My best friend

It’s been almost one year since she moved from DC and this weekend she’s visiting for the first time. I’m so excited to see her tomorrow night!

A crew of friends are meeting us out at a trendy new bar tomorrow night. The theme of the weekend is to acquaint her with all of the novel, new venues in DC. She’s never seen the new Georgetown cineplex with stadium seating, or the addition to Hecht’s and new H&M store at Metro Center. Over the weekend we plan to make appearances at Zola, Zatinya, Ceiba, and Degrees.

We’re also catching the matinee performance of Cats – which closes this weekend.

With my partner – in – crime back in town, I’ll have lots of stories to post about next week!

Is your best friend local or long distance like mine? Do you have a best friend – or many people who fit the bill?

Attention shoppers

While I was out on my lunch break I noticed that Banana Republic is having a HUGE sale. I bought a shirt for $4.97 and a co-worker purchased a chic little date dress for $14.99. I kid you not – if you’re looking for a great deal, head towards your neighborhood store today. (god only knows how long it’ll last)

What’s in your bag?

Sid of Mondo Winkie emptied the contents of his backpack for us today. I was impressed.

I’ve been on a music kick lately – you know that annoying girl who stands beside you on the metro, or below you on the escalator, or ahead of you on the sidewalk, with unintelligible music radiating from earphones at a decible level that makes you shake your head and wonder when the impairment will settle in….. that’s me.

So aside from a couple of journals, wallet, cellphone and keys, my bag is filled with music (yeah, yeah, yeah – I know I have to get with the times and buy me an MP3 player).

This is what’s rattling in my bag today:

Ill Communication – Beastie Boys

Burned CD of 80’s songs my bro made for my b-day

Burned CD of Blues Traveler and Jesus Jones songs

Charmed: The Soundtrack

A Rush of Blood to the Head – Coldplay

Other Hours – Harry Connick, Jr.

Fallen – Evanescence

Keep it Together – Guster

The Best of INXS – INXS

Now 6 – 10 – various

What have you been carrying around all day? And what have you been listening to? Anyone have any music suggestions for me?

Will anyone notice a difference?

I’m a huge fan of NBC News and rarely watch Peter Jennings on ABC or Dan Rather’s shows on CBS.

Last year, NBC announced that Williams would inherit the anchor seat from Tom Brokaw. Today’s question, will viewers notice a difference between Williams’s and Brokaw’s reporting style? And does anyone really care?

Taking shopping to a new level

One store in Lisbon offered shoppers free designer clothes. The catch? They had to shop in the nude.

How far would you go for free designer duds?

Insomnia

On Monday, I walked through the Insomnia exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. I was strangely impressed by what these artists conceived late at night or in the early wee hours of the morning (depending on your perspective). Some pieces conveyed by their simplicity the frustration and desire of sleep felt by the creator – others were powerful tributes to the helplessness felt by the sleepless multitudes.

If you’re in DC, try and catch this. If anything, visit the museum which is housed in a building originally used as a Masonic Temple. The symbols etched in the intricate moldings are well worth a tour.

I wandered passed the exhibit and stood in a small gallery. Puzzled, I stared at this piece…..

And soon found this image…..

Have you seen anything interesting lately?

Beautiful Day

It’s a beautiful day in DC!

Belated birthday celebration

I’m stuffed. My co-workers got together and ordered fabulous thin crust pizza for lunch to celebrate my birthday. I’m really fortunate to work with so many great people…. and I’m not just saying that cuz they treated me to lunch.

How many of you are fortunate to work with people you like? Or are getting paid for work you enjoy?