tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7456256073504978912024-03-16T14:52:38.310-04:00All Life Is LocalPeggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.comBlogger3464125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-79872647242947070592024-03-16T10:55:00.006-04:002024-03-16T10:55:36.135-04:00Still Life with Robin: Bear gang steals trash can from Connecticut driveway<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">by Peggy Robin</span></p><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I was so excited when I saw this <a href="https://www.fox13news.com/news/bear-gang-steals-trash-can-from-connecticut-driveway" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Fox News video</a> in one of my newsfeeds. I read the headline, "Bear gang steals trashcan from Connecticut driveway," and noted what I thought was a local TV news station as the source, and jumped to the conclusion that the driveway in question was for a house somewhere in our area, providing a way for cars to exit or enter from Connecticut Avenue. Maybe not in DC, but it seemed plausible that the location was in the far reaches of Silver Spring, MD, where there are plenty of single family houses with driveways that go straight to Connecticut Avenue (like, say,<a href="https://www.redfin.com/MD/Silver-Spring/13013-Connecticut-Ave-20906/home/144707523" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> this one</a>).</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">So I clicked on the video - <a href="https://www.fox13news.com/news/bear-gang-steals-trash-can-from-connecticut-driveway" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.fox13news.com/news/bear-gang-steals-trash-can-from-connecticut-driveway?</a> - and immediately discovered that the "Connecticut" in the headline referred to the New England state, not our local thoroughfare. But the footage is so amazing, I had to post it here anyway.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">After last year's <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtRI5XwOJr-/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=084d3c6f-2a4a-4c40-a86d-4ecae3da2fad" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Brookland Bear</a>, we know that our ex-urban, woodland neighbors may wander into town now and again. And we do have some mighty tempting, fragrant, and accessible trash cans!</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">Just look at the way they move that thing!! BEAR-y IMPRESSIVE (groan!)</div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rFC-EamO0hg" width="320" youtube-src-id="rFC-EamO0hg"></iframe></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">[Note: This version is not the original clip from Fox news but a version edited for better lighting and effects, posted on Youtube by ABC News] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rFC-EamO0hg">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rFC-EamO0hg</a>]</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">--------------------</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">Still Life with Robin is published on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on All Life Is Local on Saturdays.</div></div></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-55228682002973064212024-03-14T22:19:00.004-04:002024-03-14T22:24:47.303-04:00Get Out! Travel to "Ireland on the Wharf" on Saturday, March 16 (St Patrick's Day minus One)<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">by Peggy Robin</span></span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Wharf and Kirwan's Irish Pub are bringing the luck of the Irish to the waterfront with our <b><i>free</i></b> Ireland at The Wharf festival! Enjoy all the fun of a true Irish festival with Guinness beer, whiskey, bands, rugby and so much more. </span></div><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">All ages welcome, must be 21+ to consume alcohol. Slainte!</span></div><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="☘️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t14/1/16/2618.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> EVENT SCHEDULE:</b><br /><br /></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">12:00 PM — Guinness Beer Gardens open on District Pier and Transit Pier! Also visit the DC Lottery tent on Wharf Street near The Watering Hole to spin the wheel and win prizes. Located at the top of District Pier, visit the WAFF tent to enter to win club level tickets to an upcoming home Capitals game. Raffle tickets are $24 each.<br /><br /></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">12:00 PM — Irish dance performances by the Boyle School of Irish Dance on the Transit Pier stage.<br /><br /></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">12:30 PM — Poehemia performs on the District Pier stage.<br /><br /></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">12:45 PM — Six Nations Rugby on the big screen on Transit Pier - Ireland vs. Scotland.<br /><br /></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">2:00 PM — Irish dance performances by the McGrath Morgan Academy of Irish Dance on the Transit Pier stage.<br /><br /></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">2:15 PM — The 19th Street Band performs on the District Pier stage.<br /><br /></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">4:00 PM — Six Nations Rugby on the big screen on Transit Pier - England vs. France.<br /><br /></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">4:15 PM — Ben-David Warner Band performs on the District Pier stage. The bar will still be open!</span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAzsK3HsR4UrDZbnVnqoKjnzCZYN63qLxR0h53ufrSYKbWbVwPQyscSwgRoc_bMEudZhSO9iYE0T9zvW6rrdgG8EueAi3MxpaHCp_IWr71bSAeUDhBvqecxh4i7Kq72Tv4W4YxqZHjIjNLlxqely7rDc9N8K6KkqRmWVezNN_oZDkbxbpcLm2xa65dmk/s1308/Ireland%20at%20the%20Wharf.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1308" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAzsK3HsR4UrDZbnVnqoKjnzCZYN63qLxR0h53ufrSYKbWbVwPQyscSwgRoc_bMEudZhSO9iYE0T9zvW6rrdgG8EueAi3MxpaHCp_IWr71bSAeUDhBvqecxh4i7Kq72Tv4W4YxqZHjIjNLlxqely7rDc9N8K6KkqRmWVezNN_oZDkbxbpcLm2xa65dmk/s320/Ireland%20at%20the%20Wharf.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></b></div>View our Ireland at The Wharf event webpage for more information: </b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica;"> </span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="http://www.wharfdc.com/ireland/?fbclid=IwAR2lzGD-PCjRvrJtonLQ0OrOue89C6aIvR8W1a1nA1FYFK8oe8gdc2HUIrY" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: helvetica; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">www.wharfdc.com/ireland/</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica;"> </span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica;"><b>RSVP on our Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/949493743560303/">https://www.facebook.com/events/949493743560303/</a></b></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: helvetica;">----------</span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: helvetica;">The "Get Out" event of the week is published on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on All Life Is Local on Thursdays.</span></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-77511492717259446122024-03-09T17:55:00.007-05:002024-03-10T14:26:43.169-04:00Still Life With Robin: Tick, Tick, Lose!<p> by Peggy Robin</p><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It's that time of year again....ugh. You know, "spring forward" and lose an hour of sleep. The only thing that's worse is the time-switcheroo in the fall when we get that hour back but are plunged into the gloomy darkness of winter an hour earlier. <br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Well, we keep up hope that Congress will end this useless clock-game. But when has hope in Congress in this day and age ever been justified?<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I've complained about this in this space before, as you may recall-- (and if you don't, here's where you can find it: "Down with DST!" <a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2014/03/still-life-with-robin-down-with-dst.html">https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2014/03/still-life-with-robin-down-with-dst.html</a>) And for more on why Congress keeps screwing it up, see "Permanent daylight saving time: The clock is ticking in Congress": <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/03/09/daylight-saving-time-bill/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/03/09/daylight-saving-time-bill/</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">There's just one bright spot to this year's spring-forward time-shift, and that has to do with a much glitzier event happening much later on Sunday, March 10; I'm talking about the <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/oscars-2024-watch-96th-academy-awards/story?id=107851439">Oscars</a> show, which is on ABC an hour earlier than in past years. This year's Oscar show starts at 7pm EDT, which means (with a bit of luck and maybe some strictly-enforced time limits on a few of the longer and cringier thank-you speeches), we can call it a night around 11pm, not midnight. So, by going straight to bed immediately after the show, skipping all the snarky, post-show commentary and replays of the most outr<span style="background-color: white; color: #5f6368; font-weight: bold;">é</span> outfits, plus any badly fluffed lines or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJtws119OCk">out-of-nowhere fisticuffs</a>, we can take back an hour of sleep that we wouldn't have had in past years.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Of course, there's always the very sensible strategy of skipping the whole shebang. You know Oppenheimer is the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/03/07/heres-how-many-oscars-oppenheimer-could-win-possibly-becoming-one-of-the-biggest-winners-ever/?sh=5531036146da">odds-on favorite to do a huge sweep</a>, don't you? Do you really want to spend 4 hours of your day watching the inevitable unfold? Well, I'm a sucker for longshots, so I'm tuning in just in case "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0MbLCpYJPA">American Fiction</a>" pulls off the Oscar upset of the decade (that is, if you pretend you don't remember the whole kerfuffle about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPmdjzAT-Hc">Moonlight winning over La La Land)</a>. Oh, just the thought of something like that happening again is more than enough to keep me glued to the screen!<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As with the long-delayed promise of <a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2023/03/still-life-with-robin-spring-aheadand.html">an end to clock-switching...one can only hope</a>!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">-------</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Still Life with Robin is posted on the </span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark">Cleveland Park Listserv</a><span> and on All Life Is Local on Saturdays.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjUJQdEzB5ZwwiOc_wIx0_MTQ8CHPGNGYV9isVLz2c4igSQusoWZLez0FRN6JTaq9CDL6rBNvRcJ6d1ctZiuWnkXmRrGz-2PWoqNLBPmh42QKhQUtv23hVr5uKQbOlrpk7nv89h-Riw_HRHnaeqT1p4Khyphenhyphen_uz7vF-cADaEn0kUezXGAA9EWPZucZoZp8/s537/spring%20forward%20time%20change%20dc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="537" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjUJQdEzB5ZwwiOc_wIx0_MTQ8CHPGNGYV9isVLz2c4igSQusoWZLez0FRN6JTaq9CDL6rBNvRcJ6d1ctZiuWnkXmRrGz-2PWoqNLBPmh42QKhQUtv23hVr5uKQbOlrpk7nv89h-Riw_HRHnaeqT1p4Khyphenhyphen_uz7vF-cADaEn0kUezXGAA9EWPZucZoZp8/s320/spring%20forward%20time%20change%20dc.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-64845452731316990572024-03-07T11:12:00.001-05:002024-03-07T11:37:10.579-05:00Get Out! And Celebrate Women's History Month at the National Portrait Gallery on Saturday, March 9<p> by Peggy Robin</p><div><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This one’s for the ladies (and everyone else, too) as the Portrait Gallery hosts its annual Women’s History Month festival for all ages! Come see our newest portraits of Oprah, Beyoncé, Ruth Bader Ginsberg and other inspiring women. Join the celebration in the Kogod Courtyard, featuring performances and workshops from The Washington Ballet, art activities, spotlight talks, scavenger hunts and story times– there will be something for everyone!<br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><a href="https://npg.si.edu/event/women%E2%80%99s-history-month-festival" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Women's History Month Festival</a></b><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e0a3c; font-weight: 600;"><span class="font" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size">Saturday, March 9th · 11:30am - 3pm </span></span></span><br /></span></div><p class="location-info__address-text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e0a3c; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: var(--base-unit); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution<br /></span></p><div class="align-left"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #6f7287;"><span class="font" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ch4iwN3szYeZ3KWs6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">800 G Street Northwest Washington, DC 20001</a></span></span></span><br /></span></div><div class="align-left" style="margin: 1em 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://www.fastmailusercontent.com/jmap/download/u2b244134/G00d8b83d0525e067ff12ef1463dcf0f3001dca37/Women's%20History%20Month.jpg?type=image%2Fjpeg&u=2b244134&domain=fastmail.fm&access_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiI3YmI0NWM1Y2EyMWMyMzlkMTAwNmJhMDFlZTczMjI1YSIsInN1YiI6Im9JbzBuOGtTUXhWLWlVbG9UNXFTRk1zLUFLQmx3S1lDcF82bWlLb3JEaVkiLCJpYXQiOjE3MDk4MjcyMDB9.M_CwGWiUd82ggZ5uDLZMchJW4HGfI2RdOR_vXqiNvz0" style="height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><br /></span></div><div class="align-left"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Schedule of Events:</b><br /></span></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">11:45 a.m. The Washington Ballet Adult Division, Modern Dance Performance and Workshop<br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">12:30 p.m. Spotlight Talk: Oprah Winfrey<br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">1:00 p.m. <a href="https://rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/womens-history-month-kid-lit-review-of-i-dissent-ruth-bader-ginsburg-makes-her-mark-by-debbie-levy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Author Talk: Debbie Levy</a><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">1:30 p.m. Book Signing: Debbie Levy<br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">2:00 p.m. The Washington School of Ballet Youth Performance Ensemble - Performance and Ballet Workshop<br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">2:30 p.m. Spotlight Talk: <a href="https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/d/da-dn/carmen-de-lavallade/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carmen de Lavallade</a><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Free Admission - Reserve Your Spot:<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womens-history-month-festival-tickets-825659899987" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womens-history-month-festival-tickets-825659899987</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Portrait Gallery strives to provide programs that are accessible to all visitors. If you have questions about the accessibility of this program, or if you would like to request real-time captioning (CART), sign language interpretation, or any other accommodations, please contact <a href="mailto:EvansB@si.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EvansB@si.edu</a> or <a href="mailto:RubensteinI@si.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RubensteinI@si.edu</a>. Two weeks advance notice is appreciated for requesting accommodations.</span><br /></div><div>-----------<br /></div><div>The "Get Out!" event of the week is posted on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on All Life Is Local on Thursdays.<br /></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-12750580642914915512024-03-02T14:28:00.001-05:002024-03-02T14:28:09.835-05:00Still Life with Robin: It's National Old Stuff Day!<p>by Peggy Robin</p><div><br /></div><div>Hmm, I'm usually a fan of all those <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/fun/">silly, offbeat, little "holidays</a>" -- you know, like <a href="https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-waffle-day-august-24">National Waffle Day</a> (August 24) and <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/fun/lost-sock-memorial-day">Lost Sock Day</a> (May 9) and <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/fun/talk-like-a-pirate-day">Talk Like a Pirate Day</a> (Sept 19) -- but today's "fun" holiday, <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/old-stuff-day/">National Old Stuff Day</a>, seems, well, just a tad condescending to those of us over the age of.....um, er, mumble, mumble [unintelligible].<br /></div><div> </div><div>We and our "stuff" deserve respect!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>What do we get instead? Something like that eye-rolling "<a href="https://tenor.com/bgfTf.gif">OK Boomer</a>" meme. Yeah, that got old, quick!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>While I am not keen on today's "holiday," I <i>was</i> impressed by the composition posted in praise of this day that I found in my Twitter feed [*see Note 1] this morning, by one of my favorite posters, David Cohen @dc_scrabblegram. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Dave posts a daily wordplay /poem called a <a href="https://davesscrabblegrams.com/">Scrabblegram</a> [*explained in Note 2].<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's his lovely composition for today, <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/old-stuff-day/">National Old Stuff Day</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="css-175oi2r r-18u37iz" style="align-items: stretch; background-color: white; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: row; flex-shrink: 0; font-size: 15px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; z-index: 0;"><div class="css-175oi2r r-1iusvr4 r-16y2uox r-1777fci" style="align-items: stretch; 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border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset; text-wrap: inherit;"><span class="font" style="font-family: inherit;">SCRABBLEGRAM* OF THE DAY </span></span><br /></div><div class="css-1rynq56 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7" dir="auto" id="id__u6emccf2vk" lang="en" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset; text-wrap: inherit;"><span class="font" style="font-family: inherit;">[*Uses all 100 Scrabble tiles.]</span></span><br /></div><div class="css-1rynq56 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7" dir="auto" id="id__u6emccf2vk" lang="en" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset;"><br /></div><div class="css-1rynq56 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7" dir="auto" id="id__u6emccf2vk" lang="en" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset;"><b><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset; text-wrap: inherit;"><span class="font" style="font-family: inherit;">Grandfather Clock </span></span><img alt="👴" class="r-4qtqp9 r-dflpy8 r-zw8f10 r-sjv1od r-10akycc r-h9hxbl" src="https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f474.svg" style="display: inline-block; height: 1.2em; margin-left: 0.075em; margin-right: 0.075em; vertical-align: -20%; width: 1.2em;" title="Older man" /><img alt="🕰️" class="r-4qtqp9 r-dflpy8 r-zw8f10 r-sjv1od r-10akycc r-h9hxbl" src="https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f570.svg" style="display: inline-block; height: 1.2em; margin-left: 0.075em; margin-right: 0.075em; vertical-align: -20%; width: 1.2em;" title="Mantelpiece clock" /></b><br /></div><div class="css-1rynq56 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7" dir="auto" id="id__u6emccf2vk" lang="en" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset;"><br /></div><div class="css-1rynq56 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7" dir="auto" id="id__u6emccf2vk" lang="en" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset;"><div class="css-1rynq56 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7" dir="auto" id="id__u6emccf2vk" lang="en" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset; text-wrap: inherit;"><span class="font" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="size" style="font-size: inherit;">March 2nd is National Old Stuff Day (really). With my 6th decade just around the corner, I'm starting to identify with vintage items like grandfather clocks. </span></span></span><br /></div></div><div class="css-1rynq56 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7" dir="auto" id="id__u6emccf2vk" lang="en" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset;"><div class="css-1rynq56 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7" dir="auto" lang="en" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset; text-wrap: inherit;"><span class="font" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="size" style="font-size: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div><div class="css-1rynq56 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7" dir="auto" id="id__u6emccf2vk" lang="en" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset;"><div class="css-1rynq56 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7" dir="auto" lang="en" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset; text-wrap: inherit;"><span class="font" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7VCfnmVHE_VdgEmAtspbTHJOggMYjHAWws16D6_EURzARokx1u8Mb41wgzo02dAe_BU1ez37zF4lqi6gFGts7Fnkbjjam9VjQMaypCvDQGsBvA3FQCm8VjzaRkTwWuIEHsjVuxqkCfJd_41ptZwfVInTqdZo-xhlCyRJ-ImMhVEo3_kNFxtX7PJtKoI/s730/Scrabblegram%20grandfather%20clock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="503" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7VCfnmVHE_VdgEmAtspbTHJOggMYjHAWws16D6_EURzARokx1u8Mb41wgzo02dAe_BU1ez37zF4lqi6gFGts7Fnkbjjam9VjQMaypCvDQGsBvA3FQCm8VjzaRkTwWuIEHsjVuxqkCfJd_41ptZwfVInTqdZo-xhlCyRJ-ImMhVEo3_kNFxtX7PJtKoI/s320/Scrabblegram%20grandfather%20clock.jpg" width="220" /></a></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="r-18u37iz" style="flex-direction: row;"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GrandfatherClock?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1d9bf0; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; text-overflow: unset; text-wrap: inherit;">#GrandfatherClock</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset; text-wrap: inherit;"><span class="font" style="font-family: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="flex-direction: row;"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OldStuff?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1d9bf0; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; text-overflow: unset; text-wrap: inherit;">#OldStuff</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset; text-wrap: inherit;"><span class="font" style="font-family: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="flex-direction: row;"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/scrabble?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1d9bf0; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; text-overflow: unset; text-wrap: inherit;">#scrabble</a></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/dc_scrabblegram/status/1763837899055980924">https://twitter.com/dc_scrabblegram/status/1763837899055980924</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>More of Dave's Scrabblegrams on his website at <a href="https://davesscrabblegrams.com/">https://davesscrabblegrams.com/</a> and in his recently published book <a href="https://penteractpress.com/store/scrabblegrams-david-cohen">https://penteractpress.com/store/scrabblegrams-david-cohen</a> by Penteract Press (in the UK, but shipping to the US is fast and relatively inexpensive.)<br /></div><div>----------<br /></div><div>* Note 1: I'm sticking to my sworn oath never to cave in and call by the brand "X" name thrust upon it by its current, unhinged, Gen X owner.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>*Note 2: A Scrabblegram is a message (a kind of freestyle poem, really) that uses each of the 100 Scrabble tiles exactly once. This means that each entry will contain exactly 9 As, 2 Bs, 2 Cs...1 X, 2 Ys, 1 Z (and 2 blanks which can be used as any letters).<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>----------<br /></div><div>Still Life with Robin is published on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on All Life Is Local on Saturdays. <br /></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-12079742378579265782024-02-29T12:07:00.002-05:002024-02-29T12:29:28.752-05:00Get Out! It's Leap Day! Or Stay In & Watch the Jeopardy Tournament of Champions<p> by Peggy Robin</p><div><br /></div><div>If you're a <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/leapling">leapling</a> (yes, that's the word for people born on February 29th) today's the day to go out to a bar or restaurant that's giving out freebies to your kind. Our local Axios newsfeed has a good round-up of your options: <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/02/28/leap-day-deals-food-beer">https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/02/28/leap-day-deals-food-beer</a>, <br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fspCUSxHYSc" width="320" youtube-src-id="fspCUSxHYSc"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>If you're like the rest of us born on the other 365 days of the year, you might want to stay home and watch TV. Why? Because the Jeopardy Tournament of Champions (<a href="https://gameshows.fandom.com/wiki/2024_Jeopardy!_Tournament_of_Champions">TOC</a>) is on, and tonight, <a href="https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/02/21/is-maryland-or-virginia-smarter-this-jeopardy-matchup-will-decide/">two of the three competitors are from the DC metro area</a>. And they're both lively and entertaining players. (WJLA at 7:30pm)<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.jeopardy.com/track">They are</a>: <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.sourceofthespring.com/silver-spring-news/2805855/silver-spring-man-wins-43k-in-four-day-jeopardy-run/"><b>Kevin Belle</b></a> from Silver Spring, MD. Kevin is a transportation planner by day and a drag queen performer by night under the stage name, "<a href="https://twitter.com/whiskeygingdrag">Whiskey Ginger</a>"<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/ouij"><b>Luigi de Guzman</b></a> from Arlington, VA. Luigi is an <a href="https://www.paulhastings.com/professionals/luisdeguzman">attorney</a>, originally from the Philippines.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>...and the third contestant is <b>J</b><a href="https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/tournament-stories/juveria-zaheer-wins-jeopardy-champions-wildcard-season-39-group-one"><b>uveria Zaheer</b></a><b> </b>from Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Juveria is a <a href="https://twitter.com/juveriazaheer?lang=en">psychiatrist and professor of medicine</a> at the University of Toronto.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>If you're betting on the outcome, you'll want to know how these three match up:<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>PLAYER: <b>Kevin Belle</b><br /></div><div>GAMES WON: 3<br /></div><div>AVERAGE WINNINGS PER GAME: $10,950<br /></div><div>AVERAGE CORRECT RESPONSE %: 94.8%<br /></div><div> FINAL JEOPARDY! CORRECT RESPONSE: 1 out of 4<br /></div><div> RANKING AMONG TOC PLAYERS: 27</div><div><br /></div><div>PLAYER: <b>Luigi de Guzman</b><br /></div><div>GAMES WON: 5<br /></div><div>AVERAGE WINNINGS PER GAME: $26,709<br /></div><div>AVERAGE CORRECT RESPONSE %: 88.4% <br /></div><div>FINAL JEOPARDY! CORRECT RESPONSE: 5 out of 6<br /></div><div>RANKING AMONG TOC PLAYERS: 11<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>PLAYER: <b>Juveria Zaheer</b><br /></div><div>GAMES WON: 5<br /></div><div>AVERAGE WINNINGS PER GAME: $25,625<br /></div><div>AVERAGE CORRECT RESPONSE %: 87.4%<br /></div><div>FINAL JEOPARDY! CORRECT RESPONSE: 4 out of 8<br /></div><div>RANKING AMONG TOC PLAYERS: 12<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Want to know which of our two hometown champions I'm rooting for? Neither one! I'm hoping to see the Canadian psychiatrist, Juveria Zaheer, take this round and go on to win the whole enchilada. Why? Because there are so few women who have taken Jeopardy's top prize. In the 40 seasons of Jeopardy since the 1984 reboot (that is, the beginning of the Alex Trebek hosting era), only four women have won the TOC. They are: Rachel Schwartz in 1994; Robin Carroll in 2000; Celeste DiNucci in 2007; Amy Schneider in 2022. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Of the 27 contestants in this year's TOC there are only 5 women (Hannah Wilson, Melissa Clapper, Deb Bilodeau, Emily Sand, and today's hopeful, Juveria Zaheer. Go girls!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>----------------------<br /></div><div>The "Get Out!" event of the week is posted on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on All Life Is Local on Thursdays.</div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-20525551765541826272024-02-24T11:43:00.007-05:002024-02-24T12:10:29.355-05:00Still Life with Robin: A taste of Paris in Cleveland Park? Mais non, le goût de Nantes!<p><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGglspxkDoAVbkhRIIg3BL-RgxE86pYEOOvIvsyRm3hGlkSbDi1XQtR7bWr54phVqnkaJi5PugJfhz_q970VUzal11FHb3wOF1CT-g-vJ2yitbJsa_tsDIHxMHto9dg8C10kCwUc_KtMpyI-yH5dX6DvGcB2ZW-rzuIQWh6IPXKQ3J8seCZvoBPOGwUE/s262/Fresh%20Baguette.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="262" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGglspxkDoAVbkhRIIg3BL-RgxE86pYEOOvIvsyRm3hGlkSbDi1XQtR7bWr54phVqnkaJi5PugJfhz_q970VUzal11FHb3wOF1CT-g-vJ2yitbJsa_tsDIHxMHto9dg8C10kCwUc_KtMpyI-yH5dX6DvGcB2ZW-rzuIQWh6IPXKQ3J8seCZvoBPOGwUE/s1600/Fresh%20Baguette.jpg" width="262" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by <a href="https://www.freshbaguette.net/" target="_blank">Fresh Baguette </a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">by Peggy
Robin</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">On Wednesday
I went to the Grand Opening of Cleveland Park's new cafe, <a href="https://www.freshbaguette.net/location/cleveland-park/">Fresh Baguette</a>. Despite the crowds (converging for the announced baguette giveaway, I'm sure, as well as from a desire to check out a new eating spot!), the long line moved quickly, staff
members were pleasant and efficient, and all the choices looked so tempting.</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">The display cases were filled with baguettes and
many types of loaves and croissants, most of them warm from the oven. Now we can
live like the French, right here in our neighborhood.</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Well, I have French
relatives and have spent some time with them in their homes, and one thing I
love about their lifestyle is the way it's so normal to pick up a fresh
baguette on the way home from work -- so many people walking home with a baguette
under the arm. Fresh baked every day -- that makes the sensuous, yeasty aroma of bread one of the everyday glories of France.</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">But I wasn't
reminded so much of my relatives in Paris as my time spent visiting my daughter
for the year she lived in Nantes, in the northwestern province of Loire-Atlantique. Nantes is a
medium-sized city with much less hustle-bustle. Yes, there are bakeries
on every corner so that people can get their daily baguette, but when it comes to
food, it is known as the home of a particular brand of cookie, produced by the famous LU factory.</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Here's your
mini-history lesson from the LU website (UK version) <a href="https://www.lubakery.co.uk/en">https://www.lubakery.co.uk/en</a>: </span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background: rgb(252, 249, 243); color: #203e72; font-size: medium;">LU’s story begins in 1846 and in true French style, romance played a
key role in their creation. In the city of Nantes, Jean-Romain Lefèvre and
Pauline-Isabelle Utile fell in love over their shared passion for baking and
their desire to make the most delicious biscuits. Putting the first initials of
their surnames together, LU was born.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #fcf9f3; color: #203e72; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks to the excellence of Lefèvre-Utile’s recipes, the biscuits factory gained a stellar local reputation. In 1882, LU even won the gold medal during the Nantes Exhibition.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #fcf9f3; color: #203e72; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Over 176 years later, LU remains an icon of French culinary heritage.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><span>So here's what I noticed the first
time I walked into Fresh Baguette: I </span>scanned the long narrow shop and my gaze
quickly fell upon the back wall, with shelves of so many different packages of LU
cookies --many of them hard to find in the US-- I felt as if I'd walked into a shop in Nantes. And like any small French specialty
shop, there were just a few shelves of the products, all very prettily arranged.</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Besides the
LUs, there are different types of jam in jars, some pates, a little sac of
French sea-salts in large crystals, some chocolate bars.... None of these
things are listed on the website, which features the breads, the sandwiches,
quiches, macarons, madeleines and other pastries and desserts, and the
coffees and other beverages. See: <a href="https://www.freshbaguette.net/menus/">https://www.freshbaguette.net/menus/</a></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">They cater,
too!</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">I wish I
could say this is going to be my daily little taste of Nantes.... but
<i>malheureusement</i>, I have recently been put on a low-carb regime and I'm sticking
to it. But for all those who are not.....bon appetit!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Still Life
with Robin is posted on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on All Life Is Local on
Saturdays.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-31132897597296107562024-02-22T21:11:00.004-05:002024-02-22T21:13:44.016-05:00Get Out! Get Out! The Cinema Calls -- it's the DC Independent Film Festival<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">The </span></span></span><a href="https://dciff-indie.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">D.C. Independent Film Forum (DCIFF)</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;"> will mark its 25th anniversary this year by showcasing 70 independent feature films, documentaries, shorts, and animated films. The festival will also host a special event to honor one of the greats of documentary filmmaking. </span></span></span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="color" style="color: firebrick;">The festival will take place from Wednesday, February 21 to Sunday, February 25, at various theaters across Washington.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />This year, the DC Independent Film Festival (DCIFF) is paying tribute to </span></span></span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801885/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">André Singer</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">, a renowned documentary filmmaker. The festival will feature a special invite-only preview screening of his latest film, </span></span></span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meeting-zelenskyy-special-preview-documentary-screening-and-qa-wdirector-tickets-824891892857" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">"Meeting Zelensky,"</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;"> at Landmark's E Street Cinema on Wednesday, February 21 and </span></span></span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meeting-zelenskyy-special-preview-documentary-screening-and-qa-wdirector-tickets-824891892857" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">Sunday, February 25 at 12:15 PM</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;"> to the public. The preview will be followed by a panel discussion.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">We will also be featuring an additional documentary of his, </span></span></span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/where-the-wind-blew-documentary-on-nuclear-testing-victims-w-discussion-tickets-821753265137?aff=ebdsshcopyurl&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-source=&utm-term=organizer-profile&utm-share-source=organizer-profile" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">WHERE THE WIND BLEW</span></span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">, on Friday, February 23rd at 5:30 pm at</span></span></span><a href="https://www.edcjcc.org/jxj/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;"> JxJ - Washington in Cafritz Hall</span></span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">. There will also be a panel discussion featuring director Andre Singer, Justin Ahasteen, executive director of the </span></span></span><a href="https://www.nnwo.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">Navajo Nation Washington Office</span></span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;"> and </span></span></span><a href="https://www.cherylreed.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">Cheryl L. Reed</span></span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">, author, journalist, and professor.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">After each film screening, you'll have the chance to participate in interactive Q&A sessions with the talented filmmakers, cast, crew, and industry experts. But that's not all - we have a bunch of other fun activities planned too! There will be panels, workshops, and pop-up events throughout the forum that will cover a wide range of topics, like animation and even a </span></span></span><a href="https://filmfreeway.com/DCIndependentFilmFestival/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">masterclass with the honoree</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;"> to discuss his 50 years in documentary filmmaking!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0e101a;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">The director of </span></span></span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wolfpack-a-french-thriller-france202350mins-plus-qa-with-director-tickets-816186354357" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">WOLFPACK</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0e101a;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">, Cédric Peyster – Le Roux, will showcase his gripping tale that unfolds in a future where the youth hunt the older generations at night, putting 50-year-old Matthieu in a fight for survival. The film and Q&A with the director will be held on Friday, February 23 at 9 PM at the Regal Gallery Place Theater. Tickets are available for purchase on </span></span></span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wolfpack-a-french-thriller-france202350mins-plus-qa-with-director-tickets-816186354357" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">Eventbrite</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0e101a;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">To top it off, there will be live dance performances by the cast of a </span></span></span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tens-across-the-board-usa20234240mins-directed-by-bobby-best-tickets-816179664347" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">TENS ACROSS THE BOARD</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;"> to really celebrate the occasion on Saturday, February 24 at 7:20 PM. They are championed by Black and brown LGBTQ artists in dance, music and fashion, the St. Louis ballroom community.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />At </span></span></span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-way-it-was-paris-restaurants-in-the-1970s-qa-wine-tasting-tickets-818892478447" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">The Way It Was: PARIS RESTAURANTS IN THE 1970'S</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;"> screening on Sunday, February 25 at </span></span></span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-way-it-was-paris-restaurants-in-the-1970s-qa-wine-tasting-tickets-818892478447" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">4 PM</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;"> and </span></span></span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paris-restaurants-in-the-1970s-the-way-it-was-doc-director-and-wine-tickets-818918616627?aff=oddtdtcreator" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">5:45 PM</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">, we're bringing in a local French chef and his wife, a French food blogger. Anina Belle Giannini is author of the very popular </span></span></span><a href="https://lechefswife.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">Le Chefs Wife blog</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;"> and her husband is Sébastien Giannini who is about to become a partner at</span></span></span><a href="https://www.lavantgardedc.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;"> L'Avant-Garde in Georgetown</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">. They'll be giving a simple demonstration followed by a wine tasting - sounds pretty good, right? <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />On the closing night of the festival, there will be a Q&A session with DCIFF Founder, Carol Bidault de l'Isle, and Executive Director, Deirdre Evans-Pritchard, who will also give closing remarks. You can find a complete schedule of programming for DCIFF is </span></span></span><a href="https://dciff-indie.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">available here</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You won't want to miss out on the excitement of DCIFF's milestone anniversary! 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color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: blue;"><span class="font"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">Instagram</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">, and </span></span></span><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@dcindiefilmfest" rel="nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: blue;"><span class="font"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt;">TikTok</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></div><div class="align-left"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">------------------------</span></div><div class="align-left"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The "Get Out" event of the week is posted on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on All Life Is Local on Thursdays.</span></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-67125943588732958672024-02-17T21:56:00.001-05:002024-02-17T21:56:11.110-05:00Still Life with Robin: We'll Always Have Squirrels<p><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">by Peggy Robin</span></p><div class="Ar Au Ao" id=":1dw" jslog="171097"><div aria-controls=":1ga" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Message Body" aria-multiline="true" aria-owns=":1ga" class="Am aiL Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY" g_editable="true" hidefocus="true" id=":1ds" role="textbox" spellcheck="false" style="direction: ltr; min-height: 703px;" tabindex="1"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;">Ever since the <a href="https://eugenelmeyer.com/2023/12/13/its-striking-buyouts-the-washington-post/" target="_blank">forced departure of John Kelly from the Washington Post</a> --which was, for me, the most painful in a series of deep cuts to the paper, worse than the loss of the Sunday Outlook opinion section, the KidsPost, the Washington Post Magazine & Date Lab, the Style Invitational, or the Skywatch astronomy column -- I've been quietly mourning an absent friend. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;">Of course I'll miss my old friend's profiles of local characters, quirky stories of rings lost and found, his various adventures and misadventures with His Lovely Wife, tales of misbehavior by the dogs in his life, and so many other charming little anecdotes of life in the Nation's Capital (OK, not IN it but near it, as he's a suburbanite) that made up the substance of his five-day-a-week columns. But there is one thing that I will miss more than anything else, and that's his love of squirrels, which I share. And the highest expression of that love for our furry little neighbors in the trees was his annual Squirrel Week. For five glorious days in April, he would give over the whole of his column over to those entertaining and often infuriating but talented, acrobatic rodents. And the high point of the week was the finale, the winners of the Squirrel Photo contest. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;">If you don't immediately understand what I mean, just look at his last column of the best photos of Squirrel Week 2023 (4/12/2023): </div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/04/12/squirrel-photography-contest/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/04/12/squirrel-photography-contest/</a> (By the way, my favorite of that lot was photo #12, the one of the Squirrel and the Robin. Can you guess why?)</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Sadly, there will be no more Squirrel Week, no more Best Squirrel Pix of 2024 to look forward to in the spring. I was reminded of that earlier today when I wandered over to the Social Media Site Formerly Known As Twitter (SoMeSiFKAsTwit -- see NOTE*) and was struck by a particularly beatific photo tweet of a squirrel in winter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/Conthescene/status/1758609012654825638" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">https://twitter.com/Conthescene/status/1758609012654825638</a><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKknjwpoQTa4TfYRLYvcwarb2IboZCsFolmkrkRNXLIKheMJ6vm0k_5-YBp-k5NXPwdre98q9PDDgUFKt9fDiWLn_N85hdFYJnaRX80JSKjjb-C-sbuLprVGOFiUDTmSsXMQbAp8KMIPVpDCqxH5zDxPlEtrFKoOgbxmcCr0bi4CntZh_ktxmx-_nkWVs/s540/squirrel%20pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="540" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKknjwpoQTa4TfYRLYvcwarb2IboZCsFolmkrkRNXLIKheMJ6vm0k_5-YBp-k5NXPwdre98q9PDDgUFKt9fDiWLn_N85hdFYJnaRX80JSKjjb-C-sbuLprVGOFiUDTmSsXMQbAp8KMIPVpDCqxH5zDxPlEtrFKoOgbxmcCr0bi4CntZh_ktxmx-_nkWVs/s320/squirrel%20pic.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wouldn't this little guy have been perfect for John Kelly's Squirrel Week phonto contest? It's by a local photographer who posts a lot of pix of wildlife and other scenic shots in DC and environs. Follow C on the Scene </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@Conthescene if you like what you see. </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please feel free to share any good shots you've captured of squirrels or any other photogenic animals on the Cleveland Park Listserv. Be sure to keep them within the technical limits of our display capacity on the Groups.io platform: .JPG format only, no more than 500 KB in size (that's 0.5 MB). No more than 4 photos in a single message, and the 500 KB limit is the maximum size of all photos combined. </span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Listserv will never be a substitute for John Kelly's Squirrel Week, but we do give out our own prize -- a Cleveland Park Listy --at the end of the year for the Best Photo of the Year. The 2023 Best Picture Listy went to a photo of <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/197671" target="_blank">a woodpecker</a>. Could the 2024 Listy go to a squirrel?</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">------------------</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>* NOTE:</b> I have sworn an oath never to accede to the whims of the current owner of that social media platform by calling it "X". That's not a business name; it's a mark made by an illiterate person, or a way to signify that the content is obscene. </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">------------------</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still Life with Robin is posted on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on All Life Is Local on Saturdays</span></div></div></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-69150634348206235382024-02-15T10:43:00.002-05:002024-02-15T10:44:07.924-05:00Get Out! It's Presidential Family Fun Day at the National Portrait Gallery on Sat, Feb 17, 11:30am - 3pm<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwA1e6v16JtjPK0ldYwhDc7XIccVO04_DrvFsz_U9qkxe9cjc8KXXk92aWfr2-ytfzMNYRQWaPFjXJNrki6wu9q-wTkge7XstYBzw-QQhbxIIe5Jcv9UcgpMSAtXJz9tWzHab0noDHSf9vhT-3h6J_lUD573FRAz2WK9PMBVIzKDeoAjtWH7XEcwWDO3M/s471/Presidents%20Day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="301" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwA1e6v16JtjPK0ldYwhDc7XIccVO04_DrvFsz_U9qkxe9cjc8KXXk92aWfr2-ytfzMNYRQWaPFjXJNrki6wu9q-wTkge7XstYBzw-QQhbxIIe5Jcv9UcgpMSAtXJz9tWzHab0noDHSf9vhT-3h6J_lUD573FRAz2WK9PMBVIzKDeoAjtWH7XEcwWDO3M/s320/Presidents%20Day.jpg" width="205" /></a></div> by Peggy Robin<p></p><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://npg.si.edu/event/presidential-family-fun-day"><span style="color: #351c75;">Presidential Family Fun Day</span></a></b><br /></div><div><span class="date-info__full-datetime" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e0a3c; font-weight: 600;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;">Saturday, February 17 · 11:30am - 3pm EST</span></span><br /></div><div>National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution<br /></div><div>800 G Street Northwest Washington, DC 20001<br /></div><div>Map: <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/hmxJMrE9bsaC6Ptu9">https://maps.app.goo.gl/hmxJMrE9bsaC6Ptu9</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/presidential-family-fun-day-tickets-789437648257">Reserve your FREE eTicket</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Celebrate Presidents’ Day at the Portrait Gallery’s annual festival for all ages! Discover more about presidents during guided tours of “America’s Presidents” and story times or enjoy artmaking and writing activities – there is something for everyone!<br /></div><div>------------<br /></div><div>The "Get Out!" event of the week is posted on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on All Life Is Local on Thursdays.<br /></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-70559453171708733452024-02-10T12:07:00.005-05:002024-02-10T22:46:18.239-05:00Still Life with Robin: A Cafe By Any Other Name?<p>by Peggy Robin</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFniCzsoGxu3W-gSCeq5EkR7H8CjQAfNq-T0N4fT7TXJ6E0NfDBygb8sjj0Gjra98rZJlrbbBaqO68TTgP9Fj26FuKxnz8B_ZZ7LIbzNZnAKBHYOhxHrqdiuEXjq3KrOuuIDPeSJcU4ONRqtt05914aK8AL6bthKTw0PSLyyJuh_8ZbpLs2ZqvqNloyo/s813/Folger%20Shakespeare%20Library.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="577" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFniCzsoGxu3W-gSCeq5EkR7H8CjQAfNq-T0N4fT7TXJ6E0NfDBygb8sjj0Gjra98rZJlrbbBaqO68TTgP9Fj26FuKxnz8B_ZZ7LIbzNZnAKBHYOhxHrqdiuEXjq3KrOuuIDPeSJcU4ONRqtt05914aK8AL6bthKTw0PSLyyJuh_8ZbpLs2ZqvqNloyo/s320/Folger%20Shakespeare%20Library.jpg" width="227" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.folger.edu/" target="_blank">Folger Shakespeare Library</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I love a good naming contest, as anyone who has been reading this column for a while would know [See Note 1]. I'm hoping that many readers of the CP Listserv share my love, and will be inspired to enter the great naming contest that's on right now: Dream up a funny, punny name for the new cafe. which will </span><a href="https://www.folger.edu/visit/our-building-and-grounds/building-renovation/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">open on June 21</span></a><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> at the renovated</span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a href="https://www.folger.edu/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Folger Shakespeare Library</span></a><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> .<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Here's what they're looking for:</span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #274e13;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We’re looking for clever wordplay worthy of the building that houses the world’s largest Shakespeare collection. Poetic turns of phrase that fit having coffee or a snack just steps from our stacks of rare books. An artistic take on having drinks and a bite to eat before going to the theater. We know our community is creative, so send us your ideas! Folger staff will share our favorites starting February 16 for Folger followers to vote on!</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></em></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">For more info, and the entry form, go to: </span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.folger.edu/blogs/folger-story/help-us-name-the-new-folger-cafe/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.folger.edu/blogs/folger-story/help-us-name-the-new-folger-cafe/</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">For some help in getting started, take a look at these food quotations: </span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.folger.edu/blogs/shakespeare-and-beyond/12-shakespeare-quotes-food-drink/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.folger.edu/blogs/shakespeare-and-beyond/12-shakespeare-quotes-food-drink/</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cc0000;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The deadline is Monday, February 12 at 11:59pm.</span></span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">That's one minute before "the chimes at midnight"! [see Note 2]<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">To view the finalists and vote for your favorite, go to </span></span><a href="http://www.folger.edu/cafename" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-family: Arimo; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">www.folger.edu/cafename</span></a><span class="font" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo;"> anytime between </span><span class="font" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo;">Friday, Feb 16 and Tuesday, February 20, 2024.</span><span class="font" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo;"> </span></p><p><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">-------------</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Note 1: Here are some, but by no means all, of the previous naming contests on the CP Listserv</span></span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">[All links are from</span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Still Life with Robin</span></em><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">columns, posted on the</span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">All Life Is Local</span></a><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">blog simultaneously with posting on the</span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cleveland Park Listserv</span></a><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(All Life Is Local links are publicly accessible, while Cleveland Park Listserv links are accessible only to CP Listserv subscribers.]:</span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Name the Potomac River Dolphins : </span></span><a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2019/05/still-life-with-robin-more-name-games.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2019/05/still-life-with-robin-more-name-games.html</span></a><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Name the Ward 3 Family Shelter: </span></span><a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2019/04/still-life-with-robin-name-that-shelter.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2019/04/still-life-with-robin-name-that-shelter.html</span></a><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rename "Dave Thomas Circle": </span></span><a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2023/04/still-life-with-robin-former-dave.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2023/04/still-life-with-robin-former-dave.html</span></a><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Name That Neighborhood (the one that will have feature the new Amazon HQ): </span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2018/11/still-life-with-robin-name-that.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2018/11/still-life-with-robin-name-that.html</span></a><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rename Wilson HS (one of SEVEN columns on this subject!): </span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2020/07/still-life-with-robin-70-replacement.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2020/07/still-life-with-robin-70-replacement.html</span></a><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rename the Washington Football Team: (3 columns): </span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span><a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2013/02/still-life-with-robin-hail-to-reds.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2013/02/still-life-with-robin-hail-to-reds.html</span></a><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2013/02/still-life-with-robin-hail-to-red-part.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2013/02/still-life-with-robin-hail-to-red-part.html</span></a><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2013/02/still-life-with-robin-hail-to-reds.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2013/02/still-life-with-robin-hail-to-reds.html</span></a><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">-------------</span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Note 2: Shakespeare quotation:</span></span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Falstaff:</span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">We have heard the chimes at midnight, Master Shallow.</span></em><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">Shallow:</span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #222222;">That we have, that we have, that we have; in faith, Sir John, we have: our watch-word was 'Hem boys!' </span><span style="color: #38761d;">Come, let's to dinner </span>(which could be a good name for the cafe).</span></em><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(Falstaff, Act 3 Scene 2)</span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">---------------</span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Still Life with Robin</span></em><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">is published on the</span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cleveland Park Listserv</span></a><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">and on</span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2024/02/still-life-with-robin-cafe-by-any-other.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">All Life Is Local</span></a><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">on Saturdays.</span></span></p>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-9635870921901135942024-02-08T22:58:00.001-05:002024-02-08T22:58:18.692-05:00Get Out! Celebrate Mardi Gras at the Wharf on Saturday and the Year of the Dragon on Sunday<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">by Peggy Robin</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNeKKcMUdwzrnd4WjgCB2CxgIJBFGLWsVYEKcvLBoFRPJlogR2SwTWbtLMHt5vzxRs5p8n_18h9EOVaMXV8aQycXxRPGXjexs8cYoBLjxD4CZLmzxp4T5PG6ViiiIS1ZedpwdFXuY2X-EnfWMaYRQ9p0DFrFVjSbbxSZSNOUTq4DUpd9kH7XXb0a2RjgE/s473/Mardi%20Gras%20at%20the%20Wharf%202024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="430" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNeKKcMUdwzrnd4WjgCB2CxgIJBFGLWsVYEKcvLBoFRPJlogR2SwTWbtLMHt5vzxRs5p8n_18h9EOVaMXV8aQycXxRPGXjexs8cYoBLjxD4CZLmzxp4T5PG6ViiiIS1ZedpwdFXuY2X-EnfWMaYRQ9p0DFrFVjSbbxSZSNOUTq4DUpd9kH7XXb0a2RjgE/s320/Mardi%20Gras%20at%20the%20Wharf%202024.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This "Get Out!" event of the week is a double-header, with a big Mardi Gras party at The Wharf on Saturday evening and then all the festivities and a parade for Chinese New Year on Sunday.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Let's take them in order -- first, on Saturday:</span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>MARDI GRAS AT THE WHARF</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica;"><i>Let the good times roll at Mardi Gras at The Wharf on </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Saturday, February 10 from 3pm-7pm</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We’re bringing New Orleans to DC! The Wharf is celebrating Mardi Gras with a community-wide extravaganza featuring a spirited parade and floats down Wharf Street, a dance party with live music on District Pier and a special fireworks finale.</span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This event is FREE and open to all ages. Arrive early to get a good viewing spot for the parade. You won't want to miss this unforgettable Mardi Gras celebration!</span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">3:00pm - Mardi Gras Activities Begin</span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">3:30pm - Mardi Gras Parade Begins featuring stilt walkers and the Mardi Gras king and queen<br />4:30-6:30pm - Live Music on District Pier<br />~6:30pm - Fireworks</span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This event will take place rain or shine. Actual event times may vary pending parade progress.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">No alcohol can be consumed on the parade route. Alcohol can only be consumed on District Pier or at a Wharf restaurant.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The parade begins at Blair Alley (near Easy Company), passes 7th Street Park, and ends at Parker Row (near Hell's Kitchen)</span></li></ul></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">More information and map: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/361156739977718">https://www.facebook.com/events/361156739977718</a> </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">...And now on Sunday:</span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><h3 class="style-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #dd3333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">DC CHINATOWN CELEBRATES THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON!</span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSM2nUHQT4BsZ8-fTrwa6648GZR4AxA_5CaZsWxgadgwpgdVdiA4MW_F4rbG-ZpmsCxsiw0DFTCcQLQg3kcRdfZxHriYqu0rsqnZevp78Bm4uNAVUyXHhL0GoobktmZcD0CLSOuQLIvZAyGlNbq2w4DStO-jZNg_o3m7Hl3aIYDWBSOHrAxrkvkA60kdY/s409/Chinese%20New%20Year%202024%20year%20of%20the%20dragon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="289" data-original-width="409" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSM2nUHQT4BsZ8-fTrwa6648GZR4AxA_5CaZsWxgadgwpgdVdiA4MW_F4rbG-ZpmsCxsiw0DFTCcQLQg3kcRdfZxHriYqu0rsqnZevp78Bm4uNAVUyXHhL0GoobktmZcD0CLSOuQLIvZAyGlNbq2w4DStO-jZNg_o3m7Hl3aIYDWBSOHrAxrkvkA60kdY/w267-h189/Chinese%20New%20Year%202024%20year%20of%20the%20dragon.jpg" width="267" /></a></div></div><div style="color: #050505;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: helvetica;">In the lunar calendar, it will be the year 4722! The streets of DC Chinatown will fill will revelers and spectators as we celebrate the<b> </b></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: helvetica;"><b>Year of the Dragon</b></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: helvetica;">. We will host a dynamic community-based parade that will include a range of cultural and community performers. The finale will feature a firecracker show in the middle of H Street. Come early for a bite to eat at one of the many local eateries and restaurants and then grab your curb-side vantage point to witness the colorful pageantry to come!</span></div><div><div style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We advise that it is best to take the METRO to Gallery Place and avoid the transportation hassle.</span></div><div style="color: #050505;"><br /></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Sunday, February 11th, 2024 at 1:45pm</b></span></div><div style="color: #050505;"><br /></div><div style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">People born in the Year of the Dragon are charismatic, intelligent, confident, powerful and they are naturally lucky and gifted. In everything that they do, they tend to do it to the best of their ability with high standards and are destined for good fortune and greatness.</span></div><div style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Years of the Dragon include 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, and 2024.</span></div><div style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></div><div style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.ccba-dc.com/" target="_blank">CCBA</a> have been hosting the annual parade for over 65 years. Here is a short documentary about our history: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZcPTpRFO-Q">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZcPTpRFO-Q</a> </span></div></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dcparade.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PARADE-ROUTE-768x773.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://dcparade.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PARADE-ROUTE-768x773.png" width="318" /></a></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">---------------</div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The "Get Out!" event(s) of the week column is posted on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on All Life Is Local on Thursdays.</div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-56198529936369684312024-02-03T14:50:00.007-05:002024-02-04T12:00:17.708-05:00Still Life with Robin: The 2024 Listies Are Coming....In Just Ten Months!<p><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: small;">by Peggy Robin</span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">At the end of each year we review all 12,000+ posts* on the Cleveland Park Listserv, and then nominate five in each of seven categories for our annual awards (every year since 2012!) called the Cleveland Park Listies. You can read all about the winners of the 2023 Listies <a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2023/12/still-life-with-robin-cleveland-park_30.html" style="color: #1155cc;">here</a>).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2024 is off to a great start, with two solid nominees in the category of Best Animal Story: On January 1st the account of <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/209058" style="color: #1155cc;">two coyotes on Porter St</a>, and on January 30, the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/210109" style="color: #1155cc;">Miracle of the Returned Parakeet</a>!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">For the 2023 Listies, we expanded the jury pool by calling upon the hivemind of other list members. plus some friends and neighbors, and yes, a number of my relatives, to nominate their favorite posts and also vote for the one who should snag the coveted Listy.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQT88cVD4KnZlBCHvByom5eJCZu8hC10w_VLXEfR98UGn2wQE5-Ij3kA8lkjZYQ11qeZL1r5LjbQDQcR0CXGth3pr4Q3yQReV1sn-Rra6sUlaqp3HAS5z2qh9UK_LmIvP7okiKZtKq9to3FsNzikpFKL6FlGl-3THUSNwNk7_CeUJc7mfG_ytSJtxI7bQ/s200/Listy%20-%20Cleveland%20Park%20Listy.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="147" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQT88cVD4KnZlBCHvByom5eJCZu8hC10w_VLXEfR98UGn2wQE5-Ij3kA8lkjZYQ11qeZL1r5LjbQDQcR0CXGth3pr4Q3yQReV1sn-Rra6sUlaqp3HAS5z2qh9UK_LmIvP7okiKZtKq9to3FsNzikpFKL6FlGl-3THUSNwNk7_CeUJc7mfG_ytSJtxI7bQ/s1600/Listy%20-%20Cleveland%20Park%20Listy.JPG" width="147" /></a></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This year I'm not waiting until December to ask for your your participation. You can start right now, saving up any messages written by a list member whose mantelpiece or bookshelf should be adorned by our little, golden plastic statuette. At any time during the year you can send me a nomination. Best to give me the Message Number from the website version of the message -- or if you are sending me an email you've received, either as an individual message of in the 12-message digest, send me a copy of the entire message, with the date and the poster's name. (It's really hard to look up a post in the archives if you send me something like this: I loved that post about the cat, I forget when it was posted, but it was a very cute cat.)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Here are the categories:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Best Animal Story</b></li><li><b>Best Giveaway</b></li><li><b>Best ISO</b></li><li><b>Best Answer to a Query or Creative Advice</b></li><li><b>Best Long Discussion</b> (What qualifies as a long discussion? It must go for at least 6 messages from 4 different posters. The Listy may be awarded to the poster who initiates the long discussion or who contributes the most substantive comment to the long discussion. In your nomination, please specify which poster you think should be the one to take the honors.)</li><li><b>Best Photo</b> (If you see a photo on another site and want to put a copy on the Listserv, just get the photographer's permission, then copy it and repost. Both the photographer and the poster may be awarded a Listy!)</li><li><b>Post of the Year</b></li></ul></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I'm also accepting suggestions for additional categories -- just be sure it's something popular enough to produce at least five likely nominees for the best post in that category. You could also suggest other ways to improve the Listies. Yes, yes, of course, we should have an awards banquet, with a red carpet entrance for all the Listserv celebrities and nominees, so we can hand out the Listies in the style they so richly deserve. Still working on that!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">--------------------</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Still Life with Robin is published on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on All Life Is Local on Saturdays.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">--------------------</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">* The exact number of posts in 2023 was 12,597</div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-55847836568126575712024-02-01T15:50:00.002-05:002024-02-01T16:07:39.381-05:00Get Out! And Get Up Early on Friday -- It's Groundhog Day! See If Potomac Phil, the Dupont Circle Groundhog, Sees His Shadow!<p>by Peggy Robin</p><p><span class="color" style="color: firebrick; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5ec8FHS1oiktSPCX9miVuoUoSl2cevkd7JDaW_v_Bw4rGXS8vjyZ1W9fqtQ6yRqAr0hYCASXSAEGYG8ISOE9DHyBIkToLIN_9mczuxbdFKhqtmnBsSzvIWEp75mZtA-qz0Dw4A4W95wVoroKa9rXJhjC9ZSGYVRRNbfeghF5BmQz8qLGOoaB9C5BZAY/s461/Groundhog%20day%20Potomac%20Phil%20at%20Dupont%20Circle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5ec8FHS1oiktSPCX9miVuoUoSl2cevkd7JDaW_v_Bw4rGXS8vjyZ1W9fqtQ6yRqAr0hYCASXSAEGYG8ISOE9DHyBIkToLIN_9mczuxbdFKhqtmnBsSzvIWEp75mZtA-qz0Dw4A4W95wVoroKa9rXJhjC9ZSGYVRRNbfeghF5BmQz8qLGOoaB9C5BZAY/s320/Groundhog%20day%20Potomac%20Phil%20at%20Dupont%20Circle.jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Groundhog Day <br />by <a href="https://www.dupontfestival.org/#" target="_blank">Dupont Festival</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span class="color" style="color: firebrick; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b>FRIDAY, FEB 2, 2024, at 8:30 AM sharp! It's GROUNDHOG DAY</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">, and Potomac Phil, the National Groundhog, is ready to emerge within Dupont Circle and share his meteorological and political wisdom. The weather prophet will spill the beans on whether we're in for six more weeks of winter blues or an early springtime fiesta.</span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Don your top hats for this peculiar spectacle, featuring DC's most interesting ritual. Complete with polka music, an abundance of coffee and pastries to keep you warm, VIP celebrities making surprise appearances, and much more, the excitement starts at the fountain in Dupont Circle. <br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The main event—Potomac Phil's grand emergence—kicks off precisely at 8:30 AM.<br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Play video on website: <a href="https://www.dupontfestival.org/#">https://www.dupontfestival.org/#</a><br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Remember, punctuality is key! Don't be fashionably late; otherwise, you might find yourself watching the whole ritual on Groundhog Day playback. <br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">See you there! <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Facebook Event: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/727493872661966/">https://www.facebook.com/events/727493872661966/</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span class="font" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 15px;">Event sponsored by:</span></span></span><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/DupontFestival" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Dupont Festival</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span class="font" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 15px;"> and </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/dupontcirclebid" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Dupont Circle Business Improvement District</a></span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>-------------------------<br /></div><div>The "Get Out" event of the week is published on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on All Life Is Local on Thursdays.</div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-40363812023779833102024-01-27T17:05:00.001-05:002024-01-27T17:06:48.860-05:00Still Life with Robin: That was some wild weather week!<p> by Peggy Robin</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll start with the most relevant quotation from the Cowardly Lion:</p><p style="text-align: center;">"Unusual weather we're havin', ain't it?"</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ayoUG9KzHkk" width="320" youtube-src-id="ayoUG9KzHkk"></iframe></div><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayoUG9KzHkk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayoUG9KzHkk</a> </p><p>That's the best line movie line for a weird period in January that started a little over a week ago when we were all bundled up in in our heavy coats and mittens, out in 18 degree cold with five inches of snow on the ground, to yesterday, when <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/weather/dc-record-high-temperature-january-climate/index.html" target="_blank">it was a record-breaking 80 degrees in the sunshine,</a> and people went jogging by in their tank tops and running shorts. </p><p>Here's your snowstorm photo gallery:</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/photos-winter-storm-covers-dc-area-with-snow/3517263/">https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/photos-winter-storm-covers-dc-area-with-snow/3517263/</a> </p><p>....and here's your record-shattering 80 degree day news from yesterday, Jan 26</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/01/26/it-was-an-insane-80-degrees-today-a-record-for-dc-in-january">https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/01/26/it-was-an-insane-80-degrees-today-a-record-for-dc-in-january</a>/ </p><p>But how about that spooky transition between the snowfall and the heat wave -- the day of dense fog. The Washington Post had some eerily beautiful fog photos: see <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/01/26/dc-fog-monuments-photos/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/01/26/dc-fog-monuments-photos/</a> , my favorite of which was of our little friend. the cherry tree down by the Tidal Basin, known and beloved as Stumpy:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/Q2YN3CTSXZFMJGQMYFDT6KWIKM.jpg&w=916" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/Q2YN3CTSXZFMJGQMYFDT6KWIKM.jpg&w=916" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Franklin, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Stumpy in the fog Thursday night. (Chris Fukuda)</span></span></p><p>What about tomorrow? It will be like January again, high temperatures in the '40s -- and a lot of rain tonight and through tomorrow, enough to trigger a flood watch. </p><p>Friday, February 2 is Groundhog Day, and let's hope that springlike weather (meaning, <a href="https://weatherspark.com/s/20957/0/Average-Spring-Weather-in-Washington-D.C.;-United-States" target="_blank">within the normal range of spring temperatures</a>!) is just a few more weeks away.</p><p>----------------</p><p>Still Life with Robin is posted on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/pending" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on All Life Is Local on Saturdays.</p>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-35940804535497260882024-01-25T23:24:00.005-05:002024-01-25T23:27:43.670-05:00Get Out! And Check Out the Ice in Leesburg<p> by Peggy Robin</p><p>The weather forecast for Saturday is a <a href="https://world-weather.info/forecast/usa/washington_1/14days/#2024-01-27" target="_blank">balmy 57 degrees F and cloudy</a> -- but you can get that icy, wintry feeling back if you will just head out to Leesburg on Saturday for the <a href="https://www.villageatleesburg.com/events/ice-fest-2024/" target="_blank">ICE FEST 2024!</a></p><p>Here's what's happening:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.villageatleesburg.com/media/v1/406/2023/12/2024_Ice-Fest_EventStyle1_400%C3%97280.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="400" height="224" src="https://www.villageatleesburg.com/media/v1/406/2023/12/2024_Ice-Fest_EventStyle1_400%C3%97280.png" width="320" /></a></div><b style="color: #2c2a77; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;">Saturday, January 27th</b><p></p><div class="event-detail-dates" style="color: #2c2a77; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"></div><div class="event-detail-dates" style="color: #2c2a77; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><b>12:00 pm - 4:00 pm</b></div><div class="event-detail-description" style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; margin: 1.875rem 0px 30px; max-width: 700px;"><p style="color: #2c2a77; line-height: 1.25; margin-block-start: 0px;">Bundle up and join us for our annual Ice Fest on January 27, from 12:00-4:00pm!</p><p style="color: #2c2a77; line-height: 1.25; margin-block-start: 0px;">Join us for a afternoon of family fun featuring a LIVE Ice Carving competition, ice curling activity, ice skating, face painting, and much more! Grab a drink to go through our Drink in the Good Life program, and enjoy exclusive deals and promotions throughout the Village.</p><p style="color: #2c2a77; line-height: 1.25; margin-block-start: 0px;">To ensure you see the ice carvers in action, we recommend that you are onsite between 12:00-2:00pm. There will be a total of 4 carvers participating this year!</p><p style="color: #2c2a77; line-height: 1.25; margin-block-start: 0px;">Voting for your favorite ice carving will begin at 2:00pm, and we will announce the winner around 3:30pm.</p><p style="color: #2c2a77; line-height: 1.25; margin-block-start: 0px;">Thank you to <a href="https://www.ionitc.com/" style="color: #66c3b6; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><strong>ION International Training Center</strong></a> our 2024 ice curling activity sponsor.</p><p style="color: #2c2a77; line-height: 1.25; margin-block-start: 0px;">*The ice sculptures will not remain onsite following Ice Fest. Be sure to attend to see the stunning sculptures.</p><p style="color: #2c2a77; line-height: 1.25; margin-block-start: 0px;">FREE ADMISSION!</p><p style="color: #2c2a77; line-height: 1.25; margin-block-start: 0px;">DIRECTIONS:</p><p style="line-height: 1.25; margin-block-start: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #ebeae3;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Village at Leesburg is located along Route 7 at the Crosstrail Boulevard/River Creek Parkway exit, just minutes from downtown Leesburg, Tysons Corner and the Dulles Greenway.</span></span></p><p style="color: #2c2a77; line-height: 1.25; margin-block-start: 0px;">Map: <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/u2HPVmMsLFK6PyZQ8">https://maps.app.goo.gl/u2HPVmMsLFK6PyZQ8</a> </p><p style="color: #2c2a77; line-height: 1.25; margin-block-start: 0px;">PARKING:</p><p style="color: #2c2a77; line-height: 1.25; margin-block-start: 0px;">Parking is free and convenient! There are four covered parking garages located throughout the Village, giving you thousands of parking options. Ample street parking is also available along Village Market Blvd and adjoining streets, making your favorite stores easily accessible<span style="font-size: 16px;">.</span></p><p style="color: #2c2a77; line-height: 1.25; margin-block-start: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">--------------------</span></p><p style="color: #2c2a77; line-height: 1.25; margin-block-start: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The "Get Out" event of the week is posted on the </span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" style="font-size: small;" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a><span style="font-size: small;"> and on All Life Is Local on Thursdays.</span></p></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-30207734370871431162024-01-21T16:03:00.003-05:002024-01-21T16:59:09.608-05:00Still Life with Robin: Hiya, Heather, How's the Weather?<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">by Peggy Robin</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">For a dozen years, the Weather Channel (<a href="https://weather.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">TWC</a>) has been assigning names to winter storms. And for a dozen years, I have been making fun of TWC for the dopey names they choose. (My first column on this subject in the winter of 2012 was "<a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2012/10/still-life-with-robin-storm-namedboo-boo.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">A Winter Storm Named Boo-Boo</a>?" I'm not about to stop now. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Let me start off this year's mockery-fest with a swipe at the name assigned to the winter storm that a few days ago dumped about five inches of snow on us: It's <a href="https://www.wunderground.com/article/news/weather/news/2024-01-16-winter-storm-heather-arctic-cold-schools-airports-roads" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Winter Storm Heather</a>. That's right, heather, the lovely purple flower that blooms in midsummer all over Scottish moors and meadows. What is it about Heather that makes it a good name for a winter storm? I dinna ken, laddie!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Now let me take on the rest of this year's crop of silly Winter Storm names, starting with the next named storm in TWC's alphabetical list, Indigo, and when we're done through Z for Zyler, I'll turn around and start back at A for Archer and go through G for Gerri. For each name on the list, I will say something about its meaning and/or origins, make a comment (most likely snarky, with a few approving nods where appropriate), and then assign each name a letter grade. Then I will take the average of all 26 grades and report TWC's grade point average for the winter term. If you want to see how they scored last year for comparison, go to: <a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2023/02/still-life-with-robin-stormy-names-of.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2023/02/still-life-with-robin-stormy-names-of.html</a>.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div class="Ar Au Ao" id=":2ey" jslog="171097"><div aria-controls=":2py" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Message Body" aria-multiline="true" aria-owns=":2py" class="Am aiL Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY" g_editable="true" hidefocus="true" id=":2f2" role="textbox" spellcheck="false" style="direction: ltr; min-height: 660px;" tabindex="1"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtndfs-BH_uRl9mRNJxESE_HIggztUYaNJiYTEs1yHmSoLpyz5hxribXmTtIxxI-rgI1O5eWgonVSno3Aj92TWe_tKcHKnyYRs8OpBaLbt2xUipTJYAxcO63xNZuJ6J39Yh1XREBy2vJdcJhkYJPcVMjDeUAfOPraMu1gtNiazMNIO4w6ED9rIYJoJHE/s800/TWC%20winter%20storm%20names%202023-2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="800" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtndfs-BH_uRl9mRNJxESE_HIggztUYaNJiYTEs1yHmSoLpyz5hxribXmTtIxxI-rgI1O5eWgonVSno3Aj92TWe_tKcHKnyYRs8OpBaLbt2xUipTJYAxcO63xNZuJ6J39Yh1XREBy2vJdcJhkYJPcVMjDeUAfOPraMu1gtNiazMNIO4w6ED9rIYJoJHE/w400-h198/TWC%20winter%20storm%20names%202023-2024.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><div class="forcebreak" dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="gmail_default" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Heather.</span> Already defined it as a midsummer flower, blooming half a year apart from any thoughts </div><div class="gmail_default" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">of winter storms. Grade F.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Indigo. </span>A color in the rainbow -- a deep purplish blue - which calls to my mind the Duke Ellington jazz classic, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFUSD23ZXEw" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Mood Indigo</a> --very cool, but by no means cold, and certainly not stormy. Grade C.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Jarvis.</span> Comes from the Norman French Gervais, meaning spear-carrier. The military origin of the name makes it fitting for the frontal assault of a winter storm. So this one earns an A.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Kayden.</span> According to the <a href="https://www.thebump.com/b/kayden-baby-name" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">baby-naming webpage at TheBump.com</a>, Kayden is possibly derived from the Old English Cade, meaning "young," "gentle," or "round." Anyone see anything wintry or stormy in that? Grade D-.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Lorraine. </span>Wikipedia tells us the name comes from the Lorraine region of France, but I'm thinking its quick-association image in the minds of most Americans is with the hearty, cheesy pie, quiche Lorraine. Wouldn't you like to be having a nice slice of quiche Lorraine served to you at a sunny sidewalk cafe in Paris in the springtime? I know I would! Grade C-</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Miguel. </span>The Spanish form of Michael is one of the most popular boy's names in the world. It's first used in the Bible as the name of the Archangel Michael, portrayed as the champion of justice, healer of the sick, and the leader of the Heavenly Host. This is a figure of goodness and light, opposed to the dark, Satanic forces of evil. Grade D.<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Noor. </span>Means "light" or "brightness" in Arabic. Probably the most famous person named Noor is Queen Noor of Jordan, the former Lisa Halaby, who grew up in New Jersey and lived in New York City before she married King Hussein and moved into his royal palace in Jordan. Hearing any wintry blasts in any of this? Me neither. Grade D.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Orzelle.</span> When I typed this name into Google search, it asked, "Did you mean Rozelle?" Orzelle seems to be a name made up by The Weather Channel, based on absolutely nothing. My best guess is that someone was thinking of orzo pasta. That doesn't help, does it? Grade F.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Preston.</span> A name of Old English origin meaning "priest's town." That calls to mind a medieval English village with a small stone church or maybe a monastery on a lonely island where the friars tend their gardens in peace (at least until the Vikings show up and the movie turns bloody!) Maybe you can draw some stormy associations from that train of thought (?). Grade B-</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Qadir.</span> Wikipedia tells me that Qadir was a legendary cricketeer from Pakistan, who "appeared in 67 Tests and 104 One Day International (ODI) matches between 1977 and 1993, and captained the Pakistan cricket team in five ODIs. In Test cricket, his best performance for a series was 30 wickets for 437 runs, in three Test matches at home, against England in 1987.....[and] was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame." Is there a single word in this write-up that makes you think about winter storms? Grade D.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Ronnie.</span> Most associated, I would guess, with the younger of the two sons of Ronald Reagan -- you know, the one who was a professional dancer - slim, light on his feet.....but friendly and genial like his father - not exactly a stormy personality Grade C-.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Sawyer. </span>Of course the first thing that springs to mind is the mischievous, fictional Tom Sawyer, who got into all kinds of scrapes and hijinks in the antebellum south. Can't see the snowstorm connection anywhere. Grade D.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Tormund.</span> A Scandinavian name meaning "Thor's protection." Finally, a name fitting for a winter storm! Grade A.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Unitas.</span> If you know your football history, you will immediately be thinking of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Johnny Unitas, one of the all-time greats of the game.</a> If you think of football as a tumultuous, even violent game, then a player's last name is fitting enough for a winter storm, I suppose. But it's not really a first name, is it? Grade B-.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Victoria.</span> The great queen of England who ruled over an empire on which the sun never set, from the polar climes of Hudson's Bay to the tropical breezes of the Cook Islands in the South Pacific. As the Queen left her name all over the map --even lent it to an entire era-- it didn't take me long to find a town named for her on the stormy coast of Newfoundland. So why not give the old girl a winter storm in her honor? Grade A.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Winton.</span> Winton?? What happened to the middle "S"? Nothing wrong with a winter storm named Win<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">s</em>ton (as in Churchill) but if it's really "Winton," the only one who comes to mind is the jazz great Wynton Marsalis -- but that's "Wynton" with a Y. Now that I think of it, there is a storm of controversy that surrounds Wynton Marsalis, stirred up by his stance against using electronic instruments in jazz (he favors only the traditional jazz instruments) and his harsh critique of both rap and hip hop music (he said rap is "hormone driven pop music"... and hip hop "reinforces destructive behavior at home and influences the world's view of the Afro American in a decidedly negative direction." (Quoted in Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynton_Marsalis" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynton_Marsalis</a>). This is more of a tempest at Lincoln Center than a real winter storm, so the name gets a middling Grade C.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Xenops.</span> Had never seen this name before, I looked it up and found it refers to small bird, also called the South American tree-creeper, whose range is Mexico to southern Brazil. Any snow in that area? I think not. Really, don't those people at TWC do<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> any</em> research before they pick these names? Grade D-.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Yoshino.</span> As anyone who's ever visited the Tidal Basin in springtime would know, the Yoshino is the most popular of the flowering cherry trees, with delicate white-to-pink blossoms that pop out around the the start of spring. So this one's even less storm-like than Heather! Grade F.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Zyler.</span> Hey, Weather Channel peeps! There are plenty of real Z names...no need to make something up from scratch! Grade F.</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">Having finished the alphabet, let's go back and take potshots at the winter storm names from A to G:</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Archer. </span>Means someone who does archery (duh!) It's a sport in the summer Olympics, not the winter Olympics. Grade C.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Bryson.</span> Who could that be but the popular travel writer, Bill Bryson. I loved his book "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sunburned-Country-Bill-Bryson/dp/0767903862" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">In a Sunburned Country</a>." Probably has written a dozen or more other books, bestsellers all, on a variety of quirky topics. Very funny writer! Stormy? Not so much. Grade D.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Cait.</span> A nickname for Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine, which comes from the Greek word for pure. There are so many Caits, Caitlins, Kates, and a zillion other variants that you can get any number of word-associations from this name, and some of them may evoke winter storms, I suppose. Grade C.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Donovan. </span>Yes, it's cute boy folk-rock singer from the 60s and early 70s. Remember <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQNBQI3UDag" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Mellow Yellow</a>? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZhEq9weJ5E" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jennifer Juniper</a>? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yQKDj_V4Gk" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Catch the Wind</a>?<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"> </span>He's groovy....but stormy? Not so much. Grade F.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Ember.</span> You know what an ember is? It's the glowing red-hot coal left over as a fire goes out. But it's still hot as hell! Grade D.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Finn.</span> This one's the best of the bunch. It means, of course, from "Finland" - a country of ice and snow by the blizzard-ful. Grade A.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Gerri. </span>A nickname for Geraldine. Who's Geraldine? It's either the comedian Flip Wilson in a dress (See <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awIweZeDeBU" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awIweZeDeBU</a>), or it's the female persona that Jack Lemmon initially took on when he played a saxophonist who disguised himself as a woman when on the run from gangsters in the movie "<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053291/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Some Like It Hot</a>!" (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paLZoHs4VMY" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">He later decided to become Daphne</a>.) That's hot -- not cold and snowy! Grade F.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />GPA averages out to 1.5, halfway between a D+ and a C-, but let's be generous and round up slightly to give them a C- for the winter term. Maybe they'll do better next year....</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">On such a winter's day, I'd like to leave you with a warm and lovely song...So here's to <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Heather on the Hill</em>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdaayg-xUtA" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdaayg-xUtA</a> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">---------------------</div><div class="gmail_default" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Still Life with Robin is posted on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on<a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2024/01/still-life-with-robin-hiya-heather-hows.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> All Life Is Local</a> on Saturdays....and on a snow day, it could be delayed until Sunday.</div></div></div></div></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-27239157153886129622024-01-18T14:25:00.001-05:002024-01-18T14:25:30.986-05:00Get Out! And Have a Nice, Hot Meal During Winter Restaurant Week, Now thru Jan 21<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> by Peggy Robin</span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Washington's <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Winter Restaurant Week</span></b> is already in full swing (it started on Monday, Jan 15) -- but you still have until Sunday, January 21 to get a delicious bargain brunch/lunch or dinner.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">There are over 100 participating restaurants, with brunch/lunch menus priced from $25/$35 and dinner menus from $40/$55/$65 (prices vary by the number of courses) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read all about it at: <a href="https://ramw.org/restaurantweek">https://ramw.org/restaurantweek</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">These are the participating restaurants in Cleveland Park / Woodley Park / Van Ness:<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Sababa</b><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.sababauptown.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #00b4e5; letter-spacing: -0.13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.sababauptown.com</a><br /></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mem-address" style="color: #666666; letter-spacing: -0.12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="field-content" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="address" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="header align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">3311 Connecticut Avenue NW <span class="locality" style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">DC</span> <span class="postal-code" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">20016</span><br /></span></div></div></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mem-phone" style="color: #666666; letter-spacing: -0.12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">(202) 851-3199<br /></span></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mem-web" style="margin: 1.5rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Duke's Counter</b></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://www.dukescounter.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #00b4e5; letter-spacing: -0.13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.dukescounter.com</a><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">3000 Connecticut Ave NW Suite J <span class="locality" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Washington</span>, <span class="state" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">DC</span> <span class="postal-code" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">20008</span><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">2027334808<br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>New Heights</b><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://www.newheightsrestaurant.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #00b4e5; letter-spacing: -0.13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.newheightsrestaurant.com</a><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">2317 Calvert Street NW <span class="locality" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Washington</span>, <span class="state" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">DC</span> <span class="postal-code" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">20008</span><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">202-290-2692<br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Sfoglina Van Ness</b><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #00b4e5; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.13px;">https://sfoglinapasta.com/van-ness</span></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">4445 Connecticut Ave., NW <span class="locality" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Washington</span>, <span class="state" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">DC</span> <span class="postal-code" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">20008</span><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">(202) 450-1325<br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Muchas Gracias</b><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.muchasgraciasdc.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #00b4e5; letter-spacing: -0.13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.muchasgraciasdc.com</a><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">5029 Connecticut Ave, NW <span class="locality" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Washington</span>, <span class="state" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">DC</span> <span class="postal-code" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">20008</span><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">202-244-5000<br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSi-5DJ9yh7N6ebsTAjXIQf0AUezHG6Na6C09OWoG3jWu9ZuhEZpiejvbX6J25iI77aQTDvX5sQsCOeBcg7stnOIwTpUYtj0QYpqcfa7nrrMSoDqsg300cVrY3xbD9cb8Uy1frAUxy1VARYYwuF88rDakyxqzK53IESH5zLNs-R-pSEd4T5_RN3_03IYE/s283/winter%20restaurant%20week%20flaming%20dish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="261" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSi-5DJ9yh7N6ebsTAjXIQf0AUezHG6Na6C09OWoG3jWu9ZuhEZpiejvbX6J25iI77aQTDvX5sQsCOeBcg7stnOIwTpUYtj0QYpqcfa7nrrMSoDqsg300cVrY3xbD9cb8Uy1frAUxy1VARYYwuF88rDakyxqzK53IESH5zLNs-R-pSEd4T5_RN3_03IYE/w184-h200/winter%20restaurant%20week%20flaming%20dish.jpg" width="184" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">These are the participating restaurants in Tenleytown/AU Park/Spring Valley/Glover Park:</span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Al Dente DC</b><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://aldentedc.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #00b4e5; letter-spacing: -0.13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">aldentedc.com</a><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">3201 New Mexico Ave NW <span class="locality" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Washington</span>, <span class="state" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">DC</span> <span class="postal-code" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">20016</span><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">202 244 2223<br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Chef Geoff's</b><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://www.chefgeoff.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #00b4e5; letter-spacing: -0.13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.chefgeoff.com</a><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">3201 New Mexico Ave NW <span class="locality" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Washington</span>, <span class="state" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">DC</span> <span class="postal-code" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">20016</span><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">(202) 237-7800<br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Xiquet by Danny Lledó</b><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://xiquetdl.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #00b4e5; letter-spacing: -0.13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">xiquetdl.com</a><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">2404 Wisconsin Avenue, NW <span class="locality" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Washington</span>, <span class="state" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">DC</span> <span class="postal-code" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">20007</span><br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">(202) 913-4671<br /></span></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZN92WDChlPMJhWXjWCY3VKM4o6KjNpiLV4JvDeb4JKsCxVIcw8JUb-cfYrQKxKJ0RSGmdClM3RSf_RcnUgtpPzZAfPvbYjpnHSte8ehn5QI31CX747ExFCygPbHm2kWXB9VdVsevWu4PVKLyDjNuM7rgHTV9k9o6PDXhz1j0EpLWTcwzUnVq63mIZHLI/s565/restaurant%20week%20al%20dente.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="565" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZN92WDChlPMJhWXjWCY3VKM4o6KjNpiLV4JvDeb4JKsCxVIcw8JUb-cfYrQKxKJ0RSGmdClM3RSf_RcnUgtpPzZAfPvbYjpnHSte8ehn5QI31CX747ExFCygPbHm2kWXB9VdVsevWu4PVKLyDjNuM7rgHTV9k9o6PDXhz1j0EpLWTcwzUnVq63mIZHLI/w172-h168/restaurant%20week%20al%20dente.jpg" width="172" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="field-content align-left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Brrrr! Appétit!</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">------------<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The "Get Out!: featured event of the week is posted on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> on all All Life Is Local on Thursdays.</span></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-36547003870922541722024-01-13T17:48:00.001-05:002024-01-13T18:27:34.376-05:00Still Life with Robin: 4 .2 .24 & Other Fun Dates to Come in 2024<p>by Peggy Robin</p><div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Although January is just about halfway over, it's not too late for a look at what the calendar holds for the next eleven and a half months. I'm talking about important stuff -- like the <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">palindrome dates</span>, <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Fridays the 13th</span> (or maybe its Friday the 13ths?); the <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">astronomical events</span>, and <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">important anniversaries</span>.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Let's start with the <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">palindrome dates</span></span> (which read the same forwards and backwards). There are 11 of them in April, all of them the "short-form," that is, using a 2-digit year:</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">4.2.24</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">4.20.24</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">4.21.24</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">4.22.24</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">4.23.24</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">4.24.24</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">4.25.24</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">4.26.24</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">4.27.24</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">4.28.24</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">4.29.24</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">There are NO palindrome dates using the 4-digit year 2024. In fact, there are just a dozen of them in the entire 21st century! If you're curious to know all of them, go to: <a href="https://www.farmersalmanac.com/its-palindrome-day-14486" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.farmersalmanac.com/its-palindrome-day-14486</a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Wanna see something really cool about 2024? Take a look at this calculation:</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5o_E8ssXRH8FzUgrGeijHso4g1ZXNd2iysZva7jtF9PycWPP5PEElwO7b1okBP5F-X8BS00wrqJqVf7rnvtS-lzoXrgJ2PzS3u17pfZFnYMngFus_oXD-Lf1XXWSbAE73HZ09-wNT5MZLMyS6ztLQwp-jVQqyffpTIFRTkjekhrPMXVev5j_7ck2Y2Q/s588/2024%20math.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="588" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5o_E8ssXRH8FzUgrGeijHso4g1ZXNd2iysZva7jtF9PycWPP5PEElwO7b1okBP5F-X8BS00wrqJqVf7rnvtS-lzoXrgJ2PzS3u17pfZFnYMngFus_oXD-Lf1XXWSbAE73HZ09-wNT5MZLMyS6ztLQwp-jVQqyffpTIFRTkjekhrPMXVev5j_7ck2Y2Q/s320/2024%20math.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div class="align-center" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 1em;"><a href="https://twitter.com/dastulika/status/1740890838153199979" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/dastulika/status/1740890838153199979</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"> <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div class="align-center" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 1em;">If you have <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #5f6368;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span class="font" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/08/13/1027262614/friday-the-13th-how-to-say-paraskevidekatriaphobia" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">paraskevidekatriaphobia</a>, y</span></span></span>ou might want to stay in bed all day on these two days in 2024: </div><div class="align-center" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 1em;">Friday, September 13, 2024... and then, exactly two months later, <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--ui-page-color-fg);">Friday, December 13, 2024</span></div><div class="align-center" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Look to the Skies in 2024.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The Baltimore TV station WBAL has the best roundup of the astronomical highlights for our area:</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.wbaltv.com/article/total-solar-eclipse-full-moons-and-meteor-showers-in-2024/46260167" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.wbaltv.com/article/total-solar-eclipse-full-moons-and-meteor-showers-in-2024/46260167#</a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Really Big Thing is the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. Sorry, we're not in the path of totality. See the map at <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/</a> -- but it's probably too late to book hotel rooms anywhere along the path in the US, as the <a href="https://eclipsophile.com/2024tse/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">eclipsophiles</a> have already snapped up all the hotel rooms or so we were warned by CNN in mid-2023: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/travel/solar-eclipse-2024-trip-planning-scn/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/travel/solar-eclipse-2024-trip-planning-scn/index.html</a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Blue Moons</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">There's just one "blue moon" in 2024 -- on August 19th -- and it's a "<a href="https://starwalk.space/en/news/full-blue-moon#seasonal-blue-moon" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">seasonal blue moon</a>," that is defined as the third of four full mons in a season. The other type of "blue moon" is the "<a href="https://starwalk.space/en/news/full-blue-moon#calendrical-blue-moon" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">calendrical blue moon</a>," the second full moon in the same calendar month -- and we won't be seeing another one of those for two and a half years. May 31, 2026, is the next one, and it does seem to give credence to the phrase "once in a blue moon"!</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Supermoons</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A "supermoon" is a full moon at a point closer to the earth than is usual -- but how close is close enough to call it a supermoon? I'm going with the definition by astronomer Fred Espenak, which I found through a link at EarthSky.org: <a href="https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/what-is-a-supermoon/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/what-is-a-supermoon/</a> - copy reproduced in the 5 paragraphs below);</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fred Espenak’s </span></span><a href="http://astropixels.com/ephemeris/moon/fullperigee2001.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">full supermoon table</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="font" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> gives us these values – dates and moon distances – for full supermoons in 2024. Contrast these moon distances to the average moon distance of 238,900 miles (384,472 km).</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Note: Fred’s dates are based on <a href="https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/universal-time" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">UTC time</a>, so some supermoons may fall on the previous date your local time. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Aug 19: 224,917 miles (361,969 kilometers)</em></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sep 18: 222,131 miles (357,485 kilometers)</em></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Oct 17: 222,055 miles (357,363 kilometers)</em></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nov 15: 224,853 miles (361,866 kilometers)</em></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">And the full supermoon of September 18, 2024, will be a Super Harvest Moon plus have a partial lunar eclipse.</em></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="font" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica;"><span class="color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #151515;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Then the full supermoon of October 17, 2024, will be a Super Hunter’s Moon and the closest full supermoon for 2024.</em></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Now for some historic anniversaries: </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">January 25: It's the 100th anniversary of the Winter Olympics - January 25, 1924 </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">February 1: It's the 140th anniversary of the Oxford English Dictionary, debuting on February 1, 1884 </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">February 7: It's the 60th anniversary of the Beatles arriving in New York City - February 7, 1964 </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">April 17: It's the 500th anniversary of the Verrazzano expedition's entry into New York Bay, making the first European sighting of the island of Manhattan - April 17, 1524</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">June 6: It's the 80th anniversary of D-Day - June 6, 1944</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">July 20: It's the 55th anniversary of the first man walking on the moon - July 20, 1969 </div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">August 1: It's the 100th anniversary of the First World War, beginning on August 1, 1914</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">November 9: It's 35 Years since the fall of the Berlin Wall - November 9, 1989</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Unknown date in 1024: It's 1,000 years since the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1024" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">world's first paper-printed money</a> was introduced by the Song Dynasty in the Sichuan province of China.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Let me end with the year's most significant anniversary of all (at least to me!): On November 30, 1999 -- <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">a date which will live in Listory!</em> -- the Cleveland Park Listserv was founded. That's a quarter-century of the CP Listserv. (And no, we haven't been debating bike lanes all that time.) You can't read our very first message as it was just a test of the system, and so we deleted it. The first real message in the CP Listserv archives is here: <span class="size" style="box-sizing: border-box;">11/30/1999 </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: right;"> </span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/2" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">#2 </a>...and yes, the platform was then on "E-Groups," which no longer exists. </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">With the help of our 12,600+ members, hoping to make 2024 the best CP Listserv year of all!</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">------------------------------</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Still Life with Robin</em> is posted on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on <a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2024/01/still-life-with-robin-4-2-24-other-fun.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">All Life Is Local </a>on Saturdays.</div></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-67146165679587321182024-01-11T14:57:00.002-05:002024-01-11T14:57:31.955-05:00Get Out! Friday, Jan 12, 6pm Is the Opening Reception for "Legacy: Civil Rights at 60," a Juried Show of DC Artists<p>by Peggy Robin</p><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://dcarts.dc.gov/page/legacy-civil-rights-60" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Legacy: Civil Rights at 60</a></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">2024 Juried Exhibition Grant Exhibition</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Opening Reception</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">January 12 at 6 PM</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">200 I (Eye) Street Gallery SE</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Exhibition on view January 12 - March 1</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Monday to Friday, 9 am - 5:30 pm</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">200 I (Eye) Street Gallery SE</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Join the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities’ in commemorating the 60th anniversary of the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Legacy: Civil Rights At 60</span></i>. This juried exhibition explores how DC artists have been influenced by this landmark legislation, which aimed to prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. By visually depicting the material, personal, and direct-action work of the past 60 years, this exhibition is a call to continue pursuing equity and social justice both locally and nationally.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dcarts.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcarts/CivilR%20banner-purple-v2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="800" height="229" src="https://dcarts.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcarts/CivilR%20banner-purple-v2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b><a class="ext" href="https://events.humanitix.com/legacy-civil-rights-at-60-exhibition-reception" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">RSVP here</a> for an opening reception </b></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">200 I Street Gallery at the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://events.humanitix.com/legacy-civil-rights-at-60-exhibition-reception" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>https://events.humanitix.com/legacy-civil-rights-at-60-exhibition-reception</b></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a class="Button null s-MPUTq1kE-e7R f-label-1" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=38.879923,-77.0030063&query_place_id=ChIJzZgEDNO5t4kR4ixlMIyr9fo" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Get directions</a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The gallery is free and open to the public</span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Monday to Friday, 9 am - 5:30 pm</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Installed in the gallery are the works of:</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Ann Bouie, Anna U Davis, Antarah Crawley, Anthony Le, Antonia Tricarico, Ashley William, Bridget Hunnicutt, Connor Czora, Cooper Joslin, Darlene Taylor, Denise Wright, Esther Iverem, Gail Rebhan, Gail Shaw-Clemons, Imar Hutchins, Julio Valdez, Kandace Davis, Karen Ruckman, Kofi Tyus, Lauren Emeritz, Mark Kelner, Mary Belcher, Michael Janis, Paula Stern, Rickie Dean, Roderick Turner, and Sally Canzoneri<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Learn more about the Civil Rights Act and its legacy: <a href="https://dcarts.dc.gov/page/legacy-civil-rights-60-exhibition-resource-page" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Resources for students, educators, and advocates</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">p.s. At least four of the artists are members of the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a>!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div class="css-175oi2r r-18u37iz" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; list-style-type: none; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><div class="css-175oi2r r-1iusvr4 r-16y2uox r-1777fci" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><div class="css-175oi2r r-zl2h9q" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><div class="css-175oi2r r-k4xj1c r-18u37iz r-1wtj0ep" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-left: 0px;"><div class="css-175oi2r r-1awozwy r-18u37iz r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-left: 0px;"><div class="css-1rynq56 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-rjixqe r-b88u0q r-1awozwy r-6koalj r-1udh08x r-3s2u2q" dir="ltr" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: none; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span class="r-18u37iz" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; text-align: inherit;"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ArtofCivilRights?src=hashtag_click" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">#ArtofCivilRights</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span class="font" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit;"><span class="size" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span></span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; text-align: inherit;"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/1964CivilRightsAct?src=hashtag_click" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">#1964CivilRightsAct</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span class="font" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit;"><span class="size" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span></span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; text-align: inherit;"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Segreationended?src=hashtag_click" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">#Segreationended</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span class="font" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit;"><span class="size" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span></span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; text-align: inherit;"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TiredOfGivingIn?src=hashtag_click" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">#TiredOfGivingIn</a></span></div><div class="css-1rynq56 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-rjixqe r-b88u0q r-1awozwy r-6koalj r-1udh08x r-3s2u2q" dir="ltr" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; list-style-type: none; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: inherit;">-----------------</div><div class="css-1rynq56 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-rjixqe r-b88u0q r-1awozwy r-6koalj r-1udh08x r-3s2u2q" dir="ltr" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; list-style-type: none; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: inherit;">The "Get Out!" event of the week is posted on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on All Life Is Local on Thursdays.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-63276705393502356452024-01-06T22:57:00.003-05:002024-01-06T23:00:41.048-05:00Still Life with Robin: New Year, New Moderating Policies<p><span face="verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoRbeDnGd4qlfKss3zhaIDD_kqRyhnIXkKoU7rCP2_hiApb209I236V58mLOchbSsG2Pi59l9TstlfuaZ1DclSufG3FM7IheKzdTtHBL5CYR82_1v0VTbfzekIGhfCXrdBcNz1VkE1h6NUqWth_SwjYQe8DyirpVUtFpNrO4yeLFS-zwcPJ81klHwnro/s471/Cleveland%20Park%20Listserv%20Metro%20Canopy%20-%20photo%20by%20Bill%20Adler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="471" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoRbeDnGd4qlfKss3zhaIDD_kqRyhnIXkKoU7rCP2_hiApb209I236V58mLOchbSsG2Pi59l9TstlfuaZ1DclSufG3FM7IheKzdTtHBL5CYR82_1v0VTbfzekIGhfCXrdBcNz1VkE1h6NUqWth_SwjYQe8DyirpVUtFpNrO4yeLFS-zwcPJ81klHwnro/w601-h365/Cleveland%20Park%20Listserv%20Metro%20Canopy%20-%20photo%20by%20Bill%20Adler.jpg" width="601" /></a></div><br /><span face="verdana, sans-serif">by Peggy Robin</span><p></p><div class="Ar Au Ao" id=":27u" jslog="171097"><div aria-controls=":2a8" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Message Body" aria-multiline="true" aria-owns=":2a8" class="Am aiL Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY" g_editable="true" hidefocus="true" id=":27q" role="textbox" spellcheck="false" style="direction: ltr; min-height: 703px;" tabindex="1"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Here's my resolution for a better, brighter Cleveland Park Listserv for 2024: More light and less heat!<br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">When it comes to certain "hot-button" issues (like, um, say, bike lanes), we've often had the same old arguments from the same handful of posters -- and while it's become quite heated at times, more than a few readers have complained that it hasn't shed much light on the complexities at issue. I have therefore resolved that this year will be better....or at least different. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Here's what I've come up with. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1. You can't re-introduce a topic</b> that has already been debated at great length on the Listserv, unless there is something new to report: a new plan announced or some other sort of change in the status quo. Please don't bring up a frequently-discussed subject as a passing aside on some tangentially-related issue.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2.</b> If there is a change in the status quo (e.g., DDOT issues a new plan with a different bike lane configuration, or new parking meter settings, or new lane dividers, <b>posters should focus their comments on the substance</b> <b>of the changes</b> and an assessment of their impact. In other words, they should debate<b> the pros and cons of the plan that's on the table now</b>, and not keep lobbying for any previous plan, or brings in plans in use in other cities, or fantasy plans of their own imagination. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>3.</b> There will be absolutely <b>NO messages posted that comment on the feelings, motives, or character of the people who disagree with you.</b> Even if you think someone on the other side is misreading studies, or even distorting the data, or putting forth a plan that will be terrible for the _______ (fill in the blank with "planet" or "elderly and disabled" or "safety of pedestrians" or "safety of cyclists," you must keep your arguments limited to your own interpretation of the data, or produce the evidence to make the points you want to make in opposition. DO NOT argue that the other side is deliberately lying, or doesn't care about any of the fill-in-the-blank nouns listed above. DO NOT WRITE ABOUT WHAT <i>YOU</i> THINK <i>THEY THINK.</i> You are not a mind reader. (And BTW, you should limit the use of ALL CAPs to just a few words and phrases that you most want to emphasize.)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>4. <i>Do</i> cite credible sources for your assertions.</b> Just because you may have heard a business owner say they could lose their businesses if they lose parking, or just because you think lots of people would bike to work downtown if they had a protected bike lane doesn't mean either of these things would come to pass. If you have evidence for what you believe, present it. If not, don't send in your best guess, or state what you assume to be the case as if it's self-evident. This just leads to a "yes, it will / no, it won't" kind of exchange between the two sides....and it's a waste of readers' time. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>5. Do NOT challenge a previous poster to answer a question</b> that you pose, or say they need to prove an assertion you think is incorrect. If that's what you think, it's up to you to provide the countervailing evidence. Be sure your message is addressed to the whole group, not to one previous poster. If you ask a question, you must ask it in a way that would allow any knowledgeable peron to answer it. This rule prevents the development of a circular two-person exchange that generally boils down to "You're wong!" "No, <i>you're </i>wrong!" "NO, but you're wrong to say I'm wrong!" This is makes for tedious reading, no matter which of you is wrong. (It's even more tedious if you're <i>both</i> wrong.)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>6. No more over-posting.</b> What's "over-posting," you may ask? It's more than one message a day from the same poster on the same subject. We'll make exceptions for posts from public officials, corrections of phone numbers or dates or other facts in previous messages, sightings of lost pets, and maybe some other cases in which the need to override this rule will be apparent. But in most cases, if you send in a substantive comment on a subject under discussion on the Listserv, and you think of something more to say after you've read the responses to your first message, don't just fire off another email. Wait till tomorrow before you send in your next post. Or better still, don't send in that first post right away; wait until the end of the day, when you've read all the comments made on that subject, and then compose ONE MESSAGE with your responses to multiple posters. Your email can be structured like this, "In response to the comment that...[quote a snippet of the previous message that prompted your reply]: Your comment in response comes next. Then, in a new paragraph, quote a snippet from another message, followed by your response to that poster's idea. You can even reply to posters on different topics in a single message, separating the topics with a dashed line or a line of asterisks. (Recommendations sent in response to queries are not subject to the one-reply-a-day rule.)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>7. Do not start a message with "As I've said many times before on the Listserv...." </b>If you've said it many times before, and you don't think people got the message, it's time you stopped saying it. It's not working!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>8.</b> If you think a thread has gone on too long and should be cut off, or you think someone's message contained a personal attack and should not have been allowed on-list, or you think these rules are being unevenly enforced, please tell me! I value your opinion! But at the same time, <b>I don't want an on-list debate about the debate</b> -- that's just too "meta" for me. Please tell me off-list, rather than attempt to lecture me in public about how the list should be run. Also, if you are arguing in favor of cutting off a discussion because you think it's too long and boring, it's not terribly effective to send me a long, tedious argument that says all those other people should just shut up. I would also like to be told if someone whose messages have been deleted for name-calling or some other offense is sending you offensive messages off-list. On or off-list, no trolls allowed.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>9. Please refrain from calling me a censor.</b> I'm not the government, I'm the owner/editor of a privately-held online publication with over 12,600 subscribers, and as I pay Groups.io for the control of this space, I make no apology for running it the way I like. You can call me a dictator if you like (although name-calling is never very persuasive!), but please keep in mind that if I let everyone post whatever they liked, this listserv could easily have 150 messages a day. I think most of you would much rather have me pick and choose. Very few people want to read everything that everyone thinks on every subject. (OK, maybe some people do, but for those people, there's <a href="https://www.reddit.com/" target="_blank">Reddit</a>.) My target number of posts per day is between 20 - 50. In an election year, it could easily be more, if there are some tight local races in the summer primaries or the general election, leading to some very high-volume posting days. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>10. This is an advertiser and donor supported listserv. </b>You are welcome to pay for space on the Listserv to address subjects that have been ruled off-topic, or to promote your own opinions, interests, social causes, or philosophy -- or post material from your own blog. The noncommercial/nonprofit discount applies -- available here: <a href="http://www.cleveland-park.com/nonprofit-organization-ads.html">http://www.cleveland-park.com/nonprofit-organization-ads.html</a>. A few rules still apply -- e., g., no personal attacks or offensive language, even in paid ads.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">------------------------------</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Still Life with Robin is published on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on All Life Is Local on Saturdays.</div></div></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-30614727484645451242024-01-04T18:21:00.001-05:002024-01-04T18:21:38.660-05:00Celebrate 3 KINGS DAY on Sat, Jan 6, 1:30 pm at the Gala Theater - FREE!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_2yVPwH5e1EeN2zWuq3RUnBIS8QmgCx79e1l_CU0DCovh2Neb758W2osOQub4GyQVAw-VwvVVRaq8JDsGiXfvZx3mNIUD3Nckha3-j5YBGO6ocBL3AoezmvHQKoVc-_APt1xL_vjwTWOnFwUQYcAmNNCRZXI6J9ghr-kXClsS5PJNL1EuyUMWN-xtz3w/s216/three%20kings%20day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="216" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_2yVPwH5e1EeN2zWuq3RUnBIS8QmgCx79e1l_CU0DCovh2Neb758W2osOQub4GyQVAw-VwvVVRaq8JDsGiXfvZx3mNIUD3Nckha3-j5YBGO6ocBL3AoezmvHQKoVc-_APt1xL_vjwTWOnFwUQYcAmNNCRZXI6J9ghr-kXClsS5PJNL1EuyUMWN-xtz3w/s1600/three%20kings%20day.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><p></p><p>by Peggy Robin</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Fiesta de los Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day)<br />GALA Hispanic Theatre<br />FREE! | ¡GRATIS!</span></h3><div><b>Sunday, January 7, 2024 | Domingo, 7 de enero de 2024<br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>1:30 pm:</b> <b>Parade with the Kings and live animals around the block | Desfile con los magos y los animales alreador de la cuadra</b><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>2 pm: Show inside the theatre | Espectáculo dentro del teatro</b><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Join us for our annual Three Kings Day Celebration! This festive end to the holiday season features the timeless story of the Magi, performances by local musicians and dance troupes, a street parade, and free gifts for children.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Acompáñanos a celebrar esta tradición anual que trae la cultura latinoamericana a las calles de DC con grupos de música y baile locales, la historia de los Reyes Magos y regalos para todos los niños.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>HOW TO GET TICKETS | CÓMO OBTENER BOLETOS</b></span><br /></div><div>Only one adult allowed for every three children. Every family will be given up to four tickets for the event. | Solo se permite un adulto por cada tres niños. Cada familia recibirá un máximo de cuatro boletos para el evento.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>No RSVP necessary. Tickets must be picked up at the Box Office on January 7 between 12:45 pm and 1:30 pm. | No se requiere confirmar asistencia. Los boletos deben ser retirados en la taquilla del teatro el 7 de enero entre 12:45 pm y 1:30 pm.</div><div><b style="color: #2b2b2b;"><span class="font" style="font-family: avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496, avenir-lt-w05_35-light, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b style="color: #2b2b2b;"><span class="font" style="font-family: avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496, avenir-lt-w05_35-light, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;">GALA Theatre - Venue</span></span></b></div><div><div><span style="color: #2b2b2b;"><span class="font" style="font-family: avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496, avenir-lt-w05_35-light, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;">3333 14th Street, NW</span></span></span><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2b2b2b;"><span class="font" style="font-family: avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496, avenir-lt-w05_35-light, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;">Washington, DC 20010</span></span></span><br /></div><div>Office: 202-234-7174<br /></div><div>Education: 202-750-0610<br /></div><div>EMAIL <a href="mailto:info@galatheatre.org">info@galatheatre.org</a><br /></div><div class="align-left"><a href="https://www.galatheatre.org/post/threekingsday">https://www.galatheatre.org/post/threekingsday</a> <br /></div></div><div>___________________<br /></div><div>Learn more about 3 Kings Day in the feature from NBC4Washington:<br /></div><div><a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/entertainment/the-scene/what-is-three-kings-day-dia-de-los-reyes-and-how-to-celebrate-in-the-dc-area/3503697/">https://www.nbcwashington.com/entertainment/the-scene/what-is-three-kings-day-dia-de-los-reyes-and-how-to-celebrate-in-the-dc-area/3503697/</a><br /></div><div>___________________<br /></div><div>The "Get Out!" event of the week is posted on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on All Life Is Local on Thursdays.<br /></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-2347819026306859622023-12-30T18:14:00.002-05:002023-12-31T15:00:30.793-05:00Still Life with Robin: Cleveland Park Listies 2023 Part IV And the Winners Are....<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGjNRHlkDLv8ReEn4ugcegexICB-GKk-NbVrbGZKc_jMWorH2n7Q91Z6V2LdKvsMP_W7kuUs3t-Xz2QykRLU5KuKPx8OzQ5_4o3M2dvCNESiIgyZL-mAyONGzJubQO1-ERh3IziWRqKGB_SqhXuQozwG2sDJY4Zh_lYE1dJDMCsVu77Z00SPSZrAkxWUc/s200/Listy%20-%20Cleveland%20Park%20Listy.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="147" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGjNRHlkDLv8ReEn4ugcegexICB-GKk-NbVrbGZKc_jMWorH2n7Q91Z6V2LdKvsMP_W7kuUs3t-Xz2QykRLU5KuKPx8OzQ5_4o3M2dvCNESiIgyZL-mAyONGzJubQO1-ERh3IziWRqKGB_SqhXuQozwG2sDJY4Zh_lYE1dJDMCsVu77Z00SPSZrAkxWUc/s1600/Listy%20-%20Cleveland%20Park%20Listy.JPG" width="147" /></a></div> by Peggy Robin<p></p><div><br /></div><div>This is the 11th year we've been giving out awards for the Best Listserv Posts of the Year in many categories. The <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/81589">first year was 2012</a> -- a few years before we thought to call the awards "The Listies."<a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/81589" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;"> </a>The genius idea to come up with a name for the award comparable to an Emmy, or a Tony, or a <a href="https://www.webbyawards.com/">Webby</a> was born in December 2015 -- see Message <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: right;"><span class="font" face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/108618" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; text-align: right;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#108618 </span></a>. And we kept on handing out our Listies -- not real objects, just as a concept existing in cyberspace -- every December, until last year (2022 in case you've forgotten already), when we coughed up some spare change to acquire a physical trophy: these nifty little golden statuettes made of 100% plastic (see photo below). </div><div><br /></div><div><i>New this year! </i>In a move to promote inclusion and give broad representation to the People of Cleveland Park and Beyond, we have assembled a panel of judges from both inside and outside the Cleveland Park community -- heavily weighted with members of the moderator's family, plus a number of friends and neighbors. On top of that, we invited anyone who wants a vote to send in their picks in each of the categories. That added a dozen or so voices to the mix. (Thank you, voters!) <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>One thing it did NOT do was to produce a consensus winner in each category. Before this year, I (your moderator) was the sole Decider. And this year....? The votes are all over the map! In not a single one of the seven categories did a clear favorite emerge. In some categories the votes were distributed equally among all the nominated posts. In a few others, one nominee had a vote or two more than the others. And there was a two-way tie in one and a three-way tie in another. Shoulda gone with <a href="https://fairvote.org/our-reforms/ranked-choice-voting/">ranked-choice voting</a>!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>There had to be some way forward....and so, as in all past years, it's come down to me. I have turned my own vote into the weightiest one, and the result its.....<i>FIAT LISTY!</i> Which segues straight into the award for the first Listy of 2023:<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>BEST GIVEAWAY</b><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And the Listy goes to <b>The Dollhouse</b>, posted by Karen S., November 22, <span style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="Nov 22, 2023 9:52pm"><span class="font" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif"> Message</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: right;"><span class="font" style="font-family: Arimo;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="font" face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/207796" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: right; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#207796 </span></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7r4gfoQwdc4mFivI8-YwJP9er3qjCl7bxsqsjV-19kfXm-sp9vr5ReBvF-KYqZVdsAL7nMk0IoXRdb-IsH2qj8iL-734D1eiOR9pDajbyTE8t0imlGpR8xv6ORFljU7-JZq6lnj7P4xrqviJ4W9AoLjBtfg6ln3aaDIkwIGT4YCbtpgwFUTt7RZWvwI/s320/dollhouse%20giveaway.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="223" data-original-width="320" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7r4gfoQwdc4mFivI8-YwJP9er3qjCl7bxsqsjV-19kfXm-sp9vr5ReBvF-KYqZVdsAL7nMk0IoXRdb-IsH2qj8iL-734D1eiOR9pDajbyTE8t0imlGpR8xv6ORFljU7-JZq6lnj7P4xrqviJ4W9AoLjBtfg6ln3aaDIkwIGT4YCbtpgwFUTt7RZWvwI/s1600/dollhouse%20giveaway.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Next, in the category of<b> BEST ANIMAL STORY, </b>we have a winner by a hare, oops, I mean, winner by a BEAR -- that is, <b>The Bear With His Own Zip Code </b>-- posted by Amanda H., message <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: right;"><span class="font" face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/201981" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: right; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#201981 </span></a>on June 10.</div><div><br /></div><div>(In the two categories above, all 10 nominations can be reviewed at this link: <a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2023/12/still-life-with-robin-its-2023.html">https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2023/12/still-life-with-robin-its-2023.html</a>)<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In the category of <b>BEST ISO</b>, the Listy goes to Kathy R., seeking the wisdom of the Listserv on how to publish a small circulation book of her late uncle's <b>World War II Letters</b> - see original query, Message <span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: right;"><span class="font" style="font-family: Arimo;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/208247" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; text-align: right; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#208247</span></a> on what would have been her uncle's 100th birthday, December 7) and the follow-up thank-you post,<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span class="font" style="font-family: Arimo;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 13.2px;"> </span></span></span>Message<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: right;"><span class="font" style="font-family: Arimo;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="font" face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/208310" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; text-align: right; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#208310 </span></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In the category of <b>BEST ADVICE</b> we had a three-way tie with equal numbers of votes to <b><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/199377">Tips for a Hospital Stay</a></b>, <b><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/198719">Rehome That Swarm of Bees</a></b>, and <b><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/206961">Best Sources of Local News</a></b> -- and then I put my thumb on the scale and tipped it toward <b>Best Sources of Local News</b>, in recognition of the effort that went into creating a compilation of <i>43</i> news sources complete with working links. Our winner, Meghan K., is a librarian, one of the most under-appreciated jobs in the city, and I am pleased to award her a Cleveland Park Listy for her valuable work! (Message<span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; text-align: right;"> </span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/206898" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; text-align: right;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#206898 </span></a>on October 26)</div><div><br /></div><div>In the category of <b>BEST LONG DISCUSSION THREAD</b>, the three top vote-getters, <b><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/202966">I </a></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="font" face=""Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif"><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/202966">❤️</a></span></b><b><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/202966"> Rodman's</a>,</b> <b><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/204321">Refillable Laundry Jugs</a></b>, and <b><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/198855">Razing of American City Diner</a></b>, were separated by just one or two votes. The Listy is going to <b>I </b><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="font" face=""Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif">❤️</span></b><b> Rodman's </b>mainly because, well, who <i>doesn't</i> love Rodman's? I'm guessing that's the choice of the vast, non-voting public. So the Listy goes to Marie S. for Message <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: right;"><span class="font" face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/202966" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; text-align: right;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#202966 </span></a>on July 7.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>(For the three categories above, all of the nominations can be reviewed at this link: <a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2023/12/still-life-with-robin-its-2023.html">https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2023/12/still-life-with-robin-its-2023.html</a>)<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And now for our final two categories, the most anticipated Listies of all -- <b>PHOTO OF THE YEAR</b> and <b>POST OF THE YEAR</b> -- drumroll, please!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The <b>PHOTO OF THE YEAR</b> goes to Tom H. of Rodman Street for <b>Pileated Woodpecker on Rodman St.</b> This photo was initially posted on the site we all knew as Twitter and you can view full resolution <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/PQX4hwPFaHETVDYUA" target="_blank">photo here</a> -- or see it in a much smaller frame when it was reposted on the Listserv on Feb 5, Message <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: right;"><span class="font" face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/197671" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; text-align: right;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#197671 </span></a>.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Now we come to the grand finale, and friends, I tell you, this one came right down to the wire, a neck-and-neck finish between <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/198759">Tribute to Judy Heumann</a> (DC resident and champion of the rights of disabled people, who passed away on March 4) and <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/208682">Praise for Cleveland Park P.O. Clerk Tammy</a>. For <b>POST OF THE YEAR</b>, not only did I put my thumb on the scale but I threw my full weight behind Dale K.'s accolade to Tammy. After 24 years of running the Listserv -- that is, 24 years of sending out a <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/182526">steady stream of complaints about the workings of USPS</a> for the many mistakes and examples of poor service, both in the post office and by mail carriers, it was such a pleasure to recognize the poster, Dale K. and the posted-about clerk, Tammy, for both their good will and their good work. They will each have a Listy to show for it!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Love to end the year on a positive note!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>(Nominations in the two categories above can be reviewed at <a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2023/12/still-life-with-robin-cleveland-park_23.html">https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2023/12/still-life-with-robin-cleveland-park_23.html</a> )</div><div><br /></div><div>Congratulations to all our winners and nominees! If you're one of our winners, look for an email from me (peggyrobin @ gmail dot com) within the next day or two, with your options for receiving your statuette. Sorry, there's no fancy banquet at which you can deliver your tearful acceptance speech!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Now looking at the year ahead of us -- mark your calendars for our 25th anniversary on November 30, 2024 -- you might want to start collecting your favorite listserv posts as they come in, so you can nominate your favorites for the CP Listies next December. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Wishing you all the best in 2024!<br /></div><div>------------------------------------------------<br /></div><div>Still Life with Robin is posted on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and All Life Is Local on Saturdays.<br /></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-91729494485778030382023-12-28T18:30:00.001-05:002023-12-28T18:30:53.307-05:00Get Out! And Ring in the New Year with a Japanese Bell - National Bonsai Museum Courtyard on New Year's Day, 1:30pm<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.usna.usda.gov/images/made/assets/images/as_standard_image/Bell_in_Japan_(web)_291_244_s_c1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="244" data-original-width="291" height="244" src="https://www.usna.usda.gov/images/made/assets/images/as_standard_image/Bell_in_Japan_(web)_291_244_s_c1.jpg" width="291" /></a></div> by Peggy Robin<p></p><p><span style="color: #9c3559; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-transform: uppercase;">RING IN THE NEW YEAR: JAPANESE BELL DEDICATION CEREMONY</span></p><h3 class="date" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #386138; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span class="font" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif, sans-serif;">JANUARY 1ST 2024</span> <br /></h3><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #483014; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; text-transform: uppercase;">NATIONAL BONSAI & PENJING MUSEUM COURTYARD, 1:30 P.M.<br /></h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #483014; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Hear the resonant tolls of a sacred Japanese temple bell ring out for the first time at the U.S. National Arboretum. The bell, cast in 1789 and a gift from the National Bell Festival, will be dedicated and installed in a new structure in the central courtyard of the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum. The event will feature a traditional Zen Buddhist blessing and a ceremonial ringing of the bell. All are invited to participate in the ringing!<br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #483014; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"></p><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">Schedule of Events</u></span><br /></div><div><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">1:30</span></i> Short remarks by Paul Ashe, Director of the National Bell Festival, and Richard Olsen, Director of the U.S. National Arboretum<br /></div><div><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">1:35</span></i> Blessings by Zen priests<br /></div><div><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">1:45</span></i> Ringing begins<br /></div><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #483014; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The dedication ceremony is free and open to the public, but please consider <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/japanese-bell-dedication-ceremony-tickets-719330445727" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c3559; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">registering in advance</a> so we will know to expect you! Visit the National Bell Festival’s <a href="https://www.bells.org/event/japanese-bell-dedication-ceremony" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c3559; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">website</a> for more information about the Festival and the 225-year-old bell that will soon grace the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum’s courtyard.<br /></p><div><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Please note that the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum will be open from 1–4 p.m. on New Years Day.</i><br /></div><div><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Event website: </i><a href="https://www.usna.usda.gov/visit/calendar-of-events/ring-in-the-new-year-japanese-bell-dedication-ceremony">https://www.usna.usda.gov/visit/calendar-of-events/ring-in-the-new-year-japanese-bell-dedication-ceremony</a> </div><div>------------------------</div><div>The "Get Out" event of the week is posted on the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark" target="_blank">Cleveland Park Listserv</a> and on All Life Is Local on Thursdays.<br /></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745625607350497891.post-32217901457216754152023-12-23T16:25:00.005-05:002023-12-23T21:59:59.111-05:00Still Life with Robin: The Cleveland Park Listies Part III PHOTO OF THE YEAR and POST OF THE YEAR<p> by Peggy Robin</p><div><br /></div><div>We're coming down to the finish line of the 2023 Cleveland Park Listies Awards Show. Tonight, the final two categories of nominations -- and perhaps the most prestigious of the bunch! <b>Photo of the Year</b> is our Listserv equivalent to Best Picture at the Oscars, and <b>Post of the Year</b> is analogous to Best Director and Best Screenwriter rolled into one.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It was a phenomenal year for photos on the Listserv, so let's get right to it. The nominees are:<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Uprooted Tree by Bill M.</b><br /></div><div>Message <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: right;"><span class="font" face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/203754" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; text-align: right;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#203754 </span></a>on July 30 has the link to "Storm Damage Album" -- and the photo that nabs the nod for the Listy is Uprooted Tree: <a href="https://bit.ly/3rQjbmv" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3rQjbmv</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Giverny in Cleveland Park by Kathy R. and Henry D.</b><br /></div><div>You can see the nominated photo in a letter addressed to VP Kamala Harris, posted on Oct 20 by Henry D., using Kathy R.;s photo to illustrate the lush blooming of the lovely, Monet-inspired garden he planted in Cleveland Park (Message <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: right;"><span class="font" face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/206656" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; text-align: right;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#206656 </span></a>). In an earlier message (Message <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/204312" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: right; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#204312</span></a> on August 15),<a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/204312" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: right; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></a>Henry gave us the picture in words only:<a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/204312" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: right; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> "</span></a><span color="var(--ui-page-color-fg)">Sunflowers & Cosmos & Morning Glories —Oh My! </span>We’re now at an over 50% bloom rate on the hillside just above the Hearst soccer field. This translates to thousands of flowers on the hill near the Hearst Pool. In what could reasonably be interpreted as a grandiose delusion, the piece is titled 'Giverney Gone Wild!'" The photo, taken by Kathy R. was originally posted a couple of days later, on <span class="size"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="Aug 17, 2023 7:08pm">August 17,</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: right;"><span class="font" face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span>but unfortunately, due to the idiosyncrasies of the Groups.io photo display process, it evaporated from the archived message at Message <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/204356" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; text-align: right;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#204356 </span></a>, Fortunately, I was able to recapture it and reproduce it in a format that would stick around, and you can view it at Message <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/204361" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; text-align: right;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#204361 </span></a>. If this photo should capture the Listy, the award will be shared by both the garden designer/planter Henry and the photographer Kathy .<br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Pileated Woodpecker on Rodman St by Tom H.</b><br /></div><div>This wonderful winter snapshot was taken by Rodman St resident Tom H. on Feb 4 and was originally posted on SoMeForKnaATwit (my acronym for the "Social Media Formerly Known As Twitter" - as I will NEVER give in to the Musk-Rat and call it "X") See the photo in its original form at <a href="https://twitter.com/TomHentoff/status/1622001700167884801">https://twitter.com/TomHentoff/status/1622001700167884801</a>. On Feb 5 I copied and reposted it on the Listserv - see Message <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: right;"><span class="font" face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/197671" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; text-align: right;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#197671 </span></a>,<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Rainbow Seen from a Window in Cleveland Park by Carole B.</b><br /></div><div>The soft pastel colors of the spectrum shine through the raindrops on a Cleveland Park window - photo posted August 27 -- Message <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/204639" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; text-align: right;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#204639 </span></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYOKgR7ftJFzrtVkoL3SrQ63aCpoYKCnAaFaILVFyTjyAv651Hl22giELx3INUIrw49AqMBo-2zc3w-hzml9G8UtMZVDHZohw2tHanKfLlud4TqOM9fcVLXSCZPf9UvPVjEV-3XqSgNpNoucptGbACKUUCvFR1QzIFvU1QYjUOBSoanhPhYza_l0xVmmk/s215/Osprey%20in%20Ocean%20Cty%20by%20Greg%20G.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="197" data-original-width="215" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYOKgR7ftJFzrtVkoL3SrQ63aCpoYKCnAaFaILVFyTjyAv651Hl22giELx3INUIrw49AqMBo-2zc3w-hzml9G8UtMZVDHZohw2tHanKfLlud4TqOM9fcVLXSCZPf9UvPVjEV-3XqSgNpNoucptGbACKUUCvFR1QzIFvU1QYjUOBSoanhPhYza_l0xVmmk/s1600/Osprey%20in%20Ocean%20Cty%20by%20Greg%20G.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><div><b>Magnificent Wingspan by Greg G</b>.<br /></div><div class="align-left">In the <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/197418">discussion about ospreys</a>, Greg G. posted a photo he took of an osprey in flight above Ocean City Md -- see message <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/197425" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; outline: 0px;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#197425 </span></a> on January 28. I'm reproducing it here in a version cropped to showcase that magnificent wingspan:</div><div class="align-center align-left" style="margin: 1em 0px; position: relative;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div></div><div><b>And now for the most anticipated group of nominees -- contenders for POST OF THE YEAR!</b><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Poppy Day by Eleanor O.</b><br /></div><div>First up, an entry by the winner of last year's special award, "Poster of the Year 2022," Eleanor O, writing about the traditions of Armistice Day (now renamed Veterans Day): "On November 11th everyone wore the poppy they bought from the veteran on their nearby street corner, their place of work, or their school. I remember the Poppy Poster Contest sponsored by some veterans' group. The art teacher in my elementary school saw to it that there was a fierce competition among all of us 4th, 5th & 6th graders to produce posters to submit to the competition. We could only use three colors: two of them had to be Poppy Red and Leaf Green and none of the three could be black.... My poster was sent along with all the others every year for the city-wide school children's contest. The winner got a savings bond, and his/her poster, modified by a commercial artist, was printed up by the hundreds, maybe thousands, and placed in the front windows of shops all over the city. On the appointed day—Poppy Day—November 11th, veterans would be all over town selling paper poppies to be worn in buttonholes, lapels and hat bands, to raise money for projects benefitting disabled vets. I’m sure it was more a recognition for their sacrifice, than a great fundraiser because 25¢ was considered a generous donation in 1946, when I first entered those poster contests in 4th grade." Full message at Message <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/207232" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;">#207232 </a>(which includes the full text of the poem, "In Flanders Field."<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Praise for Cleveland Park P.O. Clerk Tammy by Dale K.</b><br /></div><div>After posting thousands upon thousands of complaints about USPS on the Listserv (24 YEARS of this stuff, year in, year out!), I am so pleased to nominate this simple appreciation from Dale K., posted on the Listserv on December 18, Message <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/208682" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; text-align: right;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#208682 </span></a>. Here it is in its entirety: "Our Cleveland Park Post Office star: Tammy! Behind the desk … Always a smile, always helpful … Tammy even looks out for us. Once I dropped my newly purchased stamps and she saved them for me." Needless to say, if this candidate wins the Listy, we will award a little plastic golden statuette to both Dale K. and Tammy!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Random Acts of Kindness by Leslie P. and Sal S.</b><br /></div><div>I'm sure you know Sal S., who regularly posts announcements and other messages on behalf of <a href="https://www.nnvdc.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: blue;">Northwest Neighbors Village</span></a>, serving seniors in <a href="https://nnv-d515c2.webflow.io/join-us#membership-service-area">a cluster of neighborhoods</a> from Van Ness up to Barnaby Woods over to AU Park. Perhaps you also know Leslie P, the communications director of the organization? She's the one who posted this lovely story on July 21 - excerpt below - see full message at Message<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: right;"><span class="font" face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/203491" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; text-align: right;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#203491 </span></a>: <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span class="font" style="font-family: Helvetica;">"On Wednesday, July 12th, a group of 11 </span></span><a href="https://www.nnvdc.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: blue;">Northwest Neighbors Village</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span class="font" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> members were having a lively lunch at Steak ‘n Egg Diner on Wisconsin Avenue, when we had the most amazing surprise! Our waiter came in to say that the young couple who had been sitting at the table next to us had paid our entire bill of over $250! We were absolutely floored by their kindness and generosity. They did peek in after we were told, so we were able to thank them in person, but we were so surprised that we didn’t think to get their contact details. We all hope they know how much it meant to our group, and we all left the lunch with smiles on our faces. Thank you for this random act of kindness and we will be “paying it forward!"</span></span> <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Good Neighbors - Thanks! by Sandy M</b><br /></div><div>To understand the true impact of this story, I'd like to send you back to our nominee for Photo of the Year - see <a href="https://bit.ly/3rQjbmv" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3rQjbmv</a> by Bill M. on July 30. Don't stop there - now look at Kathy's R.'s storm damage album at Message <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/203771" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; text-align: right;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#203771 </span></a>, same date. <i>Now</i> you are in the proper frame of mind to appreciate this nominated message by Sandy M., posted on <span class="size"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="Jul 30, 2023 10:40am">July 30, Message</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: right;"><span class="font" face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/203741" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: right; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#203741</span></a>: "<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span class="font" face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px;">Many thanks to the young couple with a chain saw who started cutting branches and moving limbs on Cortland right after the storm passed and several hours later was still at it all the way down Devonshire. I don’t know their names but they are a true example of good neighbors!!! Thank you very much. You are an inspiration!"</span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Tribute to Judy Heumann by Carol G.</b><br /></div><div>There were a number of moving remembrances posted about the world-renowned disability rights activist and DC resident Judy Heumann, who passed away on March 4: <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/198769">Rosa</a>, <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/198770">Karen</a>, <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/198744">Nancy</a>, <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/198779">Marjorie</a>, and <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/198817">Linda</a> all remembered her with admiration and affection, but the nomination goes to Carol G., who touched on the significance of her work for the disabled around the world, and the impact she had upon those who knew her and worked with her right here in DC. See Message <a href="https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/198759" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; outline: 0px;"><span class="hidden-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#198759 </span></a>on March 6.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Who will take home the Listy for Photo of the Year and Post of the Year -- and who will win in the other five categories covered in our columns <a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2023/12/still-life-with-robin-2023-cleveland.html">last Saturday</a> and <a href="https://alllifeislocal.blogspot.com/2023/12/still-life-with-robin-its-2023.html">the Saturday before</a>? Come back next Saturday, December 30, 2023 and find out!<br /></div><div>---------------------------<br /></div><div>Still Life with Robin is published on the Cleveland Park Listserv and on All Life Is Local on Saturdays.<br /></div>Peggy Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062998960273261177noreply@blogger.com0