Nerd City

According to Forbes (by way of my msn homepage… I will not be reading Forbes until they change their format to include a “Stars.. they’re just like us!” section) Washington, DC is the fittest city in the country for the third year in a row.  

I’m so glad to see DC getting some press that doesn’t involve it hosting the most boring season of Real World ever (which is saying a lot considering that snoozer London season when all the “drama” surrounded someone’s TOUNGE getting BITTEN off), or ya know, the whole politics thing.  

But I digress. What is important here is that DC is finally getting some well-deserved accolades to turn around our "nerd city" reputation. I mean, we can't help it that for 5 months of every year we are overrun with fanny-pack wielding tourists. And its not OUR fault that our entire public perception is based on aging senators and women wearing unfortunate, ill-fitting power suits (im looking at you, Hil).  

And maybe we do have some nerdy quirks: Sure...FAR too many people on the metro are wearing their blackberrys strapped to the outside of their belt-loops. And ok, I guess there are people dressed in “olde thyme” garb riding mules and giving canal tours outside of my office on a daily basis. And yes, it's true that the "Real Housewives of DC" is not airing because the footage was too boring (even with those whacky Salahis in the mix).  And I MIGHT have been asked more than once at a bar what political party affiliation I am.  

But what is really important here is that we WON something. We beat New York in SOMETHING. And we have a hot mayor (suck on that Michael Bloomberg).   

So bravo, DC. You may just be slowly creeping away from that pesky “Hollywood for ugly people” name, after all.