DC Observations

I've been in DC for a little more than 48 hours. So far I've made a few observations. I've been to DC many times before, but this is my first in a somewhat residential setting.

I've been to "Chinatown" twice and so far I have yet to see a single Chinese person. And it's not like it's just an antiquated term, all the signs are also in Chinese. The Bed Bath and Beyond I was at last night proudly displayed it's name in Chinese. I'm guessing what happened was something like this. The DC government probably decided that other cool cities have a Chinatown and they wanted one too. So they made an area Chinatown and forgot to, you know, actually get Chinese people to live there. I'm sure that's wrong, but it's the way I'm going to rationalize it.

The Top 25 Played list on the iTunes of my mostly unused laptop consists entirely of songs by Hall and Oates and Peter Frampton.

I've only consumed 2 Yeunglings.

People in DC really respect the "fast lane". Whether it be escalators to the Metro, or just the sidewalk. If you ain't movin' fast you best be on the right side.

Without a car, I've gotten used to walking everywhere again. Last time I was living carless was the summer of 2008 when I lived in Chicago. It makes running all my errands no longer a one day event. I can basically only go to one store a day, because I can only buy what I can carry home. Each day, I have to choose the most pressing need and fulfill that. So the winner has been hangers yesterday and then today it was food. Tomorrow is looking like HDMI cable might win.

My Sandwhich to Non-Sandwhich meal ratio is 3:1.

Brian Fights the Man

I was in court today, but not for being illegally good looking. The City of Ann Arbor apparently felt that our Christmas party violated city code regarding noise levels. It was just a live band in the kitchen and 100 of our closest friends, so I disagreed. I put The Cowboy to work and ended up getting the charge reduced to a mere civil infraction, for "blocking a sidewalk". That's right, I've admitted to blocking a sidewalk. Look out for this guy, he's a sidewalk blocker.