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QOTD Wednesday (AKA the places edition)

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Re: QOTD Wednesday (AKA the places edition)

  • 1. Place you were born: Baltimore, MD

    2. Place or town you went to college in: Arlington, VA

    3. Place you first worked post-college: Georgetown

    4. Place you got married: Church in Baltimore

    5. Place you last visited (on a plane or more than 2 hours away): Chesapeake, VA

    6. Place you last bought breakfast or lunch or dinner from: Uno's

    7. Place you are most looking forward to going to this year: Disney cruise (Bahamas)

    8. Place you want to retire to: somewhere around here (love the four seasons, when we get them).

    9. Place you would buy in the dc metro area if you won the lottery. PIP or link needed :-) A few years ago it would probably have been a home in Georgtown, but now as a mom, something like this would be good.

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  • 1. Place you were born: massachusetts

    2. Place or town you went to college in: syracuse (go orange!)

    3. Place you first worked post-college: london

    4. Place you got married: little compton, rhode island

    5. Place you last visited (on a plane or more than 2 hours away) massachusetts for christmas

    6. Place you last bought breakfast or lunch or dinner from: thai from teakwood 

    7. Place you are most looking forward to going to this year: our undecided 5th anniversary trip, possibly thailand or croatia or somewhere else. still haven't decided yet.

    8. Place you want to retire to: london and rhode island (in my dreams, of course)

    9. Place you would buy in the dc metro area if you won the lottery. PIP or link needed :-)

    if I won the lottery, i'd be retiring to london and RI immediately ;) 

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  • 1. Place you were born: Wilmington, NC

    2. Place or town you went to college in: Fort Collins, CO

    3. Place you first worked post-college: Major news network that I shudder to think I worked there. But it was a great experience

    4. Place you got married: Sanibel, FL

    5. Place you last visited (on a plane or more than 2 hours away): Boston, MA

    6. Place you last bought breakfast or lunch or dinner from: Perfect Pita yesterday

    7. Place you are most looking forward to going to this year: Anna Maria Island

    8. Place you want to retire to: Maybe Wilmington or Gulf Coast of FL

    9. Place you would buy in the dc metro area if you won the lottery. PIP or link needed :-)

    Either this place in DC:

    http://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/2319-Bancroft-Pl-NW-20008/home/9997707

    Or a place on the Chesapeake:

    http://www.redfin.com/MD/Arnold/1252-Fenwick-Garth-21012/home/10238636

    Or both :-)

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  • @SSW & stargirl, i'll swap you some time at your retirement homes in the finger lakes for some time at my london flat and/or RI beach house? 
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  • 1. Place you were born - Williamsburg, VA (that's where the hospital was, but we lived in Gloucester, VA at the time)2. Place or town you went to college in - Longwood College in Farmville, VA, then almost 10 years later went to art school at the Corcoran in DC3. Place you first worked post-college - a crappy direct marketing firm in Fairfax that no longer exists4. Place you got married - Williamsburg, VA 5. Place you last visited (on a plane or more than 2 hours away) - family in the VaBeach area at xmas6. Place you last bought breakfast or lunch or dinner from - Chickfila for lunch today!7. Place you are most looking forward to going to this year - no idea...we have no trips planned and I haven't even thought about life much further than right after this baby is due (pathetic...)8. Place you want to retire to - no real ideas but Malibu would be nice!9. Place you would buy in the dc metro area if you won the lottery. PIP or link needed :-) - no link, but I'd love one of those houses in Palisades that overlooks the Potomac....and I'd even "settle" (lol) for one on the Virginia side
  • 1. Place you were born Boston

    2. Place or town you went to college in Austin, TX

    3. Place you first worked post-college TV station in Yakima, WA

    4. Place you got married Beverly, MA

    5. Place you last visited (on a plane or more than 2 hours away) Boston, MA

    6. Place you last bought breakfast or lunch or dinner from Evening Star Cafe in Del Ray, Alexandria

    7. Place you are most looking forward to going to this year Shenandoah Valley romantic getaway with DH

    8. Place you want to retire to Plan on travelling - so no real place where I would want to retire necessarily. 

    9. Place you would buy in the dc metro area if you won the lottery. PIP or link needed :-) Old Town, Alexandria http://www.redfin.com/VA/Alexandria/608-Oronoco-St-22314/home/11841598

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  • 1. Place you were born Europe

    2. Place or town you went to college in Blacksburg

    3. Place you first worked post-college ER secretary- Rochester NY

    4. Place you got married Massanutten

    5. Place you last visited (on a plane or more than 2 hours away)Charlottesville

    6. Place you last bought breakfast or lunch or dinner from Chick-fil-A

    7. Place you are most looking forward to going to this year NYC

    8. Place you want to retire to I already told my H, I am going to follow my kids so I can be near my grandkids- my kids are 7 and 3- yes I am a planner 

    9. Place you would buy in the dc metro area if you won the lottery. PIP or link needed Right now, with 2 kids, a big, huge house in Northern Va.  

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    1. Place you were born New York

    2. Place or town you went to college in Albany, NY

    3. Place you first worked post-college law firm in NYC

    4. Place you got married Glencove NY

    5. Place you last visited (on a plane or more than 2 hours away) Westchester NY

    6. Place you last bought breakfast or lunch or dinner from i'm boring I eat at home, I did pick up starbucks last friday with a gift card I lost and then found

    7. Place you are most looking forward to going to this year  at the beach with family

    8. Place you want to retire to a beach community

    9. Place you would buy in the dc metro area if you won the lottery. PIP or link needed :-) a home in bellehaven, i'm also with lindseyjw about mansion drive that would be an amazing nestie GTG

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  • 1. Place you were born New Jersey

    2. Place or town you went to college in a small woman's college

    3. Place you first worked post-college in NC, at my mom's company

    4. Place you got married NC

    5. Place you last visited (on a plane or more than 2 hours away) We went to the coast for 1 night over the summer

    6. Place you last bought breakfast or lunch or dinner from local food co-op today for impromptu lunch date with DH (technically, he paid, but it was from our joint account.)

    7. Place you are most looking forward to going to this year We have not made any specific plans but we are throwing around the idea of San Francisco this spring for my birthday.

    8. Place you want to retire to Asheville, NC

    9. Place you would buy in the dc metro area if you won the lottery. PIP or link needed :-) I loved our brief time living in the Palisades but I didn't see any listings there that I love. I'd settle for this place. Hello, Tudor with a library, a fab kitchen and a gorgeous pool. There are things I'd change, but I could live with it. Especially what appear to be his-and-hers closets.

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    1. Place you were born Minnesota

    2. Place or town you went to college in  Mt. Vernon, IA and then St. Paul, MN

    3. Place you first worked post-college - The MN State Office of a victim services/advocacy nonprofit.

    4. Place you got married MN (trending...)

    5. Place you last visited (on a plane or more than 2 hours away) Tallahassee, FL

    6. Place you last bought breakfast or lunch or dinner from PJs Rice Bistro takeout 

    7. Place you are most looking forward to going to this year Vegas for DH's 40th Birthday!

    8. Place you want to retire to No idea

    9. Place you would buy in the dc metro area if you won the lottery. PIP or link needed :-)

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