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Restless Wind (1972-76)

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June 27, 2022

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Tribute to Two Brothers

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May 29, 2022

In one of our weekly rituals, we crossed paths with the Marine Corps Marathon runners at the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway by the glamorous Kennedy Center for…

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Benihana

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May 22, 2022

Great steak hibachi @ Benihana Bethesda. A great place to celebrate my birthday after going for a long swim at Walter Reed. Used the $30 Birthday certificate.

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The Bottom Line

December 2015 I knew a great place to celebrate New Year’s Eve, near McPherson Square and next to the Veterans Affairs office…

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Barcelona

From the corner of my eye, I saw her. She looked Vietnamese but then she looked half Caucasian. She had short brown…

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Thangka Art

Since I studied and ate in the mall after school, I had time to roam around, do some window shopping, and take…

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Four Sisters

When Thanh and Kim Lai with their six children immigrated to the US from Vietnam in 1982, they dreamed of opening a…

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Changemakers

It was October 23, 2015.  The Manor was one of the few bars that served as a repeat venue. The event that…

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Startup Weekend

Senodja and I decided to propose RUNINOut at Baltimore’s first ever Startup Weekend on April 17-19, 2012. On Friday afternoon, I arrived…

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Meskerem

When Meskerem opened on March 15, 1985, there wasn’t much of Ethiopia in DC. Its owners were amongst the first wave of…

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Thai Landing

Mount Vernon, a haven for millennials and college students has recently turned into a corridor for crime. There have been several incidents…

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Owl Bar

Every October, Baltimore would host a camp and in that same year, it was held at the Baltimore University near the Penn…

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After I retired from the Navy, I attended George Washington University to earn my MBA. I left with a diploma, and with a food tech startup called RUNINOut. Our goal was to add as many restaurants, stores and attractions to the directory and after running it for five years, I felt I had oversaturated the local Washington, DC market. It was time to take RUNINOut on the road. In order for my startup to grow, I had to add more restaurants – that meant getting outside the Beltway and exploring the highways and byways in small town suburbia. I bought a truck and drove cross-country for two years. Here's my adventures in the Washington, DC area and beyond.

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