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Hark! It hast been nine weeks since I began this chapter of the written record of racmccaf’s journeys, and at nine weeks, I close said chapter. But not before some final words. Just for good measure. My last week of work was rather anticlimactic as most of the office headed back to Portland last weekend [...]
view of the dome from the rotunda Have you ever been to (heard about/seen pictures of) the Capitol Rotunda, gazed up at the fresco, and thought, “wouldn’t it be cool if you could go up there?” Well, as it happens… Our chief of staff led us interns and three staff (unfortunately one of the LAs [...]
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First things first! In exciting recent developments, I am writing to you as the newest member of the Red, White, and Blumenauer Hood to Coast relay team! A Portland team member recently found out that she is with child and can no longer participate, so I, Rachel from Hawthorne, was upgraded from alternate to official team [...]
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What do you do when it’s 102 degrees with a heat index of 120? Get a Zipcar, get out. I know I’ve been griping to pretty much every one of you that I wish I could be hiking and camping and outside this summer rather than be holed up in an office. Although I will [...]
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I didn’t go into the office today but instead attended the National Summit on Energy Security in lieu of an office staffer. This morning I hopped on my bike around 8:30 (more on THAT later) and headed to the event, hosted at the Ritz Carleton where tickets ran upwards of $800 a head. It had [...]
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