Stuck in Our Heads - Vol. 25 - April 2009
Since I moved to our nation's capital, I have spent much of my time writing and revising my "5 Favorite Things To Do in DC" list. The last two slots on the list still see a good deal of movement, but the top three are pretty well locked in.
#3 - Spending a gorgeous spring afternoon across the street from the main entrance to The National Zoo at a sidewalk table at ZooBar. For those of you not familiar with the layout of The National Zoo, it sits on a substantial hillside in Northwest DC, and the main entrance is at the top of that hill and fronted by the widest crosswalk in DC. The main entertainment is watching families leave the zoo. Needless to say, families generally leave the zoo because they're tired of dealing with each other and the other thousands of people drawn to the zoo on a beautiful day. There is endless entertainment in drinking beer and watching tourists winded from the hill snipe at each other and approaching drivers on Connecticut Avenue. The cheese fries are pretty good, too.
#2 - Renting a canoe and watching the Fourth of July fireworks from the middle of the Potomac.
#1 - Visiting the National Arboretum during the peak bloom of their azalea collection. The first director of the Arboretum spent most of his career breeding azaleas. When he came to the Arboretum, he brought tens of thousands of azalea plants with him and planted them on a hillside. For the past half-century or so, those azaleas have run wild and grown into massive walls of vegetation. For a week or two in late April, the hillside is afire with reds, whites, magentas, and oranges. It is a sight that is truly breathtaking to behold.
For those of you in the DC area, go to the Arboretum in the next week or so. Even if you don't give a damn about flowers, it's worth a visit once in your life.
Title - Artist
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
My Girls - Animal Collective
Seahorse - Devendra Banhart
The Wizard - Bat for Lashes
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) - Beyonce
I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You - Black Kids
Tubthumping - Chumbawamba
All We Have - Brett Dennen
Right Round - Flo Rida
Around the Sandman - G3rst
Always a Bridesmaid - The Good Life
Lovers Need Lawyers - The Good Life
St. Stephen - Grateful Dead
Radio - Jurassic 5
Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
The Boy from Ipanema - Diana Krall
Devil Town - Tony Lucca
Simple Man - Lynrd Skynyrd
Late for School - Steve Martin
Daylight - Matt and Kim
Filet o' Fish Commercial - McDonald's
Barnacle Bill - Me
The Hat - Ingrid Michaelson
Smaller Taller - Nervous But Excited
I Kissed a Girl - Katy Perry
Invisible Sun - The Police
I Hate This Part Right Here - Pussycat Dolls
100 Yard Dash - Raphael Saadiq
Lamonts Lament - The Sea and Cake
Graceland - Paul Simon
Today - Smashing Pumpkins
Jacksonville - Sufjan Stevens
Pump Up the Jam - Technotronic
That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings
Stinkfest - Tool
Stand Up Comedy - U2
Red Red Wine - UB40
Chickamauga - Uncle Tupelo
Fisher of Men - M. Ward
Clementine - Washington
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