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Sleepover on the Highway
Monday, October 29, 2007
I am paranoid that I am going to be by myself and get trapped on the freeway. A few weeks ago the Mr. and I went to the movies. We were driving back and I saw this sign about 40 minute freeway closures. I didn’t quite get it because we drove by so quickly but then the next sign said something about 40 minute closures starting at midnight. I said to myself, “well I’m glad it’s only 11pm” and then I glanced at the clock and it said 11:59pm.
Crap
I was just about to say “get off at the exit” but the words didn’t escape my mouth quickly enough and we just hit a large back up of cars. We were both wondering if they really were going to close the freeway for 40 minutes. 10 minutes later we are still in the same spot. 5 minutes later we cut off the car. 10 minutes later I see people getting out of the cars and it scares me. The Mr. fell asleep but I said I was staying awake because who knows what could happen if I fell asleep. 12 minutes later I woke up and I couldn’t believe that I had fallen asleep. 3 minutes later the cars ahead of us started moving.
I’ll never do the night time freeway driving again.
I Think My Nipples Fell Off
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Why is the Pentagon City mall so cold? I know they have to keep it a certain temperature but goodness gracious. I froze my butt off in Macy’s (and I was wearing a jacket), when I went in the mall it wasn’t much better. I wanted to put on some gloves. Finally my husband said, “man, its so cold in here that the mannequins have their brights on”. I laughed and then realized that I really had to get out of there because the cold was making a certain body part hurt…badly. We got to the car as quickly as we could, I lifted up my shirt, we turned on the heat and it was all good.
In other parts in or around DC….
Creole in DC had an experience that reminds me of Anchorman. I’m Ron Burgandy?
That must be some really good steak at Ray’s the Steaks because there was a 3.5 hour wait.
Roissy prefers to date younger women. He clarifies that they are all legal so he’s not a perv.
Safeway Sucks
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Dear Safeway,
I’ve put up with your long lines, rude cashiers, and overpriced groceries; but I’ve had enough.
Last night at your Alabama Ave location was a disgrace, and because of that I will never shop in your store again.
When I walked into your store the lines were a bit long, but I didn’t let it bother me because that happens sometimes. Unfortunately the line sizes drastically increased but the amount of open registers did not.
You had lines wrapped around registers, flowing into aisles and no one did a thing. Let me correct that, your wonderful manager came out and said “you can get in the 15 or less line even if you have more than 15 items” and then he walked away. The self-checkouts remained closed.
I’m not used to such terrible service, this isn’t the night before Christmas, so there is no excuse for the lack of action. I’ve been in this situation before, and when the lines get backed up you hear management over the PA system calling everyone trained on a register to head to the front, you have workers who normally aren’t cashiers ringing up items, and in extreme cases the management pitches in the help control the lines. What you most certainly don’t have is a “oh well” attitude and a slew of closed self-checkouts.
Normally I would have walked out and gone somewhere else but I had a detailed shopping list and I didn’t want to have to find the items twice.
I spent 40 minutes in the checkout line last night and let me assure you that it was the last 40 minutes I will ever spend in your store.
Sincerely,
Diva in DC
National Aquarium Review
Friday, October 12, 2007
It was nice to take the afternoon off to go to the Aquarium with the Mr.
Of course we had a heck of a time finding a parking spot, that was to be expected. After driving around for a little while we found underground parking. But before we could park we had to show ID and have the car searched. The lady was nice about it except when she said that I look a lot younger in person than I do in my drivers license picture. “huh?”, I said. “This pictures makes you look old” she responded.
We park and go up on the elevator. We get off and there’s a security check point but we are in front of it. “This is going to be nice getting back to the lot” I said. We walk outside and I see that we were just in the Customs Office. We walk across the street to the aquarium and once again are greeted by a security checkpoint. “Goodness! In the aquarium!!” I say. The Mr. reminded me that I was in a federal building. “Oh yes, you see I don’t think about stuff like that. My mind is still in Michigan and we don’t have all this interrogation protection”
The inside of the aquarium reminded me of a prison. I was surprised at how little there was to see. There were a lot of signs mentioning renovations and such. One lady even walked up to the cashier and asked “is this it?”
We sat down on the bench for awhile to people watch and then we walked back across the street. Of course were faced with another security checkpoint.
For a 10-15 minute walk through of the aquarium it cost: $5.00 per ticket, $14.00 for parking.
National Aquarium
14th & Constitution Ave. NW Washinton, DC 20230
