Comments on: Enjoy Here While You’re Here, Folks

By: uniongal

uniongal — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:44:01 +0000

I love living here. There isn't a time I walk out my building and see the Capitol building that I don't feel moved. But I do have to agree about the tourists from above comments. Ugh, tourists. Do they know how to walk on an escalator? Do they know how to spread out on a platform instead of huddling in one blob outside a set of doors? Do they realize we have walk signs and that you can't just cross the mall any time you feel like it? Other than tourists and the allergies I've recently developed, there isn't a moment that I look out my window and don't feel a twinge of emotion as I see the Washington Monument. Honestly, DC is the greatest place to live.

By: fen

fen — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:00:52 +0000

welcome to dc! contrary to most of the comments above, 99% of us aren't jaded....here's hoping you hold onto your amazement for a long, long time, or, at the very least, continue to be proud to call dc home.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:34:20 +0000

I wish these "ohI'mfromanotherstateandI'vejustmovedhere" posts would stop. I'm going to guess the majority of people reading this blog are transplants to the DC area, which means these posts are pretty boring for us. What next? You'll muse about the rules of the Metro escalators? Ssstttoooppp.

By: Cello

Cello — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:03:17 +0000

I was born and raised in D.C. and spent my school career in the DCPS. I can't tell you how many field trips I've taken to the monuments and museums that litter the center of our fair city. I've also had to go there a number of times with out-of-towners. When you've been around these marvelous monuments your entire life (and have been stuck dealing with the floods of tourists gawking at them) you can't help but be slightly less impressed by them. If I started off in a small city, though, with no frame of reference and then arrived here, well I'd be pretty impressed. The key is avoiding them completely for a few years and then go back and seem them with somebody with fresh eyes. That helps recapture come of the wonder.

By: Reid

Reid — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:27:23 +0000

Based on my experiences at most DMVs, I would imagine that this "DMV Area" is somewhere near Camden, New Jersey. FWIW, it's not about being jaded, it's about those places becoming mundane to you. It's no longer The Lincoln Memorial(!!), it's just the big white building you pass on the way to the airport. Clearly the Space Needle never got mundane to you. But you only lived there two years. That's not very long in adult years. Right now you're really into the "idea" of living in Washington, DC (and apparently the exoticism of Northern Virginia). That'll pass quickly. Stay here 4-6 years and the touristy things will stop being so notable. They'll just be home.

By: cminus

cminus — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:20:30 +0000

When I was at GW, "monumenting" was widely acknowledged as one of the best cheap date options around. So it's not that we're not aware of the backdrop; I guess we're just utilitarian about it.

By: David

David — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:04:39 +0000

I find it excellent that the mere mention of the word Virginia merited an exclamation point. Finally the Old Dominion is getting some props!

But what was that about the DMV area? I've never heard this part of the country called that. But, I guess you learn something every day...

By: LiTu

LiTu — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:33:30 +0000

I've lived in DC for four years, and I still get excited about everything.

By: Cranky Editor Guy

Cranky Editor Guy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:27:02 +0000

Just a heads up... at some point you will start to think, "Why the fuck is everything marble and/or overrun by tourons?"

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:25:46 +0000

we'll break your spirit yet, Brianne!

By: creative turkey pastrami

creative turkey pastrami — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:20:29 +0000

are you trying to annoy me?