March 22, 2004
Bizarre observation
I just got back from Cleveland Park and it hit me: that neighborhood must be the coldest place in the universe. When I arrived back in Dupont, I was struck by how warm it was (relatively). Even the neighborhood where I work, which is colder than Dupont due to the windswept boulevards and soulless office buildings funnelling the wind, isn't as cold as Cleveland Park. What gives?
Posted by rj3 at March 22, 2004 7:28 PM
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You have no idea how happy it makes me to read that I'm not crazy. In the afternoon, after getting on the Metro at Judiciary Square, I emerge to a noticably colder Cleveland Park. I know the climate doesn't change from the 2.8 miles further north in latitude that I am, nor has the Earth cooled off in the 15 minutes that I was below ground. The 170' difference in elevation between Downtown and CP only accounts for 1 degree of temperature, which can only mean that some insidious cooling ray is positioned directly over Sam's Park 'n' Shop. Troubling.
Posted by: Matthew :) at March 22, 2004 8:49 PM
I love that place, if just for the name. There's never any parking, and nowhere worth shopping. Except Whatsa Bagel. But that's eating, not shopping. And why the fake Gaelic script for the sign on a bagel shop? What gives?
Posted by: Randolph at March 23, 2004 8:56 AM
The Cathedral. Stone absorbs heat and keeps everything cooler. It's designed that way because the yuppies have to be able to keep their California chardonnays cold on the way home from Fresh Fields.
Posted by: Michael at March 23, 2004 9:33 AM