got art?

fantastic artist cherie lester is exhibiting her new architecturally influences mixed media work at vastu design clique...stroll on over and check it out!

tea party with raviolis

what a lovely day it was here in the nation's capital: upper 80's...bright turquoise skies with puffy white clouds...hoardes of tea party-ers.well, that part sucked cuz they all came in their mini vans with their "bush is starting to look good!" bumper stickers and "dont tread on me!" american flag t-shirts to tie up traffic far and wide in the megapolis...i still managed to take the dog on a sweet hike through rock creek park and pick up six different types of raviolis and two types of cheese at eastern market. 

i said hi to mann made, shoba and cherie lester and gave john wye a peck on the cheek since i hadnt seen him in a while...came home through thick, confused traffic and grilled amazing drumsticks...ate them with a chopped savoy salad with green onions and a blue cheese vinegrette for dinner...currently enjoying a martini...

dog days in dc sale

it is predicted to be only in the upper 80's on saturday-not 100°-so go enjoy the city...after i buy raviolis at eastern market, i might pick up a birthday present for myself, then head over to the dog days sale in midcity: used to be the red light district and stop-and-cop when i worked on some presidential campaign back in the day...

eastern market

went to eastern market today for the raviolis: very delicious! we got seven different flavors,  from simple smoked mozzarella to gorgonzola and pine nuts: they make great quick dinners. 

i decides to opt out on the chicken feet, however...

eastern market grand reopening!

eastern market has been alive and kicking since the fire destroyed the old building in april 2007: it never really missed a beat, with food vendors housed in a temporary structure and everyone else in the street and on the sidewalks. but the old building has been completely restored to it's original beauty and will officially re-opened by mayor fenty today @ 10:00 am! go buy some fresh raviolis: i know i will!

remember last monday?

last monday i was sitting here watching snow fall to the tune of six inches...today: 70°!

it was a long, cold week that ended in a brilliant weekend here in washington, d.c.

friday night we road metro to union station and attended the dc independent film festival for the opening of borf! followed by drinks and indian food outdoors at the white tiger on capitol hill. saturday i had to take oto on a long walk and short swim because it was so nice and warm out. i headed to visarts in rockville to view a kawasaki motorcycle that is the subject of an art competition to benefit the art center. i dont know if i am going to be able to come up with anything interesting for the proposal, but i do have a few concepts i am going to sketch out. (i will keep you posted!) we decided to head to the eastern market to buy up as much fresh raviolis as we could carry home. i think we got eight different flavors. i freeze them and use them for quick meals during the week. kind of awesome. before we headed home, we grabbed burgers, fries and mini toasted marshmallow shakes from good stuff eatery, owned and operated by top chef's chef spike. he happened to be there, working the grill! during a break he stopped and talked to us for a while, then took pictures with thrilled tourists and locals alike. spike was very hospitable and cool. i chilled at home saturday night so i could work in my front yard sunday, trying to regain a little curb appeal! too tired to cook dinner after laying down fifteen bags of mulch, we grabbed amazing carry out pizzas from comet ping pong. i completed random paperwork and required reading about 3a.m., and...here we are at monday again!

i have the week planned out and hope to get a lot accomplished in my studio, my home, my garden, my life, my cyberspace. good luck!