Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Blogstan



The Expats: Ujezd and Nathan
DC residents end up in all kinds of places. Baby Banana recently sent a note about two DC bloggers now overseas, and included these descriptions:




Meg of the blog Ujezd left a good job in DC to got to Prague and get her Masters, wrote BabyBanana. See this post, a church which uses bones for decorations.








Nathan, wrote BabyBanana, left a decent job in DC to join the Peace Corps and got sent to Kazakhstan



Socktoberfest 2005
Pink Monkey Knits
Pink Monkey Knits uses her opposable thumbs to knit up a storm, she says. A series of artful pics of her projects prove this is true. There's more than knitting in this blog - great graphics, charming snapshot-ish pics and her list of 100 things about her, because we've been "clamoring" for it. – Reya. An excerpt from a recent post:


… The party was held at this amazing store called Housewerks. It used to be a natural gas plant/station, then a stained glass workshop, and now is a store where they sell all of these salvaged items from old houses, restaurants and factories. I wanted to buy so much in there, especially the big, old mantels ...

Can You Still Be Friends 20 Years Later?
Blue Dog Art & Design
They did everything together, and then the years went by. Near the eve of a 20th high school reunion … An excerpt:

We have continued to reconnect by e-mail. I even invited her to come to DC for a visit, which she initially accepted, but then declined. At the time, I just accepted the declination without question. Later I did ask her why she changed her mind.

Also Noted

DConstructed announces a new city, a new blog

Starbucks history and Rumsfeld at Siren Song

Grey chest hair on Rock Creek Rambler





 

posted by kob @ 12:50 AM