I originally wrote this as a guest post for plonkee, who was coming to tour in DC, where I’m currently living. She agreed to let me repost it here while I’m on vacation. I’ve also updated some information about the passes.
Here’s some tips from a DC resident, long but I hope it’s helpful.
Use the Metro, [...]

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Morning all! I wanted to give a heads-up that the quarterly carnival of Bloggy Giveaways is up and running. It’s pretty awesome, there are currently over 600 giveaways for about everything under the sun.
There’s a strong focus on women and mothers (probably because most people hosting the giveaways are women and mothers), but there’s also [...]

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There are many blessings in our lives and one of them is opportunity. We are always having new opportunities. It’s fine that we don’t follow through on most, because there’s only so much we need or can do. But it’s important to keep ourselves open at all times.
In my post on “making it do,” I [...]

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Our bedroom has no air conditioning. It’s got a ceiling fan and a radiator, so most of the time this isn’t a big deal. But every now and then during the summer, it gets so hot in there (especially if we’ve been sparing in our use of the living room a/c unit) that it’s almost impossible to sleep.

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There’s a WWII era slogan “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without!” One sees it a still quoted today in frugalist circles. Between my blog reading and personal experience this last week, I was thinking about the “Make it do or go without” aspect.
In our apartment, there are a number [...]

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