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Wheaton: It’s Tigerific!

andrew — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:31:02 +0000

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 institution Rodmans. We closed on our house (3 months ago yesterday) near the original Rodmans, and followed advice to check the place out. I didn’t realize until about a week ago that there’s another location within a couple of miles of our house.

Red and White

andrew — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:27:17 +0000

Red was doubly appropriate for yesterday, since it was both Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year. It still seemed appropriate this morning, as there was a trip to Target (big red T) to spend some of the red envelope money.

We have a white afternoon, though. The snow has started to fall yet again. It seems like a good afternoon to play with the things the kids bought for themselves, and with the dominoes I bought. Maddie (6) and I will play Draw Dominoes, while Max (3) seeks more kinetic uses for the bones.

Happy New Year

andrew — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:23:11 +0000

Year of the Tiger, that is. This rather lovely poster is by Lili Chin.

Our rather tasty lunch today was from Paul Kee. It seemed that everyone in the county was picking up a large order when I was there – and that was before noon.