For the past month, the MINI Cooper's "service engine soon" light has come on, but then it's gone off just a few days later. I figured it was just some bad fuel and let it go. Since the closest MINI dealership is about 30 miles away, I wanted a few … [Read more...] about MINI Cooper Warranty and Maintenance Plans Worked for Us
For almost 7 years, Stacie and I have been driving around the northeastern United States and paying tolls the old-fashioned way: with cash. A number of our trips to NY, NJ, DE, PA and even MD required tolls along the way, and every time, we (I) had … [Read more...] about First Time User Experience with E-ZPass
Last Friday, our client called us in and said they ran out of money and worked ceased immediately. This was the first time in a long time that our company had to deal with something like this. I'll write more about that another time though (when I … [Read more...] about Job Update: A day at the zoo and more
Last night, a few D.C. bloggers got together to welcome Plonkee to the states, and specifically to Washington D.C.. It just happened that I was the only guy in attendance ;) Mapgirl, Mrs. Micah, Plonkee and I ate dinner at Chinatown Express in, … [Read more...] about Girl’s Night Out…Oh, and Me Too!
This Saturday at the Washington D.C. Grand Hyatt Hotel (directions), the Freddie Mac Foundation, along with others, is sponsoring an Adoption Expo with more than 30 public and private adoption agencies, workshops, discussion groups, available … [Read more...] about Washington D.C. Adoption Expo – Saturday, December 1st, 2007
We've all seen the Christmas trees and ornaments already out on the store shelves, but who has heard Christmas music on the radio yet? I have! WGTS 91.9 here in Washington D.C. was playing Christmas music on my short drive to the metro this … [Read more...] about And Christmas has officially begun…before Halloween night
This guy: He is a wanted thief who ran into the Bethesda metro station when police identified him. He then assaulted an officer on a train, jumped off and ran down the tracks towards Medical Center. They closed both stations and had to bus … [Read more...] about The reason for my 2 hour commute home today was…
Brian from Financial Dominance asked an interesting question on my post about our Zero Debt Goal. He asks: Have you written a post about why you went with the interest only mortgage? My thought was that most of the personal finance bloggers advocate … [Read more...] about Against the grain: Why we chose an interest-only mortgage
