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Mommy, why are you ruining Halloween?

Melanie Renzulli — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:43:10 +0000

I live in a half crunchy/half alpha-mom neighborhood, and I love it. Typical topics on the community listserve are “home birthing options,” playgroups, yoga classes, vaccine debates, and baby clothing swaps. I really don’t pay much attention to most of the discussions, except for maybe the free/heavily discounted stuff. But I have been a bit [...]

Down with the DC Cellular Surcharge!

Melanie Renzulli — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:24:18 +0000

I’m getting ready to settle down in the DC area again after a long while of living overseas. So, I’m getting things in order. One of the first things I did upon coming back to the States was get a new cell phone. I’m loving my new iPhone (a topic for another post) and my [...]

Lord Help DC

Melanie Renzulli — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 12:29:23 +0000

Are you serious? You can’t be serious? Marion Barry is in DC government again? The immortal words of Chris Rock: “Don’t smoke crack. If you do you won’t grow up to be anything” “I can be mayor!” Well, now you can also be a councilman!

4th of July Ideas

Melanie Renzulli — Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:18:54 +0000

Coming to the DC area for the 4th and want to know what to do? Here are a few events that I profiled for AOL Digital Cities: Independence Eve Bash National Archives July 4 Celebration University of Maryland July 4 Concert & Fireworks And more from AOL…

The Case FOR Baseball in DC

Melanie Renzulli — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:51:48 +0000

Last night, I had the pleasure of watching the New York Yankees trounce the Baltimore Orioles 10-4. So the Yankees bought their talent � isn’t that what professional baseball teams are supposed to do? Alex Rodriguez’s salary is indeed bloated, but after seeing him belt two homers � and drive in half of the Yankees’ [...]

Deciphering the Reagan Funeral

Melanie Renzulli — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 14:17:45 +0000

No matter what you think of “Reagan: The Man,” “Reagan: The Funeral” should be a fascinating nugget of history in the making. Major traffic arteries in Washington will be closed beginning at about 3pm today to make way for a funeral procession steeped in tradition. Yes, Washingtonians will complain over the next few days because [...]

Lying in State

Melanie Renzulli — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 23:06:43 +0000

The saturation Reagan coverage is cathartic to some, annoying to others. All I know is that we’re about to get bombarded with Reaganites over the next few days. My day job has followed the Federal Government and declared offices closed on Friday (thanks, Ronnie!). Starting tomorrow, traffic around here is going to be hellish. Barriers [...]

Gay Pride in DC

Melanie Renzulli — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:16:03 +0000

Back when the whole hullabaloo over gay marriage was in effect, I wrote this lil service article on spec, just for the hell of it. I shopped it out a few places, but I think that the mainstream papers are a little apprehensive about gay-oriented travel. I’m not gay but I occasionally work in a [...]