Everyday Life

Najwa and Laundry Duty

David Gaines - December 15, 2020

Getting COVID Tested

Health and Fitness David Gaines - December 4, 2020 0

After our trip to Arizona to visit grandpa, we set out to get tested for coronavirus. Four separate flights; three different airports, which...

Jurassic Quest

Events, Expos & Festivals David Gaines - November 20, 2020 0

Several years ago we got Najwa an Xbox. I read some articles about how Minecraft was pretty popular in schools and for kids...

Putting Up The Christmas Tree Already

Christmas David Gaines - November 14, 2020 0

We usually put up the Christmas tree on Thanksgiving weekend, but since we're traveling that weekend to visit my dad, we decided to put...

Taste Testing The Impossible Burger

Food & Nutrition David Gaines - November 8, 2020 0

Lately I've taken an interest in gene editing. Mostly I've been reading about CRISPR, but then I read an article about the Impossible...

Roosevelt Island

Activities David Gaines - October 10, 2020 0

When crossing over I-66 from DC to Virginia along the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge, it barely registers that you briefly cross over Roosevelt Island....

Scaled Back Birthday Celebration at Summers Farm Adventure

Birthdays David Gaines - September 19, 2020 0

Since the world got turned upside down with the spread of the virus, birthday parties have essentially come to an end. There are...

Najwa Gets Her First Real Bike #NBD

Health and Fitness David Gaines - August 15, 2020 0

Being avid bike riders, we wanted to get Najwa in on the game so that we can ride as a family. So, after...

Protesting Police Brutality

Activism David Gaines - June 6, 2020 0

Now that the potential for violence has subsided significantly, the ladies and I took a trip down to Black Lives Matter Plaza to see...

Riding Metro

Snapshots David Gaines - May 30, 2020 0

It's been a weird year so far. Any other year a photo wearing masks would look like we were being weird or planning...

Welcome to Beautiky

Everyday Life David Gaines - May 11, 2020 0

Near the light switch at the bottom of the steps was a note advertising a new beauty shop being set up upstairs. Follow...

Looking for New Destinations at the Washington Travel & Adventure Show

Events, Expos & Festivals David Gaines - March 7, 2020 0

We're a family that travels. We have a few plans percolating at the moment, we're always open to discovering new places to add...

Shopping Around for a Bike

Health and Fitness David Gaines - March 4, 2020 0

I bike. Nduku bikes. We just don't bike together because we haven't taken the time to teach Najwa how to bike. Today's kids...

Late Night at The Skate Palace

Activities David Gaines - February 29, 2020 0

Man, when I lived in Germany where my dad was stationed, one of the highlights for us teens was hanging out at the skating...

Hair

Everyday Life David Gaines - February 17, 2020 0

Somehow Najwa's hair turned out to be this luscious heap of protein filament. I'm envious.

Mongolia Day at the National History Museum

Events, Expos & Festivals David Gaines - February 9, 2020 0

Took Najwa and her friend Azaria to the National Museum of Natural History for Mongolia Day. They watched a performance of a Mongolian...

DIY Valentine’s at the National Postal Museum

Events, Expos & Festivals David Gaines - February 9, 2020 0

We've visited the National Postal Museum on several occasions in the past, but this was our first time going for their annual DIY Valentine's...

Who Says Cars Are For Boys?

Events, Expos & Festivals David Gaines - January 26, 2020 0

There are so many stereotypes based on gender that it's not even funny. Unfortunately, there are too many that have an adverse impact...

Lanham Skate Center

Everyday Life David Gaines - December 14, 2019 0

Najwa's school previously had a field trip to the skating rink. I usually chaperone at all her school trips, but I missed the...

Lincoln Waffle Shop

Snapshots David Gaines - December 7, 2019 0

Across from the Ford Theater, where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, it a local favorite called the Waffle Shop. It always seems so...

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum

Activities David Gaines - December 7, 2019 0

It's always weird how people who live in a city never seem to visit all the places where all the tourists visit when in...

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Visiting The Blue Mosque In Istanbul

Getting COVID Tested

Visiting Annapolis, MD and The U.S. Naval Academy

Downtown Historic Lima, Peru

ANET Highest Scorer

Najwa Wins Art Award

Taking a Day Trip to Luray Caverns in the Shenandoah Mountains