July 29, 2004

White House Assignment

from Michael Collins @ DC Report

Today I had a long-awaited opportunity to cover the White House. I had a chance to shoot the Bushes coming back from the ranch in Crawford, TX. My supervisor got my security clearance this afternoon. I was supposed to be…

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Wrapping Up

from Michael Collins @ DC Report

Yesterday, I began the process of saying goodbyes for the week. My roommate, Jake, left Wednesday morning to go to a student legislature conference. Jake and I developed a close friendship over the summer, so it was sad to see…

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Delicious Diplomacy

from Michael Collins @ DC Report

Monday I went to the annual meeting of Le Club des Chefs de Chefs. The organization has to have such a fancy name because its members are the personal chefs of world leaders. Last night they gathered at the Willard…

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July 27, 2004

Fight the Fare Increase

from Michael Collins @ DC Report

At the beginning of this month the Washington MTA enacted a fare hike for subway and bus transportation. The base fare went from $1.20 to $1.35. Unfortunately I was too busy at the time to protest, go on a hunger…

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July 23, 2004

New Niece Pictures!!

from whitechocolate @ Hershey Hug

Damon just sent me some pictures . . . here’s Kate! She’s so tiny and she’s such a pretty baby! I’m sure you’ll agree . . ….

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July 22, 2004

Hawaii

from rose @ little red rose

God gave me an opportunity to counsel at a camp in Hawaii called the Winds. I got back Tuesday, July…

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July 19, 2004

New Niece!!

from whitechocolate @ Hershey Hug

Kathryn Elise Amato was born to Damon and Kari Amato July 15th, 2004. Damon and Kari are calling her Kate. She’s 6lbs 9oz and healthy! I’ll be spoiling her when I get back to South Carolina this fall! My brother…

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July 9, 2004

Kam is engaged!

from whitechocolate @ Hershey Hug

My sister Kamarie is officially engaged to Drew. Here are some of the pics she sent me. Kam and Drew are in South Carolina. The wedding date is October 8th this fall!…

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July 1, 2004

Some Favorite Pictures

from whitechocolate @ Hershey Hug

It’s the Hershey Hug couple! These are some of our favorite pics from when we started dating to current . . . we like to take the picture ourselves as you will see from all the up close ones ….

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He’s Talking About . . .

from whitechocolate @ Hershey Hug

The title of the chapter where the previous poem is found is “God Incomprehensible.” I pulled the poem from the following passage:…

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