Episode IV Who did Flat Stanley meet on his whirlwind adventures? He met orange people playing in the snow He met green people on St. Patrick’s Day He met blue people He met Kuma, the miniature dachshund He met Choko, the springer spaniel He met the Guinness toucan He met another Flat [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Snow’
A Whole Wide Stanley World
Posted in Flat Stanley, Photos, Travel, tagged Colombia, D.C., Flat Stanley, Snow on April 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Stanley Flattens The Mall
Posted in Flat Stanley, Travel, tagged D.C., Flat Stanley, National Mall, Snow on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Episode II As a curious tourist to the nation’s capital, Flat Stanley decided to explore the famous National Mall with its memorials, monuments and museums. He donned his special snow suit once again and set out on a trek that would take him to the far-flung corners of Washington, D.C. Please look away now, if you don’t want to experience [...]
Foremost Things That Are So Unnecessary
Posted in Food, Lame humor, Sports, tagged D.C., Snow on February 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Unfrozen ice turds - okay losers, just because it snowed 20 inches, doesn’t give you the right to kick snow over your dog’s business and skip away. Now that the snow is mostly melted, these chunks of wet poo are festering in the sun like bacon on a skillet. Disgusting. Lingering regurgitation smell - whoever ralphed all over my condo building’s lobby before dying [...]
The Wrong Stanley Was Convicted
Posted in Flat Stanley, Travel, tagged D.C., Flat Stanley, Snow on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Adventures of Flat Stanley Episode I Recently my niece, Alora, sent me her school project, known as Flat Stanley. The goal is for this little paper guy, colored to kindergarten taste, to see the world and for the recipient (me) to write about his exploits and take photos and all that. Seems like the wrong type of thing to expect out [...]
Blizzard of ’10 and Tales of Snow
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged D.C., Snow on February 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
DC blizzard of 2010… Day 1 (Friday) Snowing. Not sticking. Flop of a snowstorm? Peck at laptop. Now sticking. Coming down hard. Stand still. Listen to the whisper of snowflakes hit the ground. Perfect. Day 2 (Saturday) Wow. Look. Snow everywhere. 18-20 inches. Cars have disappeared. Amazing. Wonderful. This never happens. Football in the snow. Boom. Tackle you. We [...]
Let it snow, let it snow…okay now stop!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged D.C., Snow on February 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Nearly 20 inches of snow dumped on Washington, D.C. over Friday and Saturday. I’d say that’s a solid haul for 24 hours. It is certainly the most snow that has fallen on a city that I was living in at the time. Here we embark on a brief photo journey of this ‘snowmageddon’ on Capital Hill. The streets are alive [...]
Random Snow Play
Posted in Sports, Travel, tagged California, Seattle Seahawks, Skiing, Snow, Washington on January 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When confronted with copious quantities of snow in every direction, one may wonder what the best ways to enjoy it are. Here are a few ideas: Blizzard Bowl ’08 As the New York Jets battled the Seattle Seahawks at Qwest Field, an epic blizzard waged war on the fans. We were able to fight back by throwing snowballs at each [...]
