by Peggy Robin
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Still Life with Robin: Sunrise, Sunset
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Get Out! The Wharf DC is hosting a full day of St Patrick's Day festivities....a day late, Sat, March 18
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Piper Parade at DC Wharf |
The Get Out! event of the week is posted on the Cleveland Park Listserv and on All Life Is Local on Thursdays.
Saturday, March 11, 2023
Still Life with Robin: Spring ahead....and if you were hoping it's for the last time, keep hoping!
by Peggy Robin
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Get Out! And Celebrate Pi Day
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Sunday, March 5, 2023
Still Life with Robin: Metropolitan Diary Entry - from a Long-Time Cleveland Parker
Today’s Still Life with Robin column comes to you courtesy of The New York Times, whose “Metropolitan Diary” column – always filled with little glimpses of city life in the form of vignettes sent in by visitors or residents -- comes out weekly in the print edition of the paper on Sundays. Until fairly recently it came out on Mondays. It’s been a feature of the paper since 1976 – and I’ve been a big fan from the start. I’ve even submitted pieces to it, at least twice (but never selected).
Imagine my pleasure when I opened the paper this morning and saw that one of the vignettes was by a long-time Cleveland Parker – and Listserv member, too. The Metropolitan Diarist in this case is Sal Selvaggio, who posts regularly to give us the events and programs of Northwest Neighbors Village, for whom he serves a volunteer outreach coordinator. He’s also a dentist, and until he retired a few years ago, was one of the most frequently recommended dentists on the Listserv. As it happens, he was the dentist for my adult children after they outgrew their pediatric dentist but before they moved to other cities. They both thought he was great!
It turns out that he’s great with a snappy anecdote, too! With that introduction, here's his story:
Special Skill (excerpt from New York Times Metropolitan Diary, Sunday March 5, 2023)
Dear Diary:
It was a lovely evening. My wife Andrea and I were walking down a mostly empty street in Brooklyn, returning from a funeral. I was quickly running out of relatives of a certain age.A man who was walking in the opposite direction veered straight toward us, stopped abruptly and garbled a question through clenched teeth.
I answered, and he walked away. My wife was confused.
I explained that he had been asking for directions with a broken jaw that was wired shut.
Wow, she said, what are the chances he would ask the only person around who could understand him?
My years of being a dentist and talking to people with
mouths full of cotton had finally been useful outside the office.
— Sal Selvaggio
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Still Life with Robin is posted on the Cleveland Park Listserv and on All Life Is Local on weekends (usually on Saturdays but today it got bumped back to Sunday.)
Thursday, March 2, 2023
FitDC 5K Run/Walk + HerStory Festival on Saturday, March 4 - Race starts at 10am
Residents of All Ages Encouraged to Run/Walk at Freedom Plaza to Honor the History-Making Women of Our Nation’s Capital
- SteadFast Supply – 301 Tingey Street, SE
- Hook Hall – 3400 Georgia Avenue, NW
- Bourne2Fly Fitness – 3408 18th Street, NE
Saturday, February 25, 2023
Still Life with Robin: Oh, the Good Old Days (NOT!)
by Peggy Robin
My, how we adore the rosy glow of nostalgia in these visits to the stores and restaurants of old. Kind of makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Except when it doesn't.
Yenching Palace Photo by Bill Adler |
1. Yenching Palace. Yes, I know it has a long, storied history. And you got great big platters of northern Chinese cuisine at a very modest price -- but toward the end of its life behind the gleaming turquoise & black facade, there were an awful lot of rodents on the loose! I remember at one big family banquet, staring up at the beams that crossed the ceiling and watching a parade of furry little mice scurrying by. That was the last time I ever ate there.
Photo by Bill Adler (That's me with Mayor Barry at the Grand Opening in 1987) |
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Get Out! And Stand with Ukraine at the One-Year Mark of the Russian Invasion
by Peggy Robin
This Friday and Saturday (Feb. 24-25), the Ukrainian community from across the region will meet in DC to mark one year of full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. The main commemoration event in the Eastern US will be held at the Lincoln Memorial on Sat. (Feb. 25), at 2 PM.
On Friday evening, February 24, starting at 7PM there will be a CANDLELIGHT VIGIL and protest outside the Russian Embassy at 2650 Wisconsin Avenue NW. More information at: https://www.facebook.com/events/486962790186220
On Saturday afternoon, February 25 starting at 2pm, there will be a RALLY IN SUPPORT OF UKRAINE, marking one year of the full-scale invasion by Russia. Location: Lincoln Memorial. More information at https://fb.me/e/2aoUf1nvc
Immediately following this rally at the Lincoln Memorial, local charity organization US Ukrainian Activists will hold a PROTEST MARCH from the National Mall, past the White House, to end at the residence of the Russian ambassador on 16th St. More information at: https://www.facebook.com/events/6809568295725164
What: A protest march in support of Ukraine, commemorating one year of full-scale war
When: Saturday, February 25, immediately following the mass rally at the Lincoln Memorial (~4:30 PM)
Where: From the National Mall, past the White House, and to the Russian Ambassador’s residence on 16th St (within sight of the White House).
Who: This march is organized by US Ukrainian Activists. The event will be attended by members of the Ukrainian community, and many non-Ukrainians who support Ukraine in its fight for survival.
Why: To mark one year since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, to protest Russian aggression, and to express American support for Ukraine.
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