{"id":1576,"date":"2011-08-31T12:58:38","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T12:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2011-08-31T12:58:38","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T12:58:38","slug":"walk-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/walk-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk to Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damn, Summer went by so fast. The Government is spasming at the end of the Fiscal Year; too much stuff going on to close out their books, and so August was a cypher. The pool is going to close (during the week) next week. Football starts. Damn.<\/p>\n

I walked to work yesterday- it was that sort of bittersweet lovely day. I stopped to get a picture of Adam-the-Polish-Lifeguard, hardest working guy in the pool business. Twice the work ethic of most Americans. I stopped to get a picture before he is gone like the wind.
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Then I trudged off to the office. It has been a while since I walked in- you know, the heat of Arlington’s summer and all that. Who wants to arrive soaked in sweat like those berserk bicyclists?<\/p>\n

The second installment of that huge new apartment building that is going in next door is rising like crazy. Anyone who thinks there is a crisis in construction is nuts. Look at this:
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And walking down toward the part of the historic Buckingham apartments, the rehabilitation is proceeding apace.<\/p>\n

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The Mercedes Dealership on Glebe is rising in a new glass sheath:<\/p>\n

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Across the street from my office the new monolith is getting glass, too.<\/p>\n

After I got to the office I wrote a Statement of Work and looked out the window at the men who were actually working for a living.<\/p>\n

Just after five, I shut off the computer and walked over to Willow, to join the Amen Corner.
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Good crowd for a Tuesday, with John With and Jon Without, Think, Elisabeth-with-an-S, Jasper, Old JIm, Jake, Sweet Melissa and Jarhead Ray, who wanted to draw his bayonet and kill someone. We got him calmed down, but there was something disquieting. I mean really disquieting.<\/p>\n

Jon Without was wearing a regular tie. No bow tie. I started to wonder if it meant there was going to be another earthquake.
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(What’s up with that, Jon? All photos Socotra).<\/p>\n

Copyright 2011 Vic Socotra
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