this past saturday, the dc metro got more snow than i think it has in the last 10 years put together! kind of fun to be snowed in for a day but i’m pretty over it now. especially since no one around here CLEARS THE SIDEWALKS! just walking to the metro is a broken bone waiting to happen. oh well, i just hope more of it melts before we head up to brooklyn for christmas.

this year, just like last year, me and my family will be skipping the traditional gift exchange and donating to charity. personally it feels much better to me to and i enjoy the holidays more when i am not running around looking for gifts for people that really don’t need them. i also think our society has made christmas into a holiday more about receiving presents than anything else and there are too many people and animals that truly are in need to be giving frivolous presents to people that have everything anyway.
if this sounds like a good idea too and you want to donate, these are a few of my favorite charities - ASPCA,World Wildlife Fund,The Humane Society and the local Washington Animal Rescue League