Bonnie En

I thought I saw it there recently, but I’ll check again!

I usually get a dark roast but this light/dark blend is super tasty.

A bag of Zeke’s Coffee Rock Creek Reserve beans sit on a counter next to a mug and Aeropress

I know we’re past #ALXcaffeinary times, but this coffee is so good that I want you all to try it. We have a Zeke’s next to my office but they also sell it at Moms!

Thinking about this quote: “When you buy in a single-family neighborhood right now, someone can build a property next door and they can put four apartment units in there,” Fannon said. “Sixteen people can live in your neighborhood right there, with no parking restrictions.“

Is there a way to search the number of cars registered at one address? I always see more cars at large SFHs than in small apartment complexes, just like I see larger families in wealthier neighborhoods. It feels like one of those look-in-the-mirror moments when people want to blame the poor.

So pretty!

Yes? Yes. It’s Alexandria, after all.

🙋🏻‍♀️ I want in! Who’s with me?! We’ll have a shared tool shed!

He’s not beating the never-nude allegations with this.

Wow.

I stopped going because a waiter made me feel like a criminal asking for the gluten free option *on their menu*. But haven’t tried again because stuff like this keeps popping up! City staff aren’t punching bags.

This is adorable!

Blerg autocorrect: princess! (I’m sure she’s priceless though!) It was really cool to see all these authors. Romance, romantasy, etc. is thriving and with all the AI books being dumped in the Kindle store, it’s worth it to seek out real authors, especially locals!

A pair of books by Eris Marriott: Magic Bites and Sunlight’s Shadow.

Wrapping up the list is this series by Eris Marriott - vampires and empires and a priceless with no powers in a world of magic. 2 of 5 planned books are out.

JK Hernandez’s sapphic book The Color Jade

This book looks amazing, a sapphic romance with generational trauma: The Color Jade by JK Hernandez.

Three books by Helene Gadot: Restless Omega (omegaverse), Caged (romantasy), and Crash (the superhero title)

Helene Gadot has something for everyone! Omegaverse, Romantasy, and Superhero RH (w/⚔️!)

Cyclones and Dagger by Rauri Rose, book 2

Cyclones and Daggers by Rauri Rose is book 2 in the series; Vines and Daggers is first. She was wearing a lovely crown!

The book Unnatural by HM Duval

Unnatural starts a completed series with sci-fi and fantasy aspects.

At Barnes & Noble in PY there is (packing up) a group of Virginia-based romance authors sharing their books. It’s very cool!

I just started reading this and it’s already a favorite. WWI and Arthurian legend remixed with fantasy and I’m already heartbroken.

A benefit of free buses I hadn’t heard enough about until this piece from @galvinalmanza.bsky.social

It would be so easy for a car to do all that zigzagging because we don’t push our cars with our legs, Flintstones style.

This really stands out to me as a key issue, which likely won’t be addressed in the panel: “The average single-family home in the city costs approximately $940,000, according to city data, in a city where the average household income is $150,000.”

Excellent analogy

OMG

Hard agree!

Easy short option: The Colberts

Everyone seems great, tbh. It exciting to have so many good choices!

When Ds are back in charge, they have to change everything. No moderate half-measures. Just relentless razing of the corrupt institutions that enriched the worst people in the world and propped up fascism.

A few suggestions...

I can’t believe the car never moved! Seven days!