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Najwa and Laundry Duty
David Gaines
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December 15, 2020
Getting COVID Tested
Health and Fitness
David Gaines
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December 4, 2020
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After our trip to Arizona to visit grandpa, we set out to get tested for coronavirus. Four separate flights; three different airports, which...
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Jurassic Quest
Events, Expos & Festivals
David Gaines
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November 20, 2020
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Several years ago we got Najwa an Xbox. I read some articles about how Minecraft was pretty popular in schools and for kids...
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Putting Up The Christmas Tree Already
Christmas
David Gaines
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November 14, 2020
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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...
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Taste Testing The Impossible Burger
Food & Nutrition
David Gaines
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November 8, 2020
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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...
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Roosevelt Island
Activities
David Gaines
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October 10, 2020
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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....
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Scaled Back Birthday Celebration at Summers Farm Adventure
Birthdays
David Gaines
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September 19, 2020
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Since the world got turned upside down with the spread of the virus, birthday parties have essentially come to an end. There are...
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Najwa Gets Her First Real Bike #NBD
Health and Fitness
David Gaines
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August 15, 2020
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Being avid bike riders, we wanted to get Najwa in on the game so that we can ride as a family. So, after...
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Protesting Police Brutality
Activism
David Gaines
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June 6, 2020
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Now that the potential for violence has subsided significantly, the ladies and I took a trip down to Black Lives Matter Plaza to see...
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Riding Metro
Snapshots
David Gaines
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May 30, 2020
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It's been a weird year so far. Any other year a photo wearing masks would look like we were being weird or planning...
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Welcome to Beautiky
Everyday Life
David Gaines
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May 11, 2020
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Near the light switch at the bottom of the steps was a note advertising a new beauty shop being set up upstairs. Follow...
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Looking for New Destinations at the Washington Travel & Adventure Show
Events, Expos & Festivals
David Gaines
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March 7, 2020
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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...
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Shopping Around for a Bike
Health and Fitness
David Gaines
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March 4, 2020
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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...
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Late Night at The Skate Palace
Activities
David Gaines
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February 29, 2020
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Man, when I lived in Germany where my dad was stationed, one of the highlights for us teens was hanging out at the skating...
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Hair
Everyday Life
David Gaines
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February 17, 2020
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Somehow Najwa's hair turned out to be this luscious heap of protein filament. I'm envious.
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Mongolia Day at the National History Museum
Events, Expos & Festivals
David Gaines
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February 9, 2020
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Took Najwa and her friend Azaria to the National Museum of Natural History for Mongolia Day. They watched a performance of a Mongolian...
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DIY Valentine’s at the National Postal Museum
Events, Expos & Festivals
David Gaines
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February 9, 2020
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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...
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Who Says Cars Are For Boys?
Events, Expos & Festivals
David Gaines
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January 26, 2020
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There are so many stereotypes based on gender that it's not even funny. Unfortunately, there are too many that have an adverse impact...
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Lanham Skate Center
Everyday Life
David Gaines
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December 14, 2019
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Najwa's school previously had a field trip to the skating rink. I usually chaperone at all her school trips, but I missed the...
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Lincoln Waffle Shop
Snapshots
David Gaines
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December 7, 2019
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Across from the Ford Theater, where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, it a local favorite called the Waffle Shop. It always seems so...
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Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
Activities
David Gaines
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December 7, 2019
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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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Learning About Queens of Egypt with Archaeology Club
March 31, 2019
For this weekend's Archaeology Club we went to the National Geographic Museum where there's an exhibit on the queens of Egypt. In school you...
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
January 6, 2018
It's a phenomenon how the closer one lives to an attraction, the least likely they'll visit. I know people who have lived in...
Museo Larco
December 25, 2019
Naturally Christmas is a slow day. No one wants to work on Christmas, especially in a deeply Catholic country. But, Museo Larco...
Taking a Detour Through Turkey on the Way Back Home
January 1, 2015
The worst part of traveling is having to say goodbye. When you first get a on a plane to go to wherever you’re going,...
Making Pizza
October 11, 2014
One of my favorite foods is pepperoni pizza. Not the healthiest, but definitely one of the more delicious. So, why not, when...
Hanging Out Near DOT
May 4, 2019
When they built the new Department of Transportation headquarters in SW DC, let's just say they did a really good job relative to what...
Lincoln Waffle Shop
December 7, 2019
Across from the Ford Theater, where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, it a local favorite called the Waffle Shop. It always seems so...