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Last Chance to See the Cherry Blossoms in D.C. Before Major Tidal Basin Reconstruction

2024-03-20 aprilmomoffour travel, washington dc

Did you know 2024 year is an important year for the D.C. Cherry Blossom Festival? It is the last year before major sea wall renovations force the park service to take down over one hundred and fifty trees. Don’t worry. Trees will be re-planted. This legitimately needs to be done due to flooding on one side of the Tidal Basin. It isn’t the entire Tidal Basin that is flooding. It’s just the area on one side of the Thomas Jefferson […]

Spring Break Just Got a Whole Lot Better!

2014-04-17 aprilmomoffour accomplishment, anemia, attitude, Bible, breastfeeding, goals, God, grandparents, hard times, New Year's goals

New York in the fall has nothing on DC in the spring! Ah, Spring, that glorious time of year when I want to wear short sleeves, but I can’t find them. My nose is stuffy, my eyes itch, and yet for some reason I feel wholly and ridiculously happy. I want to hug the spring this year–every zyrtec requiring moment of it is pulling me out of the dark-ish zone I’ve been inhabiting for too long to admit! This spring […]