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	<title>Andrew&#039;s Wanderings</title>
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		<title>Wheaton, Destination For Dames and Foodies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Les Dames d&#8217;Escoffier foodies savor flavors of Wheaton&#8217;s diverse delicacies: that headline from the Gazette online says it pretty well. The Dames is a culinary society, the DC chapter of which recently visited the lovely and tasty community of Wheaton.]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming a Citizen in Gaithersburg</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had my naturalization interview about a month ago. On Sunday, I went to Gaithersburg for the next step: the ceremony. The ceremony was part of the opening of the annual Celebrate Gaithersburg in Olde Towne event. The town(e) was kind enough to send good directions and a free pass for the parking garage nearest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andrew.wandernote.com/2010/09/becoming-a-citizen-in-gaithersburg/</link>
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		<title>Storm Without Power Cut!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wheaton had a pretty decent-sized storm yesterday (Wednesday) evening. But we never lost power for more than a few seconds at a time. I was relieved that we didn&#8217;t have a power cut, but I think that the kids were a little disappointed. I was surprised, once we got out this morning, at how many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Summer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of all the photos I took this summer, this &#8220;leaning shack of Wheaton&#8221; best captures our first summer in Wheaton/Silver Spring/Montgomery County/Maryland/DC area. It&#8217;s outdoors. It&#8217;s local, from Wheaton&#8217;s wonderful Brookside Gardens. It shows storm damage. We had three storm-induced power cuts this summer: 54 hours, 24 hours, 4 hours. I regard summer as over, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andrew.wandernote.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-summer/</link>
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		<title>Citizenship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I went to Baltimore for my naturalization interview. I applied for citizenship via marriage. It was an impressively rapid process. Application (N-400) sent: 5/26/10 Receipt date: 5/28 Priority date: 5/28 Fingerprint appointment: 7/12 Naturalization interview: 8/26/10 So from sending the N-400 to the interview was exactly 3 calendar months. That&#8217;s rather faster than I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting Virginia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Charlottesville is the furthest south I&#8217;ve been in Virginia. Four of us went to dinner yesterday (Sat) evening. For a change, the other two weren&#8217;t our kids, but another couple who have two kids &#8211; but also a babysitter. We went to Zinc, where we sat outside by the fountain; I enjoyed the steak frites, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andrew.wandernote.com/2010/07/visiting-virginia/</link>
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		<title>Three Pools and a Coupon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve recently tried out three swimming pools, two in Wheaton itself and one in Silver Spring. First we went to a start of season party at the Parkland Pool, on Arcola in Wheaton. We found out about the party via a flyer at the nearby Little Gym of Silver Spring, where the kids enjoyed some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andrew.wandernote.com/2010/06/three-pools-and-a-coupon-2/</link>
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		<title>Strawberry Fields Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Highland Elementary&#8217;s kindergarten classes went on a (Strawberry) field trip to Homestead Farm today. I volunteered to chaperone, and so ended up fruit-picking, hayriding, and doing other fun stuff. Although it&#8217;s ~45 minutes from Wheaton, I might well take the whole family, including 3yo, to Homestead. The strawberries were great. The supporting cast of staff, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andrew.wandernote.com/2010/05/strawberry-fields-today/</link>
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		<title>Tasty Wheaton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 15th annual Taste of Wheaton merits a post, even though I&#8217;m a couple of weeks late. The photo is from the local Gazette. It shows lemongrass chicken from the Saigonese Restaurant. The Saigonese stall was the first one I visited; we intend to have more of their food. We enjoyed our first-ever pupasas. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andrew.wandernote.com/2010/05/tasty-wheaton/</link>
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		<title>Our Neighbors the Robins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s robins as in birds. There&#8217;s a nest in the wisteria over our deck. Little blue eggs started to appear in it, until there were four. Now there are no eggs, but there do seem to be some very tiny birds. I haven&#8217;t had a close look at the chicks. The robins were smart enough [...]]]></description>
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