Mr. D. has a bit of a cold on our beach/mardi gras/valentine’s day jaunt, so we’ve been spending our evenings in. Friday night he took a long nap, after which we went out and got a take-out pizza (I’m sure he’ll be posting their neon “Pizza by the Slice” sign on his blog). Last night, [...]

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Headed down to Emerald Isle today for our annual winter beach vacation. The plan is to (a) go to the Gloucester Mardi Gras tomorrow, and (b) go out for a post-Valentine’s dinner at the Crab Claw on Sunday night. Already went for a sunset walk on the beach; I’m sure more of them will follow.
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We missed a big snowstorm, but witnessed the inauguration from the national mall. And that wasn’t even the big news. Zzzzzz….off to sleep, perchance to sleep, and post another day. With pictures.
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We’ve been back for a week now, and I’ve finally gotten a chance to sit down, go through the many photos I took, and recap the rest of our trip.
First off, here’s a couple more views of our home base on Potrero Hill. This is the flat we stayed in…we had the upstairs:

And here’s Farley’s, [...]

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We arrived at the Atlantis for our off-season beach vacation late yesterday afternoon. One of the risks of beaching it off-season is that your view might look like this:
Most of the time, that large tube snaking off to the left is pouring out a dark sandy slurry…I guess either the beach didn’t have enough sand, [...]

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