Two Bees and a Cat

A lot has happened in the 2010s. Here are some highlights from Wikipedia's pages devoted to each year. Not comprehensive at all but it's pretty cool Powered by Time.Graphics

Unless you've lived under a rock in the last few weeks, you probably know about the 2018-2019 Shutdown . If you're one of the thousands that planned on coming to DC during this time and are disappointed that all vacation plans are ruined, fear NOT! I've compiled the following map that you can use to find some spots. This is not a comprehensive list, but it's a start. I used the DC government's free data portal to get the information. Not everything is updated, so check for yourself as well. Good luck!

Today something odd happened. We didn’t plan for it to happen, but it just happened. NB and I swapped spots in the kitchen. In our normal roles, NB handles all of the cooking and I handle all of the baking. I always say one of the best things I ever did was teaching NB to cook. He is a seriously amazing chef and he enjoys being creative in the kitchen, which baking doesn’t allow with it’s strict measuring and rules. However, I love baking! I enjoy taking something that looks like nothing and watching it turn into something magical and delicious. So, how did we end up switching roles? I’m still not really sure. It probably had something to do with having salmon for dinner. For some reason, I always end up cooking the salmon. Probably because it’s so easy, you just throw some seasoning on add heat and you look like a culinary pro. Today the seasoning of choice was Penzeys Spices’ “Chesapeake Bay” Seasoning (get it here ) which was an impulse buy the last time I was in Penzeys, we...

Today, AB and I went to Antietam and Monocacy National Battlefields. I feel like for the first time, in a long time, I've done something appropriate for Memorial Day. The Battle of Antietam , as you probably already know, is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. General Robert E. Lee, the famed Confederate General, commanded a decisive victory at Second  Battle of Manassas. He then eyed Maryland, because it would be strategic for the Confederacy to win in enemy territory. Meanwhile, in Europe, a Confederate victory would set in motion recognition by the French and the British. Recognition meant that there would be a possibility of a truce, and potentially end the Civil War. For the Union, therefore, this battle became a do-or-die. Major General George B. McClellan was on defense behind Antietam Creek (namesake of this battle) in September of 1862. The fighting mainly was around Dunker Church, which was ironic because that was a church built by pacifist Breth...

Seeking to change direction with this blog (again). I want to welcome my wife AB to the blog! Hope you enjoy our posts as we navigate life in a city (with a cat).

I always end up getting better candy deals after Easter rather than after Halloween. I'm fine with that.

Happy 2017! This morning, A and I were talking about the movie Bladerunner with Harrison Ford. We realized that it was ahead of its time. Then we wondered, "what's a word for 'ahead of its time'?" It's 2017 and we don't have a good word for ahead of its time. We also don't have words that rhyme with "orange". So we have made up a word: torange. It means, you guessed it,  "ahead of its time" E.g. Dawn of the Dead was torange.