Friday Five

1. E4K: Endure for Kindness is a fundraiser for Random Acts and it's pretty much exactly what it sounds like.  You pick an activity, and you do it for a long time.  Tomorrow is the day and as opposed to others who are hiking or biking or kayaking, my friends and I are crafting. We chose to make greeting cards for St. Jude's Ranch.  If you want to donate or create cards yourselves to donate, check out how to do so here.  I'm hoping for at least 50 cards but we're all pretty much perfectionists when it comes to crafting so we may not get so lucky...

2. Getting a chance to get out and about in DC for work.  We've been crazy busy lately, and so it's always nice when you get a chance to get out of the office for a while but still continue to be paid to do so.  Today was a gorgeous day to be outside and having the chance to be that city worker walking between buildings and grabbing lunch was pretty fun.  Of course, the traffic to get there and back, continued to suck so there's always that drawback preventing me from becoming a DC jetsetter.

3. Chop't: While in DC, I tried Chop't for lunch.  I'd never heard of it but luckily the guy I was with is an even bigger foodie than I am so he hears of all sorts of fun places.  This is a specialty salad place that chops (hence the name) all the ingredients into little pieces.  I'm not sure how that makes it taste better, but it was pretty darn good, so what do I know?  They even had normal iced tea which is always a plus.

4. 31 things people with wanderlust understand: Other than the F-bomb in the article, this article is 150% true.  I'm pretty sure every one of these items have gone through my mind at least once...The funny part is that I always thought it was just me who dreamed of travel 24/7 but lately every conversation I have with people at work or friends, has revolved around travel.  Loving that everyone else is loving it too!

5. While everyone else is talking about the Walking Dead coming back, I'd like to go on record and say that The Good Wife is pretty much the best show on television right now.  Every season I say that there's no way they can top themselves, then the manage to do it right out of the gate for the next season.  Between Julianna Marguiles and Alan Cumming the acting is top notch.  As for the story lines, they're smart, often hilarious and downright intriguing.  I may sound like a little old lady but I'll take good old fashioned legalese over zombies any day!