A great friend of mine invited me to attend a pre-screening of the documentary, Arabia 3D, in the Museum of Natural History. While on my lunch break from work, I visited House of Kabob in Dupont. The above plate was only $7.10!! So much food, no waiting for it to be given to me, it tasted great and it was cheap. This place is def a winner in my book.

Anyways after work, I met up with my friend at the museum and I enjoyed the film. It was excellent! I felt as  though I visited it myself. The sand seemed as if it was right within reach. The effects, graphics, transitions, entire cinematography was on point. The material was informative yet entertaining, the artist definitely achieved his goal. Go see it, if you can!

After the film and our great middle eastern dinner (gotta keep the theme goin!) we took the good ol 70 bus uptown. Remember my previous gripes about this damn bus? There was a nut case in front of me and one behind me. The one in front happens to be the woman in the center background of my photo above. These two young innocent ladies in the photo sat between her and I. below is the dialogue that ensued:
Chick to the left is chick 1 and one to the right is chick 2. The crazy lady is Elmo.

Chick 1 goes on about the bus driver flirting with her...Chick 2 jokingly tells her to tap that, chick 1 of course laughs and is like hell no. Elmo enters the scene.

Elmo: "blababababwehdefhugfybbendkhdxlhefgwefnkg!! aaaagbiwegfkeuberkygfnkegflkgurgfbkuhk!!!!"(shouting gibberish like the tasmanian devil at Chick1)
Chick1: "oh my god why the fuck did i come on this bus?"
Elmo looks at her in utter disgust and says: "bdfgksnufkufgtdkjrg.mldhhk,jkhik!!! dukfhkdnhgdfhkjgfj,vhkjmhrjk!!! dkufhukjgjrfhnfgdfkjgdngkgjjh!!! dgfefghkm,hjltjkjbkm,!!!"
Chick 2, my friend and I laugh sooo hard we couldn't breathe.
Chick1: "can we move to the back?"
Chick2: "no! we gotta stay here"
Chick1: "oh c'mon! we can take the train, look there's the stop!"
Elmo: "bsdlfhefihnukfthfkyvuk!!!! dkfgrukngteruvhrklhrhl!!"
Crazy man sittin behind me: "Yall done did it now! she put the ghost on you!"
(Crazy man continues talking foolishness but we were laughing so hard, its inaudible at this point)
Chick2: "no, the bus gets us much closer than the train, you know that"
Elmo: "wkehnrjchgtcjhvjvvhm,jghkghm,kjhmfkjnmkjhbghmhhk,jhmgjhfjhg,jhmjmjmjjgjfgnbghjn,jb,j" 
Chick1: "come oooonnn!"
Chick2: "nope" (struggling to keep a stern voice)
Elmo: "kfugdufgnughrihvlimvhill!!!!" "dfugkhfgvkfjngkhn!!" "kdugfberhgejgefgrejgnrmgrngbrjgbmjgrnmgru!" "kuehnukwehncrhjrghrkrmgk,hm,kfhgmfjnrgvjhfkjghfmkjhkghghmfkghkhnkfnhmkfhkvhkmhvrihthrth!!!"
We are all in stitches laughing so damn hard!!
Chick1: "wtf! I'm one of the only 3 white people on this bus AND i'm standing while everyone's sitting. Fuckin Elmo over here hates me and everyone's staring. So fucking transparent. Its just a big fuckin show!"
We all laugh sooooo much harder at this point!! Tears are streaming down my face now. She notices, laughs and fans my face for me to get some air.
Elmo: "bdfuwrngfukcr,hmu!!" "eurnhfu,jnh!"
The Chicks start saying a photo needs to be snapped. In between laughs, I tell em I got it and pull my phone out to snap the photo you see above.

We finally calm down and Elmo exits stage right err I mean gets off the bus. The chicks and I talk and realize we are all from New England and they tell me they want to start a blog about DC life. I told em I already have one and they will def get featured next! Hopefully they see this! I don't even know if this post captures the hilarity but hey I tried!

Crazy title huh? Yup I know. Life is so interesting sometimes, so entertaining...its just too good to be  scripted. I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried.

MY WEEKEND WAS EPIC!!

Friday after work, I strolled through China Town and discovered Pho DC, a vietnamese bar and restaurant that makes a slammin pho soup!! I ate my heart out! You already know my greedy ass was in bliss. The service was awesome too! Everyone was so polite and it def helps that both the bartenders were hot!... If only I had my hair done that day... smdh.  Then I mosied on home and collapsed in bed.

 The top photo is of the bowl they give you with onions, peppers and mint you can add to the soup below.

 Pho Ga is a Vietnamese soup that has noodles, chicken, cilantro, scallion and whatever else you want. You can add mushrooms, mint, lemon, pepper, onions, its all up to you.


Saturday I watched people march to the White House for Egypt. My horrible attempt to get a photo of it is below...

Then after work I went to (drum roll please) GAY MILITARY RUMBA NIGHT AT COBALT! lol! Well to be fair, Cobalt is a gay club/lounge in Dupont Circle soooo its always gay night but unbeknownst to me before I entered it was military night as well. So there were topless buff men in camouflage pants n combat boots with war paint on their faces (sooo sexy!!) There was a drag queen show as well, they did the Beyonce better than Beyonce herself! I tried to capture some of it on my phone too but im short sooo we'll see how that goes when I upload the video here. If no video gets loaded, then u know I failed miserably. And yes the rumba element...there was latin night on the 3rd floor (theres 4 floors there). I tried but between my heels, two left feet and the crowded dancefloor it wasn't happening but it was comical at least! lol! Lucky for me, they switched to reggae for a lil bit then I went down to the second floor and enjoyed the pop and techno. After dancing til my feet hurt I limped to the metro just in time to see the drunken exodus of people catching the last trains for the night. Lots of staggering, stumbling, passing out, a lil vomit and the whole dupont station platform singing "everybody! shots shots shots shots..." (u know the song) and two guys having a dance off! Im talkin pulled off their coats and everything! did the lawn mower and all. It was hilarious! Of course my phone was dead by then so I couldn't record it (booo!! yea I know I suck).

Btw, it would be nice if lil walls or curtains were put up by the urinals...I felt really awkward using the men's room. (there's no ladies room in gay bars, go figure!). But I survived after quickly tip toeing to the nearest stall with my hand over my eyes.

Thats it for now folks!! Talk to ya later! Enjoy the rough videos below...

 

 

I absolutely love this!! It totally sums up my daily metro ordeal. hahaha!!

I was in the metro station waiting for my train home. I noticed a group of young hooligans on one side of the platform and a lil ol lady on the other. Naturally, I decided to wait near the old lady.
Sitting on the bench in silence...

"I was in lock down you know?!". Silence is broken. Not wanting to egg her on, I quietly stare at the train tracks. "yes girl I was in lock down mhm n I just got out. They had them some bed bugs too. I was glad when I left. I can do whatever I want. Go where I want, when I want." (I pray for God to send my train. I look at the monitor it says 12 more minutes.)

"2012, thats the year. You know whats gonna happen?" She pauses for me to respond...(not wantin to piss her off, I answer) "umm no, no I dont." "Well lemme tell you girl, the planets are gonna line up. On one side of earth we gonna freeze and the other half gonna blow up." (oh dear god. where is my train??) " you should research it for me. find out the day and come report it to me" (train get over here now!!). Desperate to shut her up without upsetting her, I compliment her. "you know what? Im not as smart as you. clearly you already know whats gonna happen in 2012, why dont YOU go and find out the day?" (im a genius! She smiled) "yeaaaaaa u right... imma do that" (train pulls up, thank you jesus!)

I wait and see what train car she gets on and hop on a different one.

Have you ever had one of those days when it feels like the entire circle of life is against you?! 

 Yesterday as I rode the train to work... Splat! My lunch spilled on my lap.

Today I decided to just buy my  lunch instead. Happy to find an empty seat, I sat down on the train. "Excuse me miss, its wet." a lady says to me... I hop up and of course my butt is soaked...oh sigh...

Ever felt like you were spending money for nothing? Exactly how I feel right now.

August 1st, we will experience the THIRD metro fare hike for the year. I find it funny how with all this money being shelled out, we still have the same issues: trains delayed, malfunctions, lack of air conditioning , over crowded cars, leaky roofs, broken escalators and elevators, fare cards deactivated by cellphones. It's a mess!

You would think the reason they enact these fare hikes is to eliminate these problems, right? That WOULD be the sensible thing. However, after the second fare hike...the issues have remained the same and well, in some cases, have gotten worse. Why am I paying more money? I already spend thirty dollars a week on the metro system, as of next week I will pay more and I am unhappy with the service provided. I have tried the whole taxi thing however not only is it more expensive, but cabs are few and far between in the District. Driving a car? makes no sense in the district because well, there is no where to park it and hey i'm tryna save money here. (sigh)

Dear Metro,

I remember a time when things were great between us. Somehow, someway it all got screwed up. Can we please get back to that place? Can we heal this relationship? Are you capable of getting your self together? Please say yes.

Sincerely,
your favorite patron

DC CARNIVAL WAS GREEAAATTT!!!! I had soooo much fun! Covered in paint and a lil mud, dancin down the road. Not a care in the world; just smiling in the sun. Ended the parade with a curry goat roti in Banneker park wid my girlies and some ice cold water. Food was devoured in 0.3 seconds! lol

Still oh so tired, I took my painted self on the metro and went home. Struck up some good convos about carnival weekend with some cool passengers along the way. Once home--took the longest shower in the world!!! It felt so good I thanked God for water when I came out. (not lying) And then I passed out in my bed. ahhhh twas a great day indeed...my  age is revealing itself though- my whole body is tired and achy...as for my feet-they've def seen better days! lol but it was SO worth it.

My usual morning commute includes the wild race in the DC Metro system at rush hour. Hoards of sleepy people dragging their feet, and the few people (like me) maneuvering our way past them and onto the train. Unfortunately at some point between my two train rides, my wallet disappeared. There was the usual pushing and running and being stuffed into crowded train cars as any other day. Not particularly sure what went wrong. I  told the station manager at my final train exit. He alerted the authorities and I called my bank and credit card companies and had all my cards canceled. I'm a lil annoyed but not really upset about it...if a person did indeed rob me they didn't benefit. I only had ten bucks in there and everything else that was in there is pretty much useless since I made my phone calls... Now I must wait for my mom to send me a copy of my birth certificate so I can fix my life...

Close your eyes and imagine...hot humid weather with a barely there breeze, sirens blaring, dirt blowin on the street as if we're in a old western, Ethiopian cab drivers asking YOU for directions, mormons in black suits on bicycles, hood rats in clown clothes struttin like theyre on the runway, hispanic old men makin kissy faces at u, ppl yellin on cellphones (apparently when on the phone, u MUST shout to be heard), busses taking hours to come and when they arrive there are two or more of the same exact bus bumper to bumper, men dressed in terrible drag, women dressed in men's clothing with shaved heads, prostitutes parading in broad daylight (not the pretty kind either), CD/DVD/socks/shoelace salesmen dragging their suitcases to you, crackhead usin his feet and hands to move his "wheelchair" (really a stolen office chair) up the street.......and a slew of campaigners standing on a corner asking you to help keep the current mayor in power....