see me a supermodel

On the way to the movies Friday night in Manhattan, we walked by Perry from the first season of Bravo's 'Make Me A Supermodel'...he was just standing on the corner of the street


My first celebrity encounter :)

Question...

Why do dogs speak German?

my name is

Bryan and I'm and eavesreader...and it's about time I let others know.

I usually read a book on my morning and afternoon commutes to and from work.  But on the recently less rare occasions that the metro is overcrowded during the morning I'm unable to hold a book in front of my face since the people standing around me are pretty much on top of me.

It's on these occasions that I check my email on my blackberry, people watch, or more often than not eavesread.  I don't pick up a copy of the Express on my way into the metro because my plan is to read my book.

I used to think I was a unique character, until last week when I saw a man also eavesreading.  Now, compared to this guy I'm a casual eavesreader.  I'll glance over people's shoulders, catch a headline and maybe read a couple articles or blurbs.  But this guy was full on reading every last word of another person's newspaper.  He went so far as to move when the person stepped further into the car.  

Needlesstosay, I no longer feel weird about my casual efforts at catching a headline or two...and neither should you!

what happened?

I'm wondering what went down at the Potomac Ave metro station over the weekend. There were pieces of weave all over the platform and an escalator was broken (probably from some entangled weave)...

take that and rewind it back

Just wanted to give a brief synopsis of what's been happening the past few weeks. When Andrea and Todd were in town we hit up the Mall and visited a few monuments during the day.

Being quite warm out that day and walking from our house to the WWII Memorial then over to the White House and finally ending at Federal Triangle to eat and then hop on the metro, we were tired and everyone enjoyed a nap when we got home.

When I roused everybody and cooked dinner, the drinks started flowing. We gave it a good ole college effort and pregamed so that we'd spend minimal amounts out at the bars.

Mel and Trey made it up from his parents while we were getting all gussied-up and had a couple drinks themselves. And when everyone was set, we grabbed a cab and got cozy (6 of us + the cabbie in a crown vic).

We met up with Ryan and his roomies up in Adams Morgan and bar hopped. In the process/before we even got out Andrea got very drunk and Adam was right there behind her.

Andrea was rocking out, Adam was getting low, and I guess at one point Andrea and Adam were even going toe-to-toe singing Grease. Sunday was rather low-key, as you can imagine we weren't on the top of our games.

Fast-forward about a week...Cakes (a friend from work) and Corey came over the house for dinner.

Cakes, being culinary-trained, cooked us rosemary-garlic chicken with risotto...AMAZING! The wine, liquor, etc. was flowing and we decided to go out to Remington's, a gay cowboy bar on the hill...always an experience ;)

The next night we geared up and headed to Baltimore for a crab feast :)
Adam, Michelle, Corey, and I met up with Angela and Juliet and got down and dirty with the crabs.

After scraping all the meat we could off those crabs we headed to Fells Point in Baltimore to have some drinks and watch Michael Phelps win his 8th gold :)

Being the responsible little boy I am, I DD'd and drove the drunks back to DC. It was a quiet ride since I was the ONLY one awake ;)

And...finally...this past weekend Adam and I went out to his parent's in the Valley since we hadn't been out there since my mom and aunt were in town on Memorial Day. Since his mom was working on Saturday Adam and I headed to Harrisonburg to test drive some cars, the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla and/or Prius, and Volkswagen Jetta were on the docket. I warned Adam ahead of time that I have this weird relationship with dealerships...when I walk into one I usually come out with a new car. And to make a long story short, my Mazda is no longer, we're the proud owners of a new Honda Civic, his name is Felipe.

On our way back home Sunday, we stopped by Gretchen's for Taco Sundae Sunday which was a blast and we were introduced to the whole crew who we'll see again soon for Moving Day :)

That catches you up on everything over the past month or two!

bryan of all trades

Since we moved in, Adam and I have had a bit of trouble with our toilet. There isn't much suction and sometimes needs to be flushed multiple times. One day a couple weeks back, I popped the back off the toilet and played around with the fixings and realized the problem. There's this tube that shoots water into a pipe that seemingly goes nowhere, but obviously somehow affects the suction power. So, being crafty, I grabbed the duct tape and tape this tube to the sidewall so that it wasn't kinked.

This solution lasted one whole day...Finally this past weekend I asked Adam's father for some advice and while we were at Lowe's a grabbed some new tubing. And last night I fixed the toilet once and for all :)

In addition to the toilet, I also installed a new rain shower head. So, I'm pretty much a handy-man now. Plumbing problems? Call me ;)

a vocabulary lesson

manscaping: to groom a man. Shaving, waxing, cleaning up the superfluous fur.


I've heard this term repeatedly over the past weeks, so I thought I'd help those of you who either haven't heard it yet or were confused by the phrase.



I first heard of manscaping on Flipping Out, where Jeff Lewis was making fun of Chris Kesler over lunch. I then saw the someecard above and I've probably heard it mentioned while on the metro in my travels to and from work. Manscaping is a regular part of conversation now. I, for one, am quite a fan of manscaping; women shouldn't be the only ones who have to pay attention down there ;)

So please, introduce this to your friends and spread it around!