why i love my neighborhood (columbia heights addition)

• the latin bakery that runs on mondays, wednesdays and fridays and makes the 3 blocks around it smell delicious
• hopscotch on the sidewalk
• the man with the push cart that sells ice water in flavors like limon, mango, coco, and rainbow
• stoop sitting
• the little girls that wave to me from their front window when I'm waiting for a light to change
• exchanging hellos with the crossing guard, or who ever happens to be on their porch
• the dog who seriously looks like Rowlf from the muppets
• fireflies!
• the interesting fashion
• the soccer field that is never empty
• new community market
• only Target in the city
• things like this happen here
• the little hispanic woman that sits by the soccer field and sells agua and sliced mango, with sauce, just like in latin america
• the guy by the metro holding a paint brush and has an easel set up who asks for money for art supplies
• the Lincoln Continental with the "missing Linc" license plate
• This bar, opening this week!