World's Hottest Single Royals

Forbes Magazine just came out with the list of the top 20 hottest single Royals under 35 (see below). Of course guess who topped the list, the British Princes William and Harry. Now, while I agree they are good looking and do deserve to be among the top 20, but I have to question some of the others in the top. What are Zara Phillips and Princess Beatrice doing in the top 20, there are much better looking royals out there, such as the Swedish royal children. Granted I am biased, but they are all very good looking (come on how could you not love them all), don't get in half has much trouble as the British boys and have been in stable relationships for several years. They don't get the same street cred out there because they are not in the British Royal Family.

1. Prince William


2. Prince Harry


3. Zara Phillips


4. Princess Beatrice


5. Charlotte Casiraghi (Monaco)


6. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum (Crown Prince of Dubai)


7. Princess Victoria of Sweden


8. Prince Azim of Brunei


9. Prince Carl Philip of Sweden


10. Andrea Casiraghi (Monaco)


11. Prince Albert von Thurn und Taxis (Germany)


12. Princess Madeline of Sweden


13. Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark


14. Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein


15. Princess Tsuguko of Takamado (Japan)


16. Princess Sirivannavari (Thailand)


17. Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum (daughter of the ruler of Dubai)


18. Princess Iman bint Al Hussein (Jordan)


19. Prince Philippos (Greece)


20. Princess Sikhanyiso (daughter of King Mswati III of Swaziland)
    

Laundry Day

So, Tuesdays are my laundry day. I chose this day mainly because it is not crowed at the Laundromat and KFC has their 2 piece meal for $2.99, it is so yummy. I am not sure how many of you do laundry at the laundromat but it is a very interesting experience. First, the reason I love going to the Laundromat is that it is cheaper and you can do laundry in a short period of time compared to doing laundry in my building. Second, the machines are front loaders and you can get your clothes cleaned much better than a top loader, and it uses less water. Third, you can meet anyone from any part of the world. We have Latinos, African Americans, Ethiopians, Africans, white people and many other races and ethnicity. I love my little latino ladies!!!!!

Now at the laundromat, it is much like the thunder dome. By this I mean that it is a lawless place and people do what they want, so needless to say it drives me up the wall. These are the things that drive me the farthest up the wall:

1. The laundromat is not daycare, control your kids. Don't let them run around, scream and play in the same place, where I am trying to get stuff clean.
2. We are not in the 1st grade. The person who wrote the book about everything we ever needed to know we learned in kindergarten is genius and speaks the truth. People of the Laundromat, we need to share. These people are crazed over their laundry carts. They all leave their bags in the these carts to "save" them, as if we are in the animal kingdom and we are peeing on our territory. I understand that we would like to make sure we have cart to get our laundry out of the machine but there are only so many carts and like 30 people doing laundry. Eventually it does not add up.
3. People have some weird laundry habits.
1. I have seen people clean with bleach and ammonia (a deadly combination). They also use many different types of soap, bleach, and fabric softener. These people sit there and watch the machine and pour in their different types of liquid cleaner based on the machines cycle. They are obsessed with it, it makes me laugh
2. They only put 2 or 3 items of clothing in one machine (washer and dryer) at a time and then do this with 5 or 6 machines. People do not understand the true meaning of the front loader and the fact that you can put a ton of clothing in one machine.

Anyway, that is my rant about the laundromat. If you have not tried it, you should, it is a great social experience and amazing to watch. In some ways I wish I had gone into sociology or anthropology so I could study people. The Laundromat is the best.

Happy Memorial Day

I hope you all enjoyed your Memorial Day. I love living in DC because of the pic below. I love pics that involve the American Flag.

Mormon Church on 16th Street in DC

I am not sure if many people know the historical significance of the Mormon Church in DC. The church first built a chapel on 16th Street and Harvard, it has a spire and stained glass windows. To read more about it see the following website: http://beltwaygaze.blogspot.com/2007/10/washington-chapel.html The Church sold the building many years ago and left their presence on 16th Street in DC.


Now the LDS church wants to build another church on the historic street. BTW, I live at the top of this street and the White House is at the bottom. The residents of the street are putting up a hissy fit and are trying to get it stopped. (Even the mayor of DC lives near by) They even created a website http://2big2much.org/ to stop the church. The Washington Post wrote an article about the building too. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/23/AR2008052302750.html This drives me up a wall, I know people don't want construction by their house, but come on. This church actually provides on-site parking which most don't. They complain about the size of the church but when this chapel raises their property value I am sure they will willingly accept it. Stay tune for more developments, I ride past the location on my way home from work.

Not reading e-mail can be funny

So, this is one of the few times I will talk about my job. First I have to say my boss is very busy and gets a lot of e-mail. One day I was in a meeting with my boss and as we were discussing something an e-mail popped up on his screen. He quicked looked at it and said "I am not going to read that." I must have had a shocked look on my face because my boss quickly replyed "Oh but I would never do that to yours" I took that as a good sign and proudly told him that I sent him an e-mail with some stats he wanted for a meeting. He then said, without a missing a beat, "Oh I am not going to read that either."

Although it was a bit deflating to here that, I got a good laugh.

Lots of crazy stuff to say

This is my attempt at blogging, so we will see how it goes. I sometimes have a lot to say and this will be a good avenue for it. I am not going to try to limit my blog to just one subject. I am going to try to cover it all. So people out there, enjoy.