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 [...]
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Storm Without Power Cut!
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’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 [...]
Photo of the Summer
Of all the photos I took this summer, this “leaning shack of Wheaton” best captures our first summer in Wheaton/Silver Spring/Montgomery County/Maryland/DC area. It’s outdoors. It’s local, from Wheaton’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, [...]
Citizenship
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’s rather faster than I [...]
Three Pools and a Coupon
We’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 [...]
Strawberry Fields Today
Highland Elementary’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’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, [...]
Tasty Wheaton
The 15th annual Taste of Wheaton merits a post, even though I’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 [...]
Chabon: Local Boy
I didn’t realize, or had forgotten, that Michael Chabon is from round here. There’s an interesting interview on a WaPo blog (via Largehearted Boy). Chabon recalls: Hurricane Agnes.. in his grandparents’ Silver Spring home: He and younger brother Steve went to bed in the basement, only to awake to the “magic” of a suddenly flooded [...]
Proud of Silver Spring Neighbor Murray Hill
I’ll vote for Murray! If corporations have rights such as free speech, why not let them run for congress? That’s the issue raised by Silver Spring PR firm Murray Hill, which would like to run. Not that I’ll be able to vote for Murray, or for anyone else, being a victim of taxation without representation. [...]
Now the Day is Really Bright
The coffee machine has broken! Or rather, on Saturday evening, after a busy day, it refused to drip water. Sunday wasn’t too bad. But Monday morning without coffee was tough… until I remember that I have backup, in the form of a French press. I’d actually prefer to grind beans and then use the French [...]