Sue-PRIZE we're in the top of the Post's community thingy.

So the Washington Post has put together some code that sort communities down by the Zip code

So when I put in the Golden Zip Code (20016) here is what the Post kicked out.  I will say it's a bit strange that (20015) has a 20k house hold difference.   Oh well we both have Janney Deal and Wilson and each other.  

We're on plane with Tianjin China?

20016 Zip code is located in the Eastern time zone at 39 degrees latitude (Fun Fact: this is the same latitude as Tianjin, China!) and -77 degrees longitude. It has an average elevation of 339 feet above sea level. http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/zip/20016

Local Walking Club

 Hi Everyone,
 
 We'll be walking this week on Monday and Thursday evenings, leaving at 8:15pm 
 sharp from my house, 4306 Brandywine St.  Check in with each other about 
 Thursday night to be sure you have a walking buddy, as it's the night with the 
 least number of walkers.  We return from our walks always by 9:30pm and we 
 generally do a brisk 4-5 mile walk.  
 
 
 Join us also early mornings for a brisk walk.  We leave every M-W-F at 6:30am 
 from the corner of Brandywine and 43rd STREET.

Janney Back to School Nite is HAPPENING

If you live in the GoldenZipCode and you happen to be part of the Janney Cult then tonight is one of the bigger festivals/rituals in AUP.

We will gather with Tupperware full of home cooked goodies and table upon table of whole food purchased goodies as well.     

Personally the home cooked offer the chance of getting a treat from another culture since we have such a large international and multiracial community.    In my own home my kids represent just that as they are product of (Lusitania/Other Baltic?-Columbia/German)on their mom's side and (Scottish/Irish-Danish/German) on mine.  So when I hear the narrative being spun in the media or in conversation about the rich white folk in ward 3 it gets my hackles UP.   Besides like many we strive to make them aware of their past however the real focus on the NOW and that is what i find engaging in many of the kids in this community is how aware of NOW they are IMHO..  


So for NOW myself and a great community will be gathering for a shared annual event around our beloved Janney and do what mankind has done for the last 5000 years.  Share a meal.   To bad the press or lamestream media won't cover the real character and melting pot~luck culture we value and they ballyhoo over in the talking head culture that is rampant in the District.

See you there.......

Local Block Parties

So one of the best parts of living in AUPARK is the block parties.  While we neighbors may differ on some of our micro political views. lets face it almost everyone voted for Obama and they voted for Mary Cheh too.  So what doesn't kill us will unite us over a few beverages, great food and AUParkers.

We have them running from the small alley ones, Shhhhhhhhh dont' tell anyone to a whole block and sometime server blocks coming together.   Halloween is pretty much a gaint AUPARKBLOCK Party......and MayFair @ Turtle park is one of the larger ones.

I'll make sure to post some pictures from them as we navigate the block party landscape of American University Park. Or as we like to call it the GoldenZipCode.