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10.16.2007

Tagtown: Fall

Instead of writing a column this week I decided to go outside. Hence the reason this is a day late. It was the first proper fall week we’ve had this year and I’d be darned if I was going to stay inside.

Fall in DC is my favorite time of year. Spring makes me sneeze, summer around here smells like tar and the Potomac River, and winter is just depressing. It’s cold but doesn’t snow. Liquid ice falls from the sky and all the grumpy DC folks are even grumpier.

Fall is heaven. 60 to 70 degrees, cool breeze, great seasonal beers… you can’t ask for much more. I probably get more done creatively during these few weeks then any other time during the year. I just crack open the balcony doors and get to work. And yeah, I said a few weeks. I know fall is supposed to be three months, but tell DC weather patterns that. As I’m typing this I’m sure some secret cold front is about to attack and give my frost bite as I walk home from the Metro. Or tomorrow it will be 90 degrees again.

Fall brings with it the Small Press Expo, Crafty Bastards, the Maryland Renaissance Festival, The Duke Ellington Jazz Fest, Metro Cars that aren’t 100 degrees and more. I swear it makes the city calm down for five minutes and breathe. We actually stretch our artistic wings a bit and let people see the non-Tagtown side of DC.

I think I’m going to go find some pumpkin butternut squash soup now.

Mal Jones at 11:44 AM  |  link to this   

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