Hello From D.C.!
Well I'm finally settled in (sort of) in Washington! I went from cite-checking to moving out of my apartment to moving to D.C. within a span of 36 hours on Thursday-Friday, but have now finally placed all my stuff into my summer residence and found time to go looking for free wireless. Luckily for me, Tryst is only a few blocks from my apartment (which is off the corner of 19th and California St. NW). I know Yglesias used to blog from here, until he found some place closer to home.
I can not say I am sorry to have not been blogging this week. The news out of Iraq, both on the Abu Ghraib and the Nick Berg fronts is sufficiently upsetting that I have no desire to try and say something original, even if that were possible. The fact that I almost did not have time to exhale in the last week gave me a good excuse for avoiding the news, and it looks like I picked a pretty good week to do so.
I really like D.C. so far. I have not done too much exploring, but I have spent a few hours walking around the Dupont Circle/Adams Morgan area, and it seems a wonderful place to live. Seeing as it is the capital of the free world, it has more than enough excitement for a small-town homebody like me. But it also has neighborhoods with real character, and is small enough that walking from point A to point B is never that big a deal (though in the heat I have felt this weekend, I am glad the metro is always there for backup). Anyhow, I've only been here 3 days and I already like it much better than I ever liked Boston, which always struck me as too cold and reserved. Paris has always been my favorite city, and largely I think for the joie de vivre that was so easy to find in any number of ethnic neighborhoods. Walking around Dupont and Adams Morgan, I feel a vibrancy that Boston lacked.
With all that said, I do not know just how much blogging I'll be doing this summer. With Tryst so close, I'm sure I can promise at least a few nights a week. More questionable is the prospect of blogging at work. Attorneys at big law firms (and summer associates) who blog are already sticking their necks out a little bit, and I fear that the threshold of inappropriate free speech activity might be crossed by blogging from work, even though I am committed to leaving work almost essentially out of my blogging topics.
That is enought about that. I wanted everyone to know I am happy and healthy and all set for starting work tomorrow. I have a long list of places I want to see in D.C., and would very much appreciate any suggestions on events or locations I should check out. I would also love to have lunch or dinner with any readers or fellow bloggers who happen to be in the area. I have already traded e-mails with a couple of you, but if anyone else wants to meet up for a chat, just let me know.
