I was at The White House this week for their holiday Tweetup.

My friend and social media expert at The Motley Fool, Katrina, showed me an page on the White House site where you could submit your request for an invitation to a day of tweeting at The White House. There … [ more ]

I purchased a boat cruise up the Potomac. The description made it sound like a luxury trip sitting at a table, sipping wine and enjoying delicious tapas while looking out at the monuments lighting up the evening sky. Sounded like a great date night.

It never occurred to me there … [ more ]

Last week I spent three hours on the side of the road waiting for roadside assistance to arrive. In that time, I learned a number of important lessons:

Now that's a flat tire

That sound is a flat tire.
Just assume it is instead of  rationalizing why it might not be.
Don’t stop … [ more ]

Confucius say "You're grounded, Selena."

Selena is not allowed out of the house for one month, so says Confucius.

Okay, maybe it’s not a decree specifically from the ancient Chinese philosopher specifically but somewhere between his time and the beginning of the Lo Dynasty (two weeks ago) the Chinese rules for … [ more ]

Skiers on the ski trip (Jeff at center)

My brother Jeff went skiing this year on our annual pilgrimage to the Poconos. It may not sound blog-worthy, but this is the first time he’s strapped on a pair of skis since 1992 when on a high school class ski trip … [ more ]

World War Z

For our book club, Selena and I are both reading World War Z – The Oral History of the Zombie War.  I am only half way through the book, but I have already mentally shredded my Zombie Contingency Plan. I realize now how naïve and foolish I … [ more ]

My brother, Jeff, just came back from a business trip to Michigan. While there he made sure to visit the Gerald Ford Presidential Library. It’s not that Jeff is a big Ford fan, it’s because a while back while vacationing, he happened to visit one Presidential Library and then … [ more ]

I was anxious about traffic ruining the Poison concert for me. I had heard horror stories about leaving Nissan Pavilion.  I figured if we were going to be stuck for hours in the parking lot, we would be entertained, so I packed:

A portable DVD player with three DVDs (all comedies)
The … [ more ]

This past Sunday I was running around downtown DC with about 10,000 other people trying to solve riddles and piece together clues to win a $2000 prize. It was the second annual Post Hunt.

The whole Hunt was done on foot in a section of DC that was mapped out … [ more ]

We do really like our proximity to Rockville Town Center

Over the past few months Selena and I have been going to open houses and trying to formulate an idea of what we would want in our next home. We will be leaving condo living behind and moving … [ more ]