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I read on the DCist this morning that DC Parks were recently ranked 5th BEST in the nation.  I knew there was a reason I was traipsing around this place on foot.  

Read it here.  And Check out the ParkScore Project here.

Running in Chicago

Last weekend while visiting Chicago I went for a lovely run through Loyola Park and Loyola University's lakeside campus. Below are images of the park and Lake Michigan. Also, I'm pretty obsessed with my new app, Polamatic. It's the new Instagram. Also, I just blogged this from my phone with te Blogger app. iPhones are the bomb dot com.

Well, You Know I Like My Chicken Fried

Something terrible happened last night, and I'm not entirely sure that I should be putting this story in print...but no one was harmed, so here goes.

Last night, I fell asleep with chicken in the oven.

It all started when I came home from work.  It was after 9pm, so I had some cheerios for dinner, but was forced to cook the chicken I had thawing in the fridge, lest it go to waste.  The chicken went into the oven around 9:25 - where I promptly forgot about it.  I know I fell asleep sometime between 10 and 10:20, since I only remember a little bit of the Big Bang Theory episode I was watching.  And when I happened to wake up at 3am, my apartment smelled like a 4th of July Barbecue!  I instantly thought, "Weird, I wonder if my neighbor is cooking..."  Then I rolled over and tried to go back to sleep - a few minutes later, realizing, "My oven is on, and that is WHY my apartment smells like an amazing chicken dinner!!"

This episode, combined with the time that I almost fell asleep with the stove on (only to be disturbed by the hissing of the gas), makes me pretty sure there's a part of my brain that has not fully developed.  I'm worried about me, really worried.  And the chicken still went to waste.

A Funny for the Weekend

Ok, I keep reading and re-reading this hilarious little bit from Buzzfeed:

 33 Animals Who Are Extremely Disappointed in You

I'm also going to take this boring Friday to point out my favorites.

*Sidenote - as I narrow down my faves, I'm realizing I love them all.

Cute, right?

Mosey on over to Buzzfeed - All 33 are really worth LOL-ing at.

The Return of Matt

Since hike 2 Matthew has been noticeably absent from the joint endeavor to chronicle our hikes.  Whatever...

But he sent me these amazing pictures from a hike he did in Egypt (where he's been stationed for work for the last three months) and I thought I'd grant him permission to take part in I Like Hike again.

The below are images from the Wadi Degla Desert.

If you click on the pictures, they will enlarge.

I'm kind of jealous.

More importantly - he gets back May 2nd.  And I can't wait.

We Are Family!

There's another 10K coming up for the DeMartini-Dazets!  The Zooma 10K Race is June 2 in Annapolis, MD. I originally registered with a girlfriend, but my family will also be in town and will partake.  Aunt Jeanne has already registered and we're trying to recruit Claudia to join us.  

What can I say? The families that race together stay together! 

Register here.

Gardens Are Like Nature

The Washington Post sent out this lovely little guide of gardens to visit in (and around) DC!  

You can walk around gardens, so I'll be visiting a few of these (and blogging about them) in the coming warm months!  Read the article here.