Alex & Wendy

@NorthernVAMag Did a double take on your photo as it’s so similar to one I took back around 2012 or 2013. Classic winter scenes in Old Town never get old.

We hope you haven't packed away your sleds just yet... northernvirginiamag.com/family/2025/01…

@ALR_LBG @capitalweather Sure but what’s the TP situation? 😂

The egg section of our local Lusby grocery store. ⁦@capitalweather⁩

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has officially reached saturation. Indy 500, we do hope to see you today, it the shelter in place rain lightning and weather delay…I give it 1 star.

@indydave1958 @Indycar_Wxman And was an incredible race. But, those cars didn’t require a 100% dry track the way Indy does (there was wet low and high in corners still). I still remember the cars coming out of the garage lane directly onto the track for pace laps, no pits. Core memory.

@Indycar_Wxman Thanks for providing real analysis. TV is stunningly not up to the task this morning. This is feeling a little like the 1995 Brickyard, which ran in twilight.

Here’s a first swag on timing, we’ve got some hours to watch this complex. Three things could mess up the timeline in the graphic: 1. Indy falls in “ thicker” part of the line (ie rains longer) 2. Straggler storm hits during dry period 3. Round 2 storms arrive quicker #Indy500

Last nights highest geomagnetic storm activity peaked around 1230 or 1a — and we have seen some folks got aurora pics in mountains of Virginia around then. Yes, it came earlier than forecast but really hard to time this. We’ll have more info on forecast for tonight to come.

@AndrewPepper3 @NordVPN Awesome, thank you. Gotta get my Gogglebox fix.

@OldTownHome @NordVPN Uninstall the 4od app, then use the website player. That works without a problem.

@NordVPN hi, UK's Channel 4 is not working with the VPN this morning. Been fine until today.

@sheeba08 @capitalweather This is the only question we’re all here to have answered today 😂

@capitalweather Any chance for northern lights tonight here?

Today's digit: 6/10 - On the cool side, but hopefully more sun than it once appeared. Showers and storms approach in the afternoon. -Ian, CWG

@lordscarlet @GoodStuffEater Pure tragedy.

This is a sad day. @GoodStuffEater in Capitol Hill has stopped serving the 'Shroom Burger. I hope the Crystal City destination does not meet the same fate! It is by far my vegetarian wife's favorite option of any burger restaurant.

@svershbow Old Town Alexandria, Virginia is similar. It’s really a mind boggling amount of candy when you add it all up.

No one believes me when I tell them we get thousands of trick or treaters a year until they come see it for themselves.

@Jon_Finkel Memories of the Sportscenter overnight show on repeat from wake-up until the new live 10:30am show all summer break, Top 10 showing me what I would emulate in Little League that week, getting an entire NASCAR race summary in 45 seconds, & this SNL classic youtu.be/DUjnEJNeG8k

Dads and 90s kids, here's a fact: We had it so good with SportsCenter and we didn't know it.... How could we? We didn't know what was on the horizon that would try to take it down: first, league passes and TiVo and DirecTV... then the Internet and social media and YouTube... During that brief, bright spot in sports media in the 1990s, SportsCenter was the only way to get the day's highlights... We had black and white photos and box scores and features in the newspaper... We had brilliant writing and reporting and pictures in Sports Illustrated and Sporting News and ESPN: The Magazine... But for the day's highlights... To watch Ken Griffey Jr. make a diving catch or Jordan hit a game winner or Barry Sanders twirl through a defensive line... If you didn't catch it live, the only way to see it was on SportsCenter (maybe your local news sports show - maybe)... And into this void stepped Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann and Stuart Scott and Rich Eisen and Craig Kilborn and Linda Cohn and Robin Roberts and crew... And all the catch phrases every kid in high school and college would repeat: "cool as the other side of the pillow"... Jumanji... En Fuego.... We'd watch SportsCenter at night then again in the morning. It was a monolith. You'd show up at school and you'd have the same frame of reference for the highlights you saw. It was a shared experience. It was awesome. And even though the show still exists and works, it's not a cultural touchstone anymore... it can't be... not with every highlight available from 1,000 sources across social media instantly... And there are bright spots to be sure... My man and Top 10 Randy (@RandyScottESPN) is terrific. So are plenty of others. But classic SC, man. It was a shared experience. By everyone. These kids don't know... Sitting there, retweeting highlights, sharing reels, scrolling their feeds... Doing the work to find what they like with no commentary or context. Times change. I get it. And we always glorify what we grew up on. Maybe that's all this is. Still, I miss Stu Scott. He ruled. If you agree, share this and follow me @Jon_Finkel. Boo-Yah!

Me running to Twitter to see who is running to Twitter to make the same joke about running to Twitter to see if Instagram is down.

It’s taken us a long time but our confidence in our garden has grown exponentially the last few years. • When we bought our house we didn’t know the level of maintenance a real garden needed. We were used to our small row house’s back yard and front… instagr.am/p/CsXk10ntwlI/

@Oldtowndogwalks @HowieSouthworth @lafromagerieVA I mean…that’s just a weird headline.

Bold. @HowieSouthworth @lafromagerieVA

Work in progress! Half way done. The left door is repainted using Benjamin Moore Advance high gloss in Onyx. The door on the right is looking a little worse for wear. • We built these French doors from salvaged sidelights in 2012 and have loved them… instagr.am/p/Crlx1GYp0xF/

@capitalweather We left National on runway 15-33 in a smaller plane during peak bloom, which gave us a very cool view of the Tidal Basin and Mall. instagram.com/reel/CqYivmMpy…

🥂We decided to celebrate the return of our neighborhood Osprey with a glass of sparkling on the newly rebuilt pier. Apparently both Truman and Piper also seemed to enjoy the moment. • So it seems we have a new Osprey couple in residence vs Ben and M… instagr.am/p/Cp8x0l6N_kD/

@Oldtowndogwalks Great that it’s coming back but Every 30 mins during the peak periods is going to be way too little. Should be every 15 mins. They should also run it once per hour during the workday.

#alexandriava #11y

@frankiemuniz @HairClub Nice drive! And I don’t think I heard any bad “Frankie in the middle” jokes from the commentators when you were three wide. So I think you’re officially a driver first now.

Holy moly!!! That was the most insane thing I've ever done. Got up into the top 3 before getting turned and causing damage. Went to the back and went from 24th to 11th in the final 2 laps. I'm so grateful to my team and @hairclub and sponsors for making my dream a reality!

@specialk_tt @UpwardNewsHQ It’s ubiquitous 😂 tiktok.com/t/ZTRtMMDcd/

@UpwardNewsHQ they’re trying to reach us about our cars extended warranty

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