Just Ran into Jamie Raskin

[finnbow]

My wife and I met our two sons, their wives and our eldest's boy for a walk along Rock Creek this morning before lunch at an Ethiopian restaurant and a visit to a local brewery in Silver Spring, MD. Our eldest son mentioned that he ran into Jamie Raskin on the trail a couple of weeks ago. As luck would have it, we ran into him again, taking a walk with his wife and dog. We exchanged pleasantries and told him to keep up the good work. We feel lucky to have such a fine, principled man as our Congressman.

[Oerets]

All I will ever meet round here is Mich or Todd Young types.....

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by finnbow

My wife and I met our two sons, their wives and our eldest's boy for a walk along Rock Creek this morning before lunch at an Ethiopian restaurant and a visit to a local brewery in Silver Spring, MD. Our eldest son mentioned that he ran into Jamie Raskin on the trail a couple of weeks ago. As luck would have it, we ran into him again, taking a walk with his wife and dog. We exchanged pleasantries and told him to keep up the good work. We feel lucky to have such a fine, principled man as our Congressman.

Spring is springing and Rock Creek park is the place to be. Lots of memories thereof.

Sligo Creek was a close substitute for us Takoma Park socialists...

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Spring is springing and Rock Creek park is the place to be. Lots of memories thereof.

Sligo Creek was a close substitute for us Takoma Park socialists...

Rock Creek Park is an amazing piece of property (1750 wooded acres) in the midst of a major city. It is chock full of wildlife from deer to even the occasional black bear. Before COVID, Beach Drive was closed to motor vehicles on weekends. Now it has become full-time biker/hiker only.

https://www.nps.gov/rocr/learn/news/...year-round.htm

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by finnbow

My wife and I met our two sons, their wives and our eldest's boy for a walk along Rock Creek this morning before lunch at an Ethiopian restaurant and a visit to a local brewery in Silver Spring, MD. Our eldest son mentioned that he ran into Jamie Raskin on the trail a couple of weeks ago. As luck would have it, we ran into him again, taking a walk with his wife and dog. We exchanged pleasantries and told him to keep up the good work. We feel lucky to have such a fine, principled man as our Congressman.

I truly like Jaime Raskin almost as much as I love Jasmine Crockett. I've long said the Democratic party needs more intelligent people with personality, charisma and the stones to stand firm against the GOP........and are two fine examples who do just that.

Dave

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Rock Creek Park is an amazing piece of property (1750 wooded acres) in the midst of a major city. It is chock full of wildlife from deer to even the occasional black bear. Before COVID, Beach Drive was closed to motor vehicles on weekends. Now it has become full-time biker/hiker only.

https://www.nps.gov/rocr/learn/news/...year-round.htm

P St. Beach in Georgetown was a cool space to mingle with us freaks and hippies. The National Park Service would drop a stage and generator on Saturday morning and it would morph into the east coast version of Golden Gate Park replete with a local band called Sageworth and Drums covering Traffic tunes. Fun times.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by bobabode

P St. Beach in Georgetown was a cool space to mingle with us freaks and hippies. The National Park Service would drop a stage and generator on Saturday morning and it would morph into the east coast version of Golden Gate Park replete with a local band called Sageworth and Drums covering Traffic tunes. Fun times.

When I moved back from Germany, I lived at 2500 Q St, NW, just a block from P Street Beach. By then (1986), it had become a huge gay hangout area on weekends - quite a scene. Back then, gay Washington was focused around DuPont Circle, particularly on the 3-4 blocks of P St. just west of the circle. Nowadays, gay life is so integrated into the city at large that there really isn’t a gay area anymore.

[Oasis]

Jamie Raskin is what other politicians should strive to be like, he's awesome.