog doodie in a park (in new shoes, none the less), getting jury duty is a pain-in-the-ass. It sneaks up on you like that putrid stench at the bottom of your shoe you don’t notice until you’...
The glory of the SmarTrip card

Posted on Saturday August 1st, 2009 at 11:57 in tourism, washington, washington d.c., cities, metro, d.c., dc metro, smartrip, smart trip, smart trip card, smartrip card

It’s so convenient. So brilliant, so quick, so easy. You don’t have to fumble with tedious paper farecards, you don’t have to wait for your farecard to come out of the other end of the machine, and you simply breeze past tourist...
I’m going off the rails

Posted on Friday July 3rd, 2009 at 15:48 in tourism, washington, tourists, washington d.c., cities, d.c., dc metro, dupont circle, dc tourists

I had a headache yesterday. The kind where you’re tired and are therefore easily irritated. Also where bright lights are like swords to the cornea and hammers to your skull. So imagine my discomfort (and short-temperedness) when I went to the...
Location, Location, Location

Posted on Tuesday April 21st, 2009 at 20:57 in scholarship, washington, washington d.c., cities, d.c., scholarships

I am a college student (hence I have not posted anything new in quite some time) and I recently received an e-mail informing me that I am eligible for a scholarship because I am a student from Washington, D.C. This scholarship (we’ll call it th...
Nightmare in the Metro

Posted on Tuesday March 24th, 2009 at 15:03 in tourism, Barack Obama, washington, cities, d.c., inauguration

I had this horrible dream in January that when I flew home for a visit from school in Boston and took the Metro from National Airport, it was positively bombarded with people– and they were ALL TOURISTS! In the dream, barely anyone was loca...
Stand to the right!

Posted on Sunday March 22nd, 2009 at 16:40

A typical scenario is this: I am running late for my dentist appointment in Dupont Circle (I am not all sunshine and rainbows to begin with because I very much dislike going to the dentist). I need to take the Metro from Tenly to Dupont to get ther...