Yesterday I thought, "Blah." Two weeks ago I wrote "Worst Day of the Year" in the February 14 slot of my Daytimer. On Valentine's Day, I always find myself a bit more depressed about my love life than usual. I think it happens to all us singles out there who have yet to find their significant other. It seems that the powers at will have brainwashed me into thinking that since I don't have "that person" I should be sad, lonely, and depressed sitting at home and cross stitching my life away. I actually DO like to cross stitch, but that is another subject entirely.
I had a wonderful Valentine's actually and ended up doing something that I have been wanting to do for about 8 months now: take a picture in front of my most hangout in the DC area. Ok, ok. It's NOT my favorite hangout and to be honest, I have never even stopped my car to go...but I digress.
Weenie Beenie is a little hole-in-the-wall fast food place featuring hot dogs, hamburgers, baked beans and anything else that will help to further clog your arteries. Weenie Beenie has been the brunt of many jokes in recent months and has served me and countless others the enjoyment of mocking a place that just seems to represent all things funny and ridiculous.
Directly off I-395 at Shirlington is this funny looking spot (with an even funnier name) that seems to attract the illegal aliens every morning. Set right next to a Day-Laborer Site (and located less than 3 minutes away from my house), Weenie Beenie always gives me a chuckle.
My friends, Stacey and Amelia, and I were off to a Valentine's Day happy hour when we realized the gas light was on and wouldn't make it to our destination without a pit stop. We pulled over to the next gas station and that's when it hit me: Weenie Beenie was right across the street and I had been boasting (if you can even call it that) for months that I would get a picture in front of it.
On a day that could have been plain miserable for me, I felt that God was smiling down and showing me just how much He cared: He led me right there and allowed me the privilege of a picture showcasing me and Weenie Beenie.
I might not have had a Valentine in 2007, but God proved to me once more that He sure does have a sense of humor--and He gives us the desires of our hearts, even ones as silly as pictures in front of Weenie Beenie.
The link explains some history behind this DC "treasure":
http://search.cityguide.aol.com/washington/restaurants/weenie-beenie/v-102498837
I had a wonderful Valentine's actually and ended up doing something that I have been wanting to do for about 8 months now: take a picture in front of my most hangout in the DC area. Ok, ok. It's NOT my favorite hangout and to be honest, I have never even stopped my car to go...but I digress.
Weenie Beenie is a little hole-in-the-wall fast food place featuring hot dogs, hamburgers, baked beans and anything else that will help to further clog your arteries. Weenie Beenie has been the brunt of many jokes in recent months and has served me and countless others the enjoyment of mocking a place that just seems to represent all things funny and ridiculous.
Directly off I-395 at Shirlington is this funny looking spot (with an even funnier name) that seems to attract the illegal aliens every morning. Set right next to a Day-Laborer Site (and located less than 3 minutes away from my house), Weenie Beenie always gives me a chuckle.
My friends, Stacey and Amelia, and I were off to a Valentine's Day happy hour when we realized the gas light was on and wouldn't make it to our destination without a pit stop. We pulled over to the next gas station and that's when it hit me: Weenie Beenie was right across the street and I had been boasting (if you can even call it that) for months that I would get a picture in front of it.
On a day that could have been plain miserable for me, I felt that God was smiling down and showing me just how much He cared: He led me right there and allowed me the privilege of a picture showcasing me and Weenie Beenie.
I might not have had a Valentine in 2007, but God proved to me once more that He sure does have a sense of humor--and He gives us the desires of our hearts, even ones as silly as pictures in front of Weenie Beenie.
The link explains some history behind this DC "treasure":
http://search.cityguide.aol.com/washington/restaurants/weenie-beenie/v-102498837
