My little neighborhood of DC sometimes gets a bad rap for being too suburban. A Thrillist listicle of What Your DC Neighborhood Says About You states:
You have canceled plans on several occasions because you just couldn’t stomach yet another Metro-bus-to-bike transfer. You like your neighborhood, but for some reason struggle getting friends to visit. You watch a fair amount of Netflix alone.
Well… that’s not very nice. While it is true that it’s harder to get people to want to come to Glover Park due to lack of Metro, it’s a short D2 right from Dupont Circle. (very convenient when leaving Mission) You are still in the city, but it’s nice at the end of the day to come home to a neighborhood. Our building almost backs up to the park, so if I’m sitting on my couch, the view from our living room window is all trees (and some pretty amazing sunsets.)
When Kendall and I were looking at where to move in together, we actually loved that there were kids and families. The neighborhood felt safe, and like a community. However, for all the neighbors and their dogs we’ve had pleasant interactions with, we’ve had trouble making friends in our neighborhood for some reason, even with a lot of young professionals our age moving in and out of our building.
But then we met RJ and Sarah. It’s kind of funny how it happened. They were trying to move in and the only place to park their moving truck was right smack in front of the entrance to our gated parking lot. Kendall offered to have them follow us into the parking lot so they could have a protected space to unload without having to move the truck. We chatted for a bit and Sarah and I traded numbers in case they needed anything.
Fast forward a couple weeks and they had left their keys in the gym so they were locked out. Kendall and I were home so we let them in and we made plans for Halloween. Glover Park LOVES Halloween, so we walked around handing out candy and checking out the decorations. We ended the night at Chipotle, as one does on Halloween.
But we made friends. Fast friends. We realized this was the first couple we had made friends with together, and after Halloween and a night out last weekend it seems like we’ve known them for years! It was just so easy! And the fun thing is we’ve had so much fun and not even ventured out of Glover Park.
On Saturday, we went to our favorite local sushi spot, Sushi Keiko, then headed to Breadsoda for a boozy game of Cards Against Humanity. We walked there after margs at our place and could walk home together after. It was seriously the best night.
You always hear how it’s harder to make friends as an adult. Besides my work friends from my old law firm, I’m pretty sure that all of my adult friends have come from the internet, either through blogging or Twitter. There is NOTHING wrong with that, but it was just really cool to meet another couple so organically in our own backyard, literally. And it’s also so nice to be with folks who appreciate our little slice of DC as much as we do.
I have a challenge for you- this month, explore your neighborhood, and really explore someone else’s. So many unique neighborhoods make up this city- all different. Appreciate your own, but learn about another one.
If you live in DC, what’s your favorite thing about your neighborhood?
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