Friday, June 27, 2008
Georgetown Cupcake!!
Georgetown Cupcake!!! Who says you can't have a cupcake for dinner. I mean, it doesn't happen every day. Just once in a great while!! A couple of weeks ago, my friend Kristi and I tried out a new "restaurant" in Georgetown ... like I said, it's called Georgetown Cupcake. You totally have to try it. It's near the corner of Potomac and M. Easy to find. They basically have cupcakes and coffee-type drinks. That's it. And, of course, we should have eaten somewhere else, and then stopped at Georgetown Cupcake for dessert. But our time was limited and we figured, heck, it's just this once! They have lots of yummy cupcake flavors and varieties. I had the mocha chocolate cupcake (see below) and a chai latte. How could life get any better!? Oh - and, by the way, make sure you visit their website - it has been designed by someone brilliant. It's the coolest thing!! :-)
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Accents on the East Coast
All week I have been noticing the gorgeous full moon in the evenings (well, the non-overcast evenings anyway). It's been HUGE and low on the horizon. Beautiful! And, on my favorite morning news show (on WUSA channel 9 in Washington, DC!) the weather gal is Kim Martucci - and she's been talking about this "strawberry moon" (the name of the full moon in June ... never knew that before!). Well, I had an appointment in Georgetown last night and took my camera with me - on the way home I stopped to take a few shots of the moon over some of the monuments. I sent Kim a copy of one of the photos to show on the morning program. And she did!
Not only did she show my photo, but she gave me a shout out, and she pronounced my last name exactly correctly ... that is, if you live in Buffalo. Well, Kim is from Pennsylvania, but worked in Buffalo for a few years. In Buffalo, they say "Apple-back-er" with "back" like "front and back". But everywhere else we say "Apple-bach-er" with "bach" like the composer J.S. Bach. So when she answered my e-mail, I responded, thanking her for the props and mentioned that she pronounced my name like a true Buffalonian. She responded AGAIN to me... with the following link about regional accents. If you're not from the Eastern United States, you will probably not find this article interesting. But if you ARE from the East, ANYWHERE in the East, you'll love it. Read on!
New York Times Article on Travel
Thanks, Kim Martucci!
Oh - and if you want to see a couple of photos of the strawberry moon over the DC monuments, take a look at my Angaza Photography blog. Enjoy!
Friday, June 13, 2008
Tim Russert
I couldn't believe when I was sitting at my computer this afternoon and the breaking news e-mail appeared that said that Tim Russert died today. No way! I read it wrong. No way! It's a rumor. No way!
Unfortunately, yes way. So sad for so many reasons. Tim Russert was a class act journalist. He was, by all public appearances, a great guy. He was a devoted son, husband, father. And ... he was a BUFFALO BILLS FAN!
Yes, Tim Russert was from Buffalo. He talked about Buffalo all the time. He wrote about Buffalo in his books. He exuded "Buffalo"! Whenever I saw him on TV, I felt like I was seeing the next door neighbor guy. He just seemed like someone who would be from Buffalo.
He was from South Buffalo, to be exact. He was an Irish Catholic from South Buffalo. If you're from Buffalo, you know all that being Irish Catholic from South Buffalo entails. He went to Canisius High. He knows the Broadway Market. He worked for Moynihan.
Despite the other Buffalo Bills' news stories as of late, this one takes precedence. The Bills have lost their #1 and most public fan.
Tim, we will all miss you!
