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September 07, 2008
Homesick
I am so homesick right now!
Here's a stream-of-consciousness list about some of the "things" I miss about living in the Washington Metro area:
I miss hanging out with my mom. I miss having lunch with Dad at Don Pablos most weeks. I miss being able to walk places like the grocery store, the library, the post office, a wide assortment of restaurants, and the Metro (gateway to most everywhere else I'd want to go). I miss breakfast at La Madeleine. (The yummiest egg, cheese, and bacon on croissant EVER.) I miss churches that consider "Godspell" an appropriate reference for a Sunday morning service. I miss that Indian place on Capitol Hill. (No, not that one. The other one.) I miss having dinner with my girlfriends and trading wacky stories of our wacky lives. I miss fitting in and being understood. I miss being on a train full of people either reading books or listening to iPods, sometimes both at the same time. I miss a theatre community so big and diverse that you could see a show every night (except Mondays, of course) and still not see them all. I miss art, and museums, and art museums. I miss The Awakening sculpture at Hains Point. (Huh? What do you mean it's no longer at Hains Point?! Bummer. Where's the National Harbor? Clearly I've been away too long.) I even miss confused tourists asking for directions.
Suffice it to say that I miss Washington.
Good thing I have a trip to DC planned soon. I can't wait.
Posted by Selena at September 7, 2008 05:40 PM