Multi-coloured ‘porcelain’ berries, cycle lane sharing in the DMV area

by Rashmee

Posted on October 3, 2021


The DMV area – Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia – is rich in interesting sights.…

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The ‘Indiana banana’ and its close Indian relative

by Rashmee

Posted on October 2, 2021


Having never eaten a pawpaw, it was hard to resist the stall in the Dupont …

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Vignettes from the DMV area — DC, Maryland, Virginia

by Rashmee

Posted on September 30, 2021


Vignettes from the Washington metropolitan area, one of the most affluent and educated in the …

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Washington, D.C.’s new signs and what they might mean

by Rashmee

Posted on September 27, 2021


“Symbols help us make tangible that which is intangible,” wrote the British-American commentator Simon Sinek. …

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It’s coming up to the ides of March

by Rashmee

Posted on March 9, 2020


In March 2018, it was frigging cold in DC. The padlet below, which I made …

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The nuclear non-proliferation era ends with a key treaty. What happens next?

by Rashmee

Posted on August 3, 2019


On Friday, August 2, a nuclear non-proliferation pact collapsed. Not just any pact but the …

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Donald Trump’s Washington is actually good for journalists. Here’s why

by Rashmee

Posted on March 13, 2019


Axios, the smart and savvy news website, says more than a dozen books about Donald …

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How Donald Trump got his Avgolemono soup and I didn’t

by Rashmee

Posted on October 13, 2018


At the Greek Deli, a Washington, D.C. institution mostly because of its Avgolemono soup, they …

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On to Washington D.C.’s African-American Museum…in December, 1st available date

by Rashmee

Posted on September 30, 2016


I’ve managed to book a visit to D.C.’s new National Museum of African American History …

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Barack Obama has the most women ambassadors of any American president

by Rashmee

Posted on April 19, 2015


Speaking of a country sending a female envoy to the world, President Obama has appointed …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK