en route: (official) bike to work day

{jamie, with bike}

lovely to see the increase of bikers joining me on the morning commute. way to go, DC. hopefully you guys stuck it to the Metro this morning, gave your car a break, and rode your stylin' two-wheeler to the office today in support of the District's Bike to Work Day. for those who officially signed up for the day's events - enjoy the free food, drinks, prizes, and mmmhmmm - tshirts! if you miss the shirt today, and want in on some other bikey gear (/news, sites, general excitement) check out:

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...the earrings that are now on my birthday list

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..an awesome site for awesome cyclists

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......this cute gift idea

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..a bicycle inspired wedding

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....Joanna Goddard's adorable bike helmet

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.........these yummy treats

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..a new york summer film festival

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....a silly bike song

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..the perfect bike ride for Nique

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i hope everyone has a lovely weekend! my mom is in town for the next couple of days, so there is sure to be cupcakes and coffee breaks and shopping trips a plenty. then, sadly, we are wishing David goodbye before he summers in Maine then studies at UNC for the next two years.

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next week, i'll be working and hopefully blogging too (*fingers crossed for internet*) from west virginia. keep me updated while i'm gone!

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Sweet D

The M Street Mansioneer, an excerpt

{nique, so dang excited that it's time for installment 2 of The M Street Mansioneer!}

our dear friend Nique, who serves as the M Street mansion's wine sommelier, also moonlights as the editor-in-chief of our highly regarded, quarterly news source, The M Street Mansioneer. last quarter's issue, with over 24 copies sold (read: distributed at Happy Wednesdays™) District-wide, was a wild success. with the next issue nearing completion and due out in the next couple of weeks, i would like to share with you a sneak peak that Nique was kind of enough to pass along to me. please enjoy.

"Krishnan's third-piece-of-furniture celebration cut short"
By, Nique

Continuing the unlucky streak of events originating from 2AM Wild Cherry Pepsi cravings, Krishnan's record third piece of furniture, a small bookcase, was destroyed in a late-night freak accident on Saturday, February 2. Only nine short hours before, Aiyer had found the medium-colored wooden bookcase at the corner of 5th and M Sts. NW on his way home from work.

"Let me tell you, he was like a little kid coming home with his first 'A' in gym class," recalls fellow housemate Jamie Rowe. "He was so proud. While he was DJing our party that night, he even made announcements to take people downstairs to give them a bookcase sight-seeing tour. He got them to come down and see it by offering them 'dessert,' which consisted of one fun-size Clark bar."

Jimtern "Jimmy" Vazquez, a partygoer and bookcase-tourist who took the only known photograph of Krishnan with the bookcase before the accident (see photo at right), claims that it was a "solid piece of pine, that bookcase. Oak. Maybe hickory. Hell of a piece of furniture."

....read more in the next edition of the M Street Mansioneer, coming out soon!

m street BALLERS caption contest!

for the first installment of The Caption Contest, we have a handsome shot of our very own Nique Chamberlain, editor-in-chief of the M Street Mansioneer! leave your caption in the comments. my favorite comment will be posted the next day with an even sweeter pic of our dear friend, Nique.