Pipsqueak

Pipsqueak recently moved to Washington from London. She is slowly settling in, and staying as busy as possible to keep the homesickness at bay. She appreciates that Mother Nature is doing her part to make her feel at home by providing her with plenty of rainy days, but hoping for a taste of the British Isles and not just its weather, Pipsqueak stopped by the gastropub Againn, which hosted a pre-party for the 1869 Society’s Fall Fête. While the food was largely too meaty for her vegetarian self, she did enjoy a mini lemon fool and their rather strong version of the Pimm’s Cup (nothing like a cocktail to chase homesickness away).


She also recently attended the Hirshhorn’s After Hours, and stopped by the New Vegas Lounge for a 30th birthday party.


Pipsqueak misses the London art scene, and worries that Washington will be a boring uncreative place to live. While it still has a ways to go, and is certainly no London or New York, she was happy to see that creativity and humor do exist, evidenced by the candy corn traffic cones that have appeared in the city.


She is not, however, a fan of candy corn itself, which they do not have in England (although Halloween has grown in popularity). But Pipsqueak does love a good holiday, and is excited for her first American Halloween…now just to figure out what to wear.