It's Going to Be a Cold January

I have a feeling this month is going to be a cold one. These past two days have been in the 30s with wind speeds also in the 30s. That makes for a very cold combo. Especially when standing at the bus stop.

So we got our first big snow storm in December. I'm betting we are going to get our first set of extremely low temps in January. Of course February always surprises me with her bite.

Maybe it time to get those iPhone compatible gloves?


- Posted from an iPhone and typed with very cold fingertips

This Is More Like It

The first Monday after Christmas and I am heading back into work. Today was more like it. So few people on the road and even less on the metro.

Maybe everyone decided to take this week off since they all worked up until Christmas Eve last week. I hope so, because I could use a down week in DC.


- Posted from an iPhone

What Happened to My Suitcase Town?

Dec 23rd and it's 5:00pm. Where should you be by now? Probably on a plane homeward bound. But you are not. No, instead all you over achievers decided to work up to the last possible minute. What happened to the old tradition where this town shuts down one week before and one week after Christmas? Don't tell me the snow ruined your plans. Come on people, it was a Monday! Like you get anything done on Mondays.

There is seriously something rotten in the state of Denmark because the bus was jammed yesterday, there was brutal traffic, and today there are crowded metros. Unacceptable!

Is everyone trying to get the maximum amount of hours in or something? I mean last year at this time I practically had the metro to myself.

Tomorrow morning better be back to normal - and I better be able to walk down Wisconsin Avenue without a speck of traffic.

So this year all I want for Christmas is my city deserted and magical - the way it used to be in years past.

Okay I am now off my grinch box - time to wrap presents.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the king Capital Complainer.


- Posted from an iPhone on a very crowded Red Line metro

DC's First Snowfall & My JetBlue Blues

So I woke up this morning to snow falling outside my window. It was also my first day of vacation. Normally snow would not bother me, but as I looked closer to see bigger flakes, I grew concerned. I grumbled, "How will this impact my travel plans?"

Using my handy dandy iPhone with flight track pro and tripit, I checked flight status. So far so good. I continued to pack and prepared to drive to the airport.

When I got to Dulles I could see there wasn't anything landing or taking off. Not a good start to my vacation. Then I had to wait in the long term lot for a bus.



It only got worse when I entered the security screening area to see they only had two lanes open.

I stared at the disney like line that wrapped around at least four times. People grew anxious, afraid of missing their flights. I made it through security but only after nearly being strip searched.

Words of advice for frequent travelers - don't wear North Face convertible pants/shorts when traveling unless you want to be screened excessively by TSA. The zippers throughout make for a very uncomfortable pat down in a very public venue.

So after I got all my clothes back on I proceeded to the gate only to see this:



Yep there was a temporary ground stoppage at Dulles. Thank God for Five Guys at the terminal.

Well now we are on our way and only a few hours late. Still on the other end of this long trip is some beach, somewhere with my name written in the sand.

Thankfully the staff on JetBlue are pretty awesome and made the trip pretty easy once we were airborne. And just to remind me what a small world it is - one of the flight attendants actually knows some of my friends in South Africa. Isn't travel just crazy? Till next time.

- Posted from an iPhone