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Here is just some of the trash that we picked up in Four Mile Run Park today:
Not pictured: the muddy, abandoned red kids’ bike that someone pulled out the streambed. Seeing that made me sad.
Today I learned:
- Organizers of trash cleanup events should have more trash bags on hand than they think they’ll need.
- Manipulating a trash grabber and an oversize trash bag is awkward when you’re a short person with T-Rex arms, like me.
- When you’re picking up bottles and cans, turn them upside down to empty out all the nasty liquid inside before you put them in your trash bag. Eww.
- The beer-drinking bozos who like to toss their empties at the end of the Four Mile Run Wetlands Trail favor Heineken or Tecate.
- That area has lots of thorny plants. Ow, ow, ow.
Dumpling ride #4: steamed Thai dumplings at Aiyara Thai in Leesburg.
These were a nice mix of pork, shrimp, and crab, with water chestnuts adding sweetness and crunch. Would order again.
Dumpling ride #3: steamed pork dumplings at Sakuraramen in Adams Morgan.
These were perfectly adequate traditional pork gyoza, although I prefer my own recipe (I use a higher proportion of vegetables, which makes the filling more tender). The best part was actually the dipping sauce, which was lighter and sweeter than most.
Dumpling ride #2: steamed chicken dumplings at Mo:Mo House in Vienna.
The cumin and turmeric flavors in these Nepali dumplings were a nice change of pace from the traditional East Asian dumplings I usually get. Bonus points for friendly service in a cheerfully yellow restaurant located just off the W&OD, next to Pure Pasty and Bikes@vienna. My only complaint is that I wasn’t fond of the restaurant’s incense, which was interfering with my sense of taste.
Dumpling ride # 1 complete: steamed shrimp dumplings at Pike Kitchen in Rockville.
I’m not going to lie, I’ve had fresher shrimp dumplings. But it was worth the ride to go check out Pike Kitchen, the third and newest of the Asian food halls in the D.C. area. And also to check out the bike infrastructure on Rockville Pike — which appears to consist entirely of “bike may take full lane” signs, on a six-lane arterial with a 40mph speed limit. Thanks but no thanks.
@Emm 183852 wrote:
What about cream puffs? They’re dumpling enough that Komo featured them on last year’s dumpling ride, so I think they should count
True, but even I admitted that cream puffs were a bit of a stretch.
If the District Dumplings location in South Arlington had been open by then, we would have stopped there instead.
