Jesse O’Connell
@oconnell
Advancement at the American Council on Education. Del Ray dad and 2x Hoya. Books, baseball, beer, higher ed, and all things Alexandria. Subscribe to ALXtra:
PSA: great yard sale happening at 309 Hume, lot of decor items (the stock is all from a real estate staging company).
Listen it was a nice change of pace to have someone in the backseat that wasn’t demanding I change the radio station.
Preseason matchday in Helsinki against Manchester United, let’s get it going #askwxm
Despite being cosmically gross outside there’s still a great crowd at the Del Ray farmer’s market. The people need their gin and donuts!
Ha, I also took a pic of it in Del Ray this morning. We’re going to collectively map this car just as well as it’s mapping us.
Legit had this at dinner out tonight and thought about what a badass risk taker I was.
The summer stone fruit caprese at Cheestique is even tastier than it is pretty, and it’s pretty goddamn pretty.
Per one of the details shared in this story, here’s a copy of the Wood, Harmon & Co ad in the Alexandria Gazette for St. Elmo, from March 1894 (I downloaded the digital image from the Library of Congress and had a print made).
This cocktail is going to get some run this summer, these came out great (and I actually I think the strained one served up is slightly better).
When you walk the dog @paulwileyva.bsky.social bring an empty Yeti and I’ll hook you up.
I don’t know how much longer this dessert will be on the menu at Stracci but you really need to try and get it before it’s gone. It’s like a fancy deconstructed half thawed Uncrustable
I ordered this on the recommendation of @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social and it came today and I’m already nearly halfway through. Just a delightful hangout of a book, on a topic I’ve come to be quite a bit invested in.