Field Work

The joy and necessity of just being somewhere

The other week there was a happy hour in Rockville, Maryland hosted by one of the region’s urbanism/housing-advocacy organizations. I like to go to these, but the ones in Maryland or D.C. are a bit of a hike, especially if I were to leave in the afternoon to arrive on time.

So what I often do instead is get up early, drive to the area near where the even…