Volume 1 - The Work From Home Edition

CONGRATULATIONS
Samantha!
Hobbies
DEUCES SHOW AND TELL
WEDDING AT FAIRFAX CITY HALL
WEDDING DECOR
BABY ANNOUNCEMENT
MOBILE
How was wedding planning a
during a pandemic?
Very interesting. Fairfax is a little
strict in all their policies. They
have specific people who do the
ceremonies and you have to organize
it with them individually. If you want
to use a friend they would have
to be a resident of Fairfax county
and you would have to petition the
court. We called up one of the
people from the list and organized a
place and time to meet them to get
married. On Friday, September 4th
we met her at Fairfax City Hall and
got married outside. My husband’s
brother was there and my parents
were there. On Saturday we had
the rest of our families come for
a celebration. Taco Bamba catered
which is our favorite Mexican place,
and we ordered Baked and Wired
cupcakes, and a cake to enjoy as
we celebrated in our yard. It was
nice and simple.
3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms,
a basement, a patio, and a little
grassy area. There is a swingset
and playground nearby.
Have you started to decorate the
nursery?
Barely! We have a couple things
that we have started collecting such
as the rocking chair from when
my little sister was born, drapes,
and some old pictures that were
in my husband’s nursery when he
“I made a mobile!...I got some inspiration online
but I didn’t love any of those so I created my own.”
was growing up; they are Disney
Stenographs from when they used
to do traditional animations. Also, I
made a mobile! It has wool felt balls
on it, and it has a dream-catcher in
it. It’s blue and green. I got some
inspiration online but didn’t love any
of those so I created my own.
“Trying to add techno as a
new genre to my musical
vocabulary.”
-David
“My newest hobby is
watching “The Home Edit”
on Netflix and organizing
my parents house. We
are labeling, boxing, color
coding everything. It’s an
addiction.”
-Lindsay
“I have started a bunch of
home projects and started
to teach myself how to play
the acoustic guitar!”
-Cassandra
“I started an extemely niche
literature meme instagram
account, and I have 10k
followers! Also I’ve been
trying to brush up on my
italian with Duolingo.”
-Chandra
Celebrating our People
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Yoonho Passes the
Architectural Registration
Exam!
Yoonho passed his final ARE
and will soon be able to call
himself a registered architect!
Congrats Yoonho!
“I am a baker now, as I’m
sure I’ve announced on a few
studio HHs. Favorite thing to
make is focaccia!”
-Alison
“I’ve been painting and
sketching a lot lately. I’m also
getting creative and cooking
lots of new things. I made
some pretty good chicken
empandas last week...”
-Dani
Kevin wins Local Design
Competition!
Kevin’s mask and t-shirt design
won a competition for the
Palisades neighborhood 4th of
July celebration, one of the largest
in DC! Proceeds go to various
community improvement projects.
“Sewing - started with
masks and now going to
reupholster a chair and
make some baby bibs.”
-Sam
“Plant Whisperer”
-Sandra
Tell us about your new house!
It’s in a really nice neighborhood. It
is a townhouse end unit which was
a big plus. It has a lot of distinct
features: a curving stair and the
windows have brass closures. There
are a lot of historic details. It has
NEW HOME IN SPRINGFIELD
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