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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jbe who wrote (47032)	7/25/1999 11:37:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Good Morning, Joan! I meant to tell you I was thinking of you Thursday, when I was driving down Connecticut Avenue from the Beltway to Dupont Circle, late in the day, about 7 p.m. Nicholas wanted me to buy him a copy of the Journal of Commerce, and the only place I know that sells it is that newsstand at Dupont Circle, the northern Virginia distributor doesn't carry it any more. When you drive into D.C. on Connecticut Avenue, you can really appreciate what a world-class cosmopolitan city D.C. really is. Those beautiful buildings, all the different businesses catering to the affluent, the hotels, the office buildings, the grand bridges over Rock Creek Park, it's just a beautiful place. I made the children quit reading their books and look up and appreciate it. We had a hard time parking around Dupont Circle (of course!) and drove around the different embassies looking for a parking place for maybe 15 minutes, and it is so lively there, all the foot traffic and so many cars. The children wanted to know why it was so crowded, and I told them it was just a popular place to go, a lot of restaurants and shops. We lucked out with a parking place, and got some magazines and Nick's Journal of Commerce. I try to take them someplace special in D.C. at least every week while school is out - last week it was the Jefferson building of the Library of Congress. That certainly is a lively, exciting part of the world, isn't it? I remember how frustrated you were when Christine remarked on the popular conception of D.C. as a dangerous place to visit. As for me, I like living out in the suburbs, where children and cats can wander unsupervised, and I can go out and get my morning paper wearing my red plaid flannel nightgown and not see a soul!