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JFriday: It’s not just jeans, my friends
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Our writer attends her first service in this city and sits with two other women at the Temple Micah. But the conversation and memories take different paths. This is a well written and ultimately moving post about spiritual reconnection. An excerpt:

I'm squished between these two women, one in jeans, the other in black trousers. It's Shabbat and I'm at Temple Micha on Wisconsin Avenue for the Kabbalat service. It's my first service in the city, and I'm not sure what prompted me to go."Have you tried JDate?" the women turned to me, in my black skirt and gray v-neck sweater. I flashbacked to the year ….

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Tasteful photo-op: Jumbo slice. A tourist report at Mac and Cheese.

Protestor recalls 1971 demonstration in DC.. My post was at Dupont Circle, and I got there with 1500 or so others, lining the sidewalk, waiting to step out on the street to stop the city and stop the war. I was wearing a green WWII jacket, dungarees, kicker boots, my black motorcycle helmet (painted black over the white helmet, but chipped, through many demonstrations giving it a strange black/white pastiche). a canteen tied to my leg with bandage tape, for drinking and also to wash the teargas off. From Amber.

First Friday gallery report. After two galleries, I found myself urging The Husband and our friend on to Rosemary’s Thyme, a bistro with good food that offers half-priced bottles of wine before 7:30. At Sandblower.

Cezanne and flamenco dancing by Miguelito’s Photo Diary. The writer is a full-time Flamenco guitarist based in DC.

Transitions. A compelling read, titled (Not so) Random Thoughts of the Weekend at The Better Days Project.

Things One Should Not Eat in Their Cubicle at Work. Belongs on bulletins board everywhere. by Kate Space. Helpful list.

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posted by kob @ 12:17 AM