HeyJaredWhispers in Washington
A look into the reality of life in 2025 in the shadow of the Capitol building.
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Fashion in a Foreign Country (opens the original)
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1.It was raining the day I left, the kind where your shoes are inevitably soaked from walking to the metro. Umbrellas became fashion statements. I buy a Washington DC sweatshirt at the airport.In April, I was begging for a ticket out, practically skipping to my flight. After that month away, I was still at an airport in Brussels when I bought the ticket for my next flight. I had planned to write a piece about everything I missed about DC. And then I didn’t miss it.What had I missed, really? Some
Snapshots of Summer (opens the original)
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Happy belated autumn equinox! I’m trying out a new format to celebrate the change of the season, but will be back with more written content next week. -AJThe promise of the start of fall in DC is the promise of a little more summer — full weekends with cookouts, the Renaissance Festival, picnics, Rocky Horror Picture Show, getting ice cream with friends.I love September the most because it is when folly meets project management. Instead of haphazard summer parties, September rolls up her sleeves
Freedom and its Opposite (opens the original)
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There were so many titles I almost gave this post, all poetic things you come up with after a breakup. This is the year-long saga, the start and end of my last relationship, and the political conversation I keep thinking about. I hope it makes you think, too. - AJ1.We were both writers. That was the thing I noticed at first, after the tattoos under his work button-down with the sleeves pushed up. We were both writers and I thought that meant we would speak the same language.Later, he would say t
Wish You Were Here (opens the original)
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Hello! I am finally back from what I will call “summer break” and have a series of newsletters ready and a plan to publish more regularly again. As always, this in unsponsored, anonymous, and free — but as free advice, if you’re in DC today, you should check out the DC State Fair at Anthem Row. -AJ 1.At least three of the people I work with in Europe have lived in DC at some point. One even knows my favorite local bar, tucked around the corner from the Capitol.With a beautiful Eastern European a
Isn't it Ironic? (opens the original)
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Hi everyone! As you may have noticed, this newsletter is now monthly. Call it a summer break and enjoy the glimpse into a hot July in DC. -AJ1.It is the Fourth of July in 2026 and every local DC news outlet is bemoaning the holiday. My friends book cabins in West Virginia, or book train tickets home to visit their parents. No one, it seems, want to stay put.One thing about living in DC is that even when the MAGA Republicans are in power, you don’t see many people wearing MAGA hats. 90% of the DC
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