Container Store Saves the Day

When we first moved to DC several years ago, we no longer had an office. Our home computer was replaced by a laptop. We ended up with a laptop table that rolls around and is actually very handy. It sat next to the couch and was easily accessible. Now that we have iPads the rolling desktop is not really needed. All my digital art project related material ends up on the top of this "desk" as well as calendars, pens, and junk. So we decided to move the end table from one side of the couch to the other and eliminate the rolling table. This end table has two shelves, but not really used well. So we took a ride to the container store in Arlington to find the perfect solution. There were a lot of bins to pick from and we found a style that we would make do. So what once was a mess is now more organized and the space is better used - a very important concept when you live in 500 square feet. We aren't quite done moving things around yet. But this was a good start. 

Container Store, PetSmart, and Safeway - then to the Capitol

Since yesterday was rather stormy we were not able to get all our errands done. And since the last several weeks have been too cold and snowy, we put it off longer than intended. Not that any of this was an emergency, but it gave us some thing to do to enjoy the very pleasant weather that finally arrived and explore some parts of town we haven't seen for a while. After breakfast at our usual place in McLean - where Calllista Gingrich was sitting in the booth behind us - we crossed the street to the Safeway to pick up some great Driscoll strawberries, artichokes that go well with wine, ham, and bread. Then we headed down Dolley Madison Boulevard to Vienna to get a container and a soap dispenser at the Container Store on Leesburg Pike. We haven't been this way since before the new metro was built. It has changed dramatically with an above ground system that is supposed to open soon. Then we headed back to PetSmart to get Moby Dick a fresh plant. I remember well the days of heading to PetSmart for huge bags of dog food for our Borzoi when we lived in Milwaukee. We sure miss her! When we got home we took a walk around the Capitol. Whenever we visit the outskirts of the city there are less potholes and things in general look a little more modern and better kept up. But you can't walk around the Capitol there or walk to work. We can't decide which one is more important.