I saw an SUV today completely coated in pink petals and it made me laugh.

Love to see her succeeding!!

Danielle Vogel was a lawyer in the Senate (and I believe she wrote the energy bill?) but she bagged all that to be a local grocer and opened Glen's Garden Market (subsequently sold to Dawson's).

That makes sense. Thanks

Who wouldn't need their own bathroom, though?

Insomnia in menopausal women can be treated with HRT. DM me or check out s/menopause (wiki is stellar) for useful info.

Edited to add: Locally available edibles are also great for insomnia, you can DM me about that, too!

Mark Twain lived here for years as a journalist before his literary career took off. He had many thoughts, here is one that still resonates:

"Washington is no doubt the boss town in the country for a man to live in who wants to get all the pleasure he can in a given number of months. But I wasn't built that way. I don't want the earth at one gulp. All of us are always losing some pleasure that we might have if we could be everywhere at once. I lose Washington, for instance, for the privilege of saving my life. My doctor told me that if I wanted my three score and 10, I must go to bed early, keep out of social excitements, and behave myself. You can't do that in Washington. Nobody does."
- quoted in interview in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 19, 1889

Or get massages at the Watergate Hotel and drinks on the roof, if you're fancy.