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If only there was a button to push to hear mariachi music! These guys make me laugh every time I ride by.

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1/19/2022 Bubble Tea

Found a cute little place called Hana Banana less than 3 miles from the house. I don’t like bubble tea so I got a mango smoothie instead. It gave me a delicious brain freeze. Then I had to ride a bunch more miles to work off the smoothie!

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@cvcalhoun 214065 wrote:

4105 Legation Street NW, Washington DC 20015. The proprietor says:But I didn’t find a single book with a note in it, so contributing some of those would be good. Also, there was one children’s book in French, so apparently there is a child who speaks French in the neighborhood. It would be good to contribute more children’s books in French so that child will have things to read.

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I can just imagine in the wee hours of the night someone seeing you flipping through the pages of every book. They probably thought you were “just another spy in DC” … amazing what we learn to ignore in our area!

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@karenbikes2@gmail.com 214068 wrote:

Charter #108251
631 Oak Street, Herndon, Va 20170
Lat: 38.9681651 Long: -77.384344
This is the cutest and most interesting LFL I’ve come across yet! (A few more photos in my Strava post.) In addition to a varied assortment of books (including a travel guide to Spain), they also lend or exchange seeds, plants, and will take a donation to their compost bin of egg shells, coffee grounds, fruit & veg scraps/peels/skins, and chemical-free shreds of wood & paper! I donated “Being Peace” by Thich Nhat Hanh.
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Wow – I’m putting that on my “must visit” list when I get back! That sounds like a great donation for that library!

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Update on standings for the postings here:

Week 2 (1/10-1/17) — top of the library cart is (appropriately) SFrank!

Extra points this week:
HokieBeth – beautiful LFL
Bikingjenn – positive words
Karen – Babar!
Sfrank – prettiest LFL for the week

You are all so inspiring getting out there and finding these things where you least expect them! Well done and keep riding!

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@Catedrew 213987 wrote:

I took the photo yesterday, Sunday, January 16th, in the afternoon just as the snow was starting, but I didn’t post it until hours later. I did, however, just go back today and update the post with yesterday’s date on it, so it would be less confusing, and i will now make sure I add the date each time I post a photo if that makes it easier for you. It is also posted for that day in the Strava too.

Thanks – lesson learned on my part. Now I know why the ScavHunt rules say “put the date on it”. The search function on the forum is (ahem) terrible too. Hopefully next year there will be some upgrades (I hear that’s a possibility). Pedal on!

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@Coppertop222 213994 wrote:

I know him. He lives in Alexandria and will reach out. He’s a daily commuter so I’m not sure why his stuff isn’t showing up.

Thanks – we finally got in touch and he’s on the team! Woohoo!

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@Sophie CW 213982 wrote:

An unchartered double LFL located at Piccard & Crestfield Drives in the Mattie J.T. Stepanek Park in the King Farm neighborhood in Rockville.
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Drop off this novel and picked up more comic books (Justice League one this time)!

You get extra points for making me remember Mattie Stepanek. Thank you.

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@CaseyKane50 213963 wrote:

Sleepy Hollow Road
Annandale, Virginia

This LFL includes a bench to read your selection, plus the bench is full of books for children

A wonderful two-fer! Love it! Don’t love riding on Sleepy Hollow though! You’re braver than I am!

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@Indiana 213957 wrote:

1/17/2022 Dumplings
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Mulan dumpling showed up in Google maps, which led me to learn more about this cool sounding local company
https://www.mulandumpling.com/
“In 2016, co-owner Roya Shadravan had discovered she had a brain tumor. Luckily she survived the operation with no harmful symptoms. The event changed her and her partner Kristy Lam’s lives. We became extra conscious about the food we ate, and it’s health benefits. We found it challenging to find convenient, international cuisine that was also healthy. As a result, we left our established careers and created Mulan Dumpling. We put our heart and soul into making a variety of delicious dumplings with fresh and natural ingredients.”

I haven’t tried them yet, but Union Kitchen is one of the places you can buy them locally.

Probably a meningioma (non-cancerous but invasive). I had one and survived the surgery too. I was astonished to find out they’re very common in women over 40 and often undiagnosed until they’ve gotten really big and affected balance/hearing/etc. OR they get discovered when one has an MRI for something else that happens. So if you have a bike crash and they say, “Get the MRI”, there may be more than one good reason to do so.

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@Catedrew 213893 wrote:

The snow had just stared falling when I went out – hadn’t started sticking yet. But here is a close-up of the LFL, and you can see the few snowflakes on the roof.

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So was this yesterday or today? (I ask because the forum datestamps “yesterday” or “today” and I often can’t tell which day belongs to which date, especially since I’m in a different time zone right now.) So confusing …

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@SFrank 213896 wrote:

Lyon Village Park gates. Very joyful! But darn, I wish I had seen the squirrels on these gates for the #scavhunt the other day!!

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I almost always get those “I needed that yesterday” moments! By the way, the LFL’s here need you…

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Ocotillo by Howard Kalish

This sits in the middle of a busy roundabout, but I played frogger to get closer and take better photos. You’ve inspired me, Boomer. The sculpture’s flowers are softly illuminated at night.

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What’s sadder than an empty LFL? An empty LFL locked behind fencing on days the school is closed. I think they’ve missed the point . . .

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1/17/2022 Dumplings

If you’d asked for tamales, this would have been easy. I finally went into a so-called Japanese restaurant. They did have dumplings on the menu, and they tasted okay, but the texture was a bit strange. When I was a kid we lived in Japan and I loved going to the train station and getting freshly steamed “nikumanju”. (I have no idea whether that’s the actual word but that’s what it sounded like when we asked for it.) Since returning to the US I have spent my entire adult life hoping to find them again. Not today.

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