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. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘maryland’
Snoburbia: Not Just for Winter
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 [...]
From Wheaton to Ethiopia
The photo shows Max in the treehouse in the Childrens’ Garden at Brookside Gardens this morning.
The sunshine made it a great day to get out, so we all went in to DC for strolling and monuments this afternoon. On the way back to Wheaton we had dinner at the Queen of Sheba. My search [...]
Inspection and Aviation
One of the hurdles involved in moving to Maryland is the auto safety inspection. This is not the first time I’ve blogged about this, but we had two cars to get inspected. For the second car, I had to bring my 3yo with. This presented a bit of a challenge, since the inspections take a [...]
Wheaton Indoor Tennis
A few hours ago, I played tennis for the first time in many years. I used to play regularly, and attained a level I might even describe as “not bad.” I signed up for a beginner-plus course at Wheaton Indoor Tennis. I wasn’t sure what level to restart at, so I picked the course running [...]
Lovely Day to Fix the Playground
We thought it was a lovely day for the playground. The county thought that it was a lovely day to put down new woodchips. Everyone was right, but you can’t fight county hall, so Max had to play elsewhere in the park.
The View From Rockville Library
This blog looks a little different here, on a public PC running IE7, rather than Chrome like at home. In particular, the more recent images aren’t over to the right, leaving room for text to the left. Checking, it seems that the recent posts used align=, which IE ignored, whereas the older posts used class=, [...]
Not in Boston Any More
I don’t remember any libraries with Thai restaurants sort of embedded in them in Boston. Certainly not in Roslindale or West Roxbury, anyway…
Am I Still in New England?
Ben, Jerry, snow… I didn’t have to move to find this sort of scene.
This is a good example of a bad snapshot. You have to take my word that it’s a B&Js, so the impact is lost. I leave it here as a warning to [...]
Maryland Auto Safety Inspection
Moving a car to MD involves a safety inspection. So I’m typing this in the waiting room of Rockville Automotive & Truck Service.
Update: more than an hour later, I’m presented with a bill for $70 for the inspection and a list of things that need fixing before the car can pass it. So I’ll be [...]