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 classes [...]
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Three Pools and a Coupon
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, tractors, [...]
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 forget which [...]
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 floor. [...]
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. But [...]
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 press, [...]
Wheaton: It’s Tigerific!
How is Wheaton terrific? Let me count the ways, stopping at three for now:
It’s poised for a boom. That’s according to city planners and via the local Gazette, so it must be true.
Wheaton library hosts Year of the Tiger celebrations this Saturday, March 6 (again with the Gazette-linking).
It is home to a branch of DC [...]
Smartphones and Other Playthings
I’m in Interactions, the indoor playspace, in Kensington. Or at least I was on the 23rd; I’m editing this the following day. Anyway, there are these helpful labels on the toys, such as these Diatonic Boomwhackers.
Great Kids Village in Silver Spring takes a different, but also helpful and probably more lucrative, approach. Parents can buy [...]
Snoburbia: Not Just for Winter
Here’s another map of the USA, to go with the one I posted earlier today. It adorns a t-shirt available from Snoburbia. That’s not a reference to our recent weather, but is the result of: snob + suburbia.
I became aware of Snoburbia via a post on its blog, which I in turn found via JUtP. [...]
Wheaton Library to Stay
Today I actually got some news from a newspaper: the Wheaton Gazette, which gets delivered every week. As an unsolicited paper object (UPO?) it’s less unwelcome than the telephone directories that Verizon inflict upon us.
The news is that Wheaton Library will stay at its current location. I regard that as good news, since I see [...]