Go together well

{classic Vermont flavors: raspberry & maple} We found out that our new place comes with all-you-can-eat raspberries (i.e. we have a raspberry bush in the backyard)! I had always thought "blue raspberry" was something that The Hershey Company made up for Jolly Ranchers, but I've learned that ripe raspberries really are blue!  The other night we decided to go to The Healthy Living Market  (some people call it "wealthy living"). It was pretty amazing. First, the parking lot was full of Priuses. So that was funny. Then, we found an entire section devoted to syrup (partially pictured above). As we were wandering the wondrous aisles of local meats, cheeses, beers, wines, produce, baguettes (baguette options from at least 6 local bakeries!), etc., a familiar song started playing. (If you didn't click on the link, the song was none other than the Portlandia theme song. It was one of my favorite things that's happened so far, because the store was ...

After a week of immersing myself in shopping for a mortgage and making plans to buy our first house (just outside Burlington, VT , where I'll be starting residency in June), my dreams of tending the perennials and painting the door of a cute little farm house were dashed when the seller rejected our offer on Wednesday night. Buying a house is much more complicated than I had thought!  Since I tend to dwell on disappointments a bit too much, I was glad that I had no classes and an appointment for a haircut in DC the next day so that I could take advantage of the heat wave  by spending the day wandering around the capital city! {Cherry Blossoms at the DC Tidal Basin} After waking up at 5:30 am to ride with Chris from Baltimore (where we live) to Clinton , MD (where he works), I hopped on the Metro and headed toward the National Mall. I got off at the Smithsonian stop and followed the groups of tourists wearing sneakers and carrying cameras to the Tidal Basin. The che...