The Walk to Georgetown

So recently i found out that everytime i’ve gone to Georgetown in the past year, i have taken a ridiculously long and impractical route. I live on 20th and F. Normally what i do is walk all the way up to M street and then take a left and walk straight across the bridge into georgetown. This takes about 25 minutes- a half hour. NOW i know that i can just walk straight up F street onto Virginia avenue which intersects with M street just as it goes into georgetown. This new route takes about ten to fifteen minutes and is so much more straightforward. My street is on some weird kind of diagonal/squiggle whereas virginia is literally just a straight shot. I feel like this is the first sign of myself really getting to know the city. Hopefully my street knowledge of DC will continue to increase…

Time For Adventure

I have officially decided that it’s time for me to seriously start exploring the city. So far i really have only seen the Foggy Bottom area. I’ve ventured outside a few times, but briefly. I want to just pick a direction and walk for a good 45 minutes or so and see what there is to see. I don’t like that every time i see something in DC i need to compare it to NYC. So maybe if i get a better idea of what DC is like, I can start to appreciate the city for what it is instead of thinking that it’s trying to be something it isn’t. So, future blog posts will be about my adventures through DC

Hello world!

It’s my first day back in DC after the first half of summer, during which i was in NYC. Since i got off the bus I’ve started noticing differences between the two. The most off-setting thing so far has definitely been that all the cabs accept more than one fare at once. I was so happy to get a cab as soon as i got off the bus, but then the driver told three other people to get in with me, and my ride was extended by forty-five minutes. Safe to say it wasn’t too pleasant. It’s also pretty off-putting to be around the Foggy Bottom campus with so few people as opposed to during Fall or Spring when the sidewalks are usually bustling with students. I’m sure I’ll get used to it though…At least ill hopefully get to know the city a lot better thanks to this class!