Tips for D.C. Tourists, #48

When you come to D.C. in the early spring it is likely to be kind of chilly. Last week we saw temperatures in teh 40s, and today I don't think we will make it to 60 degrees - although it is a beautyful day. You can see a green tent in the photo, which is set up for the anual Cherry Blossom Festival.


On days like today, when it is chilly but sunny and your pasty white ass has been cooped up in N. Dakota all winter, you need to wear sun-block. Check that - don't wear sunblock. There is nothing more humorous or entertaining when you get on a jammed rush-hour metro ride home after the longest Wednesday in the world than to find a midwest redneck tourist fried to a crisp because he didn't wear sunblock, invariably rocking a white tanktop with an eagle and a waving american flag printed in the background with some catchy slogan like "Proud to be American," with about 4 inches of mullet hair hanging out the back of his newly bought mesh-back FBI hat, and serious raccoon eyes giving away the fact that he still wears Oakley Razor Blades.

on the iPod:
Weezer, The Blue Album