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A Barbershop Duet: First off, Brice’s

July 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, Eastern Market

I hesitate to start a post in this fashion: sometimes I wish I were a man, so I could get my hair cut at a barbershop — although of course, some women do actually get their hair cut at barbershops and wouldn’t spend anything north of $15 or go into a place that offers anything [...]

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Apparently, I Hate You All

May 17th, 2010 · 15 Comments · Capitol Hill

So, a few weeks ago, I got a call from a Washington Post reporter, Annys Shin, regarding some comments I had made on a Greater Greater Washington post regarding strollers on the Circulator. We chatted briefly about the challenges and rewards of urban parenting and then I more or less forgot about the conversation until [...]

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Freshman on The Hill

December 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Capitol Hill

In the pantheon of mythical childhood figures, there is one that cannot be praised highly enough in Capitol Hill: Ms. Frances Slaughter. The first time I heard her name, there was an echo of reverence in the voice of the person who said it.  As my son kept approaching the right age to join a [...]

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