Category Archives: Community
There’s No Place Like Home
All around you are the fluttering of wings, the squawking of monkeys, a cackling, screeching witch, and attached to your feet are glistening, ruby shoes. In your mind you sum up an image of Kansas, Auntie Em and Uncle Henry sitting around the farmhouse table, tumbleweeds rolling around outside. You snap your heels together 3 … Read More
Never Forget
September 11th, 2001 was a defining moment in all of our lives. It is a day that we, as a country, and we, as people, will never forget. This day in history is one that holds great sadness, great anger, and great anguish; but also great promise. 14 years ago today, Al-Qaeda launched one of … Read More
See Spot… Sit?
You’re flying down 395, at the legal speed of 55 mph of course, and in the car next to you is the most adorable Labrador Retriever. It’s got its head out the driver side window, tongue wagging, ears flapping, almost laughing with joy. Then it hops back in and sticks his head out the passenger … Read More
MADD about DD
There’s a reason both campaigns against them begin with DD. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration distracted driving is just as dangerous as drunk driving. Over the last few decades, outreach groups like MADD (Moms Against Drunk Driving), have created a social stigma and societal push back against drunk driving. And rightly so, … Read More
Beam Me Up, Dashboard
You’re sitting in a leather seat surveying screens of blinking lights and messages while your first officers are controlling and monitoring the Enterprise’s movement and trajectory. Scotty is sitting in the back fiddling with the Transporter, and Spock is sneering over your shoulder at a bad reading on the Ops panel. The Bridge Command center … Read More
The Walking Dead
Our lives are busy, from working a full time job, taking care of ourselves and our families, going to the gym, cooking, cleaning, somehow making time for fun, it is exhausting! When do we sleep? Is sleep even that important? “I’ll sleep when I’m dead,” seems to be the mantra of everyone, not just the … Read More
Back Over
It’s that familiar rush of the morning: “Mom, I can’t find my other shoe!” “Dad, did you sign my note?” “Sally’s hogging the bathroom!” “I don’t want to get up!” Sometimes you don’t know where one child begins and you end. You’re grabbing your keys, someone’s math book, your phone, holding back the dog as … Read More
Day of Action
With all of the help and blessings the lawyers and staff of have received over the past 32 years, we try to “pay it forward” as much as possible. From donating to charitable causes, volunteering at events, or sponsoring charity marathons, we truly try to put as much as we can into the community around us. … Read More
“Love” Your Body: Tennis Style
If you live near the District than you have already seen the preparations for the upcoming Citi Open, the tune up ATP 500 tennis tournament that takes place in Rock Creek Park every year. Since 1969 Washington, D.C. has been home to this tournament, hosting tennis players from all over the world and of all … Read More
Smart Watches and Driving
They are the hip new accessory, watches that tell time, take step counts, monitor heartbeats, and now even text, George Jetson’s miraculous technology come to life. However, could these nifty devices be too distracting for drivers? Distracted driving is quickly becoming a leading cause of automobile accidents in America. From texting to picture taking, … Read More