Some of you may know me and my wife from our previous lives as the bloggers behind 14th & You, which covered the trappings of life in DC's Logan Circle neighborhood and which we maintained for approximately four years. When we moved up to Montgomery County just over a year ago, I decided to take a hiatus from blogging. Both because I was just getting worn out, and because I wasn't certain whether I would want to take the time and effort to launch a new blog on our new neighborhood. I wasn't really certain whether I would "connect" with our new home in a way that would make me care enough to hop onto the the computer a couple of times a week and share my thoughts about it. And for awhile, that's how things went.
But slowly, I began to start paying a bit closer attention to where we lived. I noticed things that I liked, and things that I thought could be better. I noticed lots of change going on as well: not just the new mega-developments springing up like dandelions around the White Flint Metro station, but the day-to-day stuff as well. The new restaurant that opens up, the established chain that shuts down, the new sidewalk in front of the Metro station (yay!) and the continued lack of a bike path of any kind along Rockville Pike (not yay). It began with a few off-hand comments to Mrs. North FlintVille, morphed into a couple of stray posts on our old internet home, and now has come to the creation of a new internet home where we can share news and pontifications about our corner of suburbia.
To the extent that we can, we'll aim to share news and information about our neighborhood: what's coming, what's going, what's good, what's bad. But also, from time to time, just some general thoughts about life in the 20852. I hope that we'll get a chance to connect with and meet the same kind of people--neighbors, friends, business owners, local officials--whom we were able to meet via our old blog. And I hope that some of our DC friends will check in from time to time on life beyond the District border. You'll find that we are, all in all, a pretty welcoming bunch.
Finally, I also want to draw your attention to our blog roll on the right side of the page, which includes links to some other MoCo-focused blogs that you might find interesting. Hopefully, we'll be able to add a bit to the conversation.
For questions, comments, ideas or suggestions, please feel free to leave us comments, or shoot us a note at northflintville@gmail.com. Here's looking forward to some fun times ahead.
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I'll stick with Logan Circle, than you very much . . .
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your new blog! I followed you over at 14th and You when I lived in Logan Circle. Coincidentally, we have also made the move to the 'burbs (Rockville, a few months ago) and I am looking forward to learning more about the area and it's happenings through your new posts! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHurrah! So glad to see you in this next of the woods. We, too, moved from the 14th and U area a year ago and I've missed a reliable blog to give me the type of info I came to rely on from you. Welcome!
ReplyDeleteI just ran across this. I've been living happily in 20852 for about 5 years now - glad to see something like this getting started.
ReplyDeleteGotta love the anonymous snark above - nothing wrong with the area, just a different choice...