In 2007

I've decided I have to raise my level of importance in the world in 2007. I've noted that the really important people of this earth have one word names:

Gandhi
Cher
Bono
Jewel
Pele
Beyonce
Sting

So, it's time I have one. My top ten choices:

Glide
Boogity
Sizzle
Trace
Foment
Pliny
Turd
Smote
Bub
Highway

Heading East to Glenville

White House in Season

At the White House Gate

Window Cleaning on Pennsylvania Avenue

Movin' Out

Buona Salute

My good friend, Tim, swears by this Cioppino recipe:

Cioppino
(San Francisco Style Seafood Stew)

2 tsp. oil
½ cup chopped onion
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
1 sweet red or green pepper, chopped
¼ cup chopped parsley
16 oz. can tomatoes, boken up
½ cup reds wine
1 cup clam juice, fish stock, or chicken broth
1 cup water
¼ tsp. basil
¼ tsp. oregano
1/8-1/4 tsp. black pepper
2 doz. clams or mussels
1 lb. firm fish, cut in bite size chunks (monkfish, swordfish, or gouper)
1 lobster, cut in 8 pieces (optional)

Saute onion, garlic and pepper in oil. Add remaining ingredients except seafood. Simmer 45 minutes. Add seafood and continue cooking until clams or mussels open.

Serves 4

Sunset Last Sunday

Bethesda, Maryland

The Bethesda Metro Center

Bethesda takes its name from a church located there, the Bethesda Presbyterian Church which was build in 1820 and which took its name from the Aramaic words "Beth Hesda," meaning "house of mercy."

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Some of the people who live there:

Maury Povich and Connie Chung, TV Personalties

John Bolton, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

Thomas Friedman, NY Times Columnist

John Roberts, Chief Justice, Supreme Court

William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist

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I live and work in the Bethesda area, but I've never seen any of these people. I once thought I saw Wolf Blitzer on the bike path, but it turned out to be Arnold Stillman, a car salesman.

A Friendly Face

Old Time Candy

Winter Morning