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I’m very close to having an accessible kitchen ready for mom - yes!

And one quick contrast between DC and SLC: SLC has much better independent coffee houses than the District. They are plentiful, hold their own against Starbucks (i.e. they aren’t run out of town by them), the prices are better, the quality of coffee is better, and the free wireless is a norm. Also, the baristas don’t flinch at oddball orders, and can usually pull ‘em off with flair.

DC’s coffee folk should come out here on a fact-finding mission - they’d learn a ton.

Tomorrow morning I head out for a sunrise ride before taking mom to PT. Should me nice and brisk - I knew I brought the arm and leg warmers for a reason!

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I’ll try and wrap this up….

Day Six: February 20

Fat Tuesday in New Orleans is Fasching in Germany. And how did I start the morning? A little tired from the previous night’s outing, but not bad. I woke up relatively early, had breakfast, and went out with Doris and Bernd to see two sights: Allianz Arena, the football (soccer) stadium built for the 2006 FIFA World Cup; and Schloß Nymphenburg, one of King Ludwig II’s epic castles. After that: a night on the town to celebrate Fasching!
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After the all-too-predictable vote at the DC for Democracy Meetup, a bunch of us went out for beers at Saloon, which is a few doors down from Ben’s Chili Bowl on U Street. The beer was good, and I’m very appreciative of the recently-enacted clean air act: the bar wasn’t choked in smoke….

In the last few days before I hit the road (and skies) for Europe. I need to contact the credit union and my credit card company to let ‘em know that I’ll be charging things overseas - better to be safe than sorry. And there’s some laundry left to do before I leave….

sprite has been sick for the past couple of days. It’s a nasty stomach bug that’s debilitating: she can’t stand up for more than a few minutes without experiencing really severe abdominal pain. It’s no fun for her, and I hope she gets over this bug soon, because….

This weekend features two parties. Tomorrow night’s is Charles and Jordi’s 30th birthday shindig, and Sunday is sprite’s “third 11th birthday” celebration. I hope she’s in good shape by then, at the very least!

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Fun in threes!

1. It was nice and crisp this morning - in the teens, perfect weather for cycling. At least that’s what I thought.
2. Thanks to a thread posted at the WordPress Support Forums by Sam, I was able to get the “next page/previous page” links to reappear. It seems that the Adhesive plugin isn’t quite compatible with WordPress 2.1, regardless of what the list on the codex says.
3. Pizza on a Friday evening is simply wonderful. Even if the pizza isn’t from your favorite purveyor of flatpies, it’s still most lovely.

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This week is Restaurant Week here in DC, so sprite and I have sampled the wares of two local eateries, neither of which we’d visited before.

On Wednesday night, we dined at Zola, located above the International Spy Museum. The restaurant is very modern, with dark lighting and warm wood and burgundy highlights throughout. The service was attentive, and the food was very, very good.
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I can smell the coffee brewing about 15 feet from me. It smells like heaven.

In case you haven’t noticed, I haven’t posted any rides recently - nor have I used the bike as a means of commuting this week. This is due to the fact that the big toe on my right foot is recovering from a rather nasty, skiing-induced contusion. It was swollen quite a bit, and is just now returning to normal size. As I’m leading a PPTC ride this Saturday, I wanted to give my toe time to heal.

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