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Friday, August 22, 2008

To Do: Celebrate!

Woooo hooo! Ben's Chili Bowl (a famous DC establishment) is celebrating 50 Wonderful Years!

Anyone who is ANYONE eats here - from Martin Luther King Jr. to Chris Rock to Bill Crosby.

Ben's has been around DC since 1958 when the U Street Corridor was known as the Black Broadway!

It even survived the riots after MLK's death. Ben's is truly a landmark here in DC.

Congrats Ben!!! (and family)

Check out more here and more pics here. Image from here.

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mel & zack said...: Holly!!! I was so excited to get that message from you! Were living in New Mexico now going to school. I can't believe you eat meat now!!! you made me a believer in egiterian hot dogs! So how are you? I miss our fun crazy adventures!; 8/21/2008

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my favorite: randoms

- i am from a small town but I rock this big city.

- i love to dance and shake my thing.

- i love perfume.

- i am a walking contradiction.

- i think that chuck norris jokes are funny.

- i love fashion magazines.

- i cry every time I hear the national anthem.

- i like guys who play rugby.

- i love my bed.

- i never answer my phone. never.

- i have a lot of guy friends that keep me sane.

- i love awkward moments.

- i normally wear black or white.

- i want a great dane.

- i get car sick super easy.

- i am a perfectionist.

- i color-code everything.

- i love going to baseball games.

- i was a vegetarian for ten years.

- but now i love meat!

- i love the scar on my thumb.

- i love men's cologne.

- i don't drink and never have.

- i hate drama and try to avoid it.

- i like using the word "uber" whenever I can.

- i miss arizona. alot.

- but I love dc.

- i have a thing for red-heads.

more here.

to do: dc

Outdoor:
- Hike the Appalachian Trail
- Go ice skating in the Sculpture Garden
- Go kayaking in G-town
- Check out some bike trails
- Explore Rock Creek Park more
- Do a 5k run
- Go to the Beach/camp on the beach
- Check out Panther Falls
- Go to Harper's Ferry
- Go to Virginia Beach

Touristy:
- Check out the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Go to the Holocaust Museum
- Check out Gettysburg
- Check out Hershey's Park
- Hike to the top of the Capitol Dome

Sporty:
- Go to a DC United game
- Attend a Wizards game
- Attend more Nationals Games

Other:
- Volunteer at Walter Reed
- Sign up for Avon Walk
- Go to the DC Temple
- Go to Annapolis more
- Learn sign language
- Attend more free Kennedy Center events

to do: life

I want to live:
in Alaska
in New York City
in San Diego
in the South
in the Caribbean

in Cape Cod

in Prescott

I want to:
skydive
ride in a hot air balloon
throw money of a building

kiss a stranger

travel the world

learn to row

learn to cook

I want to visit: (pretty much everywhere but Ill be specific...) egypt - see the pyramids
paris - see the eiffel tower
australia - see my dad
china - see the great wall
hawaii - see the culture and the ocean
caribbean - with no plans at all
venice - to see the canals
rome - to see the coliseum

africa - to provide aid

I want to work:
at a magazine company (hopefully Real Simple)
own a cupcake store
run an event planning business
on The Hill

more to come...

my favorite: quotes

"Being powerful is like being a lady, if you have to tell people that you are, then you aren't"
--Margaret Thatcher

"I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little - if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that's the day she has a date with destiny. And it's best to be as pretty as possible for destiny."
--Coco Chanel

"Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party,"
--Oscar Wilde

"War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
-- John Stuart Mill

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill; That we shall pay any price, bear any burden; Meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe; To assure the survival and the success of liberty.”
--John F. Kennedy

To Do: Be Happy

The Optimist Creed

by Christian Larson

Promise Yourself
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature you meet.
To give so much time to improving yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and
too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud word, but in great deeds.
To live in the faith that the whole world is on your side, so long as you are true to the best that is in you.

Friday, August 22, 2008

To Do: Celebrate!

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