PaperGirl is being closed for some remodeling. I wish everyone out there a safe, happy holiday season. Please take care of yourselves and one another. Keep it simple.

It’s snowing in Washington, D.C. and folks are wiggin’, y’all!

They don’t get too much snow in these parts. According to The World Wide Web, the average snowfall in our nation’s capital is approximately 15 inches. This means that when a bigger than usual snow storm is predicted, the townspeople go on red alert. They buy gallon jugs of water and cancel things like school and meetings and, as we have been warned, possibly plays. If the blizzard that has begun keeps going as long as they say it’s going to go (clear into Sunday morning at 9:00am), the Metro train … Read entire post

We came. We saw. We had an Ice-Capades moment.

I’m always strapping alternative footwear onto myself with these crazy Neo-Futurist people. Remember when I went rollerskating in Coney Island with the New York Neo girls? I let the breeze off the Atlantic be my lunch and we disco danced on wheels. I was wearing orange and I matched the roller rink. This afternoon, the bunch of us took the Metro to the Smithsonian stop and walked over to the sculpture garden because there is an outdoor ice skating rink there and we all felt like we needed to do some gliding. … Read entire post

We’re walking and walking and walking.

I don’t walk as much as I used to. It’s because I have a car. Years ago, when I first moved to Chicago, I walked everywhere. This was partly because I wanted to explore the city on foot, but mostly because I didn’t have a car and I wasn’t always sure of the train and bus routes. I also just liked walking. I was also 20.

Now that I have a car, I get lazy. Sure, I could walk to the theater every time I need to go there — which is often — but I … Read entire post