I’m back home in “the other Washington” now, having gotten up at 5am this morning to finish packing, get to the airport, and board my five and a half hour flight. 5am Eastern is, of course, 2am Pacific, so I expect I’ll have some odd sleeping patterns for the next couple of days. Since my brain is a little fried, I figured it might be a good time to do some simple tabulations for my summer in DC.
By the numbers:
- Weeks worked: 11
- Blog posts: 80
- Total times blog viewed: 4,200+
- Rivers forded: 1
- Mosquito bites: dozens
- Bottles of wine: a great many
- Dates: 6
- Illnesses: 1
- Money spent on metro fare: at least $200
- Liters of vodka infused: 1.75
- Ripe cherry tomatoes: around 20
- Ripe beefsteak tomatoes: around zero
- Cayenne peppers harvested: 20 and counting
Some qualitative highlights:
- Spending time with my superlative posse of friends
- Barbecuing (many occasions)
- The Legwarmers concert (pictured at right)
- Restaurant Week
- The kickass DJs at Saint Ex and Fly
- Spectating at a flipcup tournament
- Annie Hall on the Mall
- Trivia Nights at the Wonderland Ballroom
- June DC Blogger Happy Hour
- Playing four-square at 2am in Dupont Circle
- Wine tasting in Virginia
- Furtively reading Harry Potter on the metro in the wee hours of July 21; seeing many many others doing the same
- River tubing at Harper’s Ferry with 30+ friends, 150+ beers, and 100+ pieces of fried chicken
- Getting quoted in the Express blog log (scan forthcoming)
- Gardening, of course!
Lastly, just because it’s interesting to me, here are the top ten most popular posts in the life of this blog thus far:
- Casual Friday VIII (210 views)
- The Redemption of Harry Potter: Epilogue (176 views)
- I do? (164 views)
- Sex & the CDC (155 views)
- The Redemption of Harry Potter, Part 2 (126 views)
- Gentlemen Non-Callers (98 views)
- The Redemption of Harry Potter (90 view)
- Today’s Heroine: Danica McKellar (72 views)
- Casual Friday VII (64 views)
- Late to the Party: Mika (50 views)
Apparently the keys to getting traffic are LOLcats, Harry Potter, sex, dating, and celebrities. Not entirely surprising, I suppose.
I’ve only spent 15 months of my life in DC, but it has its claws in me like no other city. I think it’s safe to say I’ll be back. In the meantime, I will continue to blog about politics, feminism, and other unpopular topics – and the fun stuff, too.
DC hearts you too. Oh, and you know one of the search terms that gets people to my blog? Carrie Potter and the Philosopher’s Bone. Really.
By: Carrie M on August 13, 2007
at 11:28 pm
Welcome back to Washington State!
By: Seán on August 14, 2007
at 12:50 pm
Have a great time in the “other” Washington!
By: startingtoday on August 14, 2007
at 7:10 pm