The part about the metro being on time cracked me up. You obviously haven't dealt with red line single-tracking on weekends yet: hassle AND a smoldering disdain for people whilst standing on a platform at Metro Center for half an hour.

But anyway, welcome back to the internets (and I didn't know you lived here too)

Wait. When did you move from the STL?

i never drive into DC unless I am going to VA or something. the roads suck and there is NO parking what so ever.

I toyed with the idea of entering that contest as I've also been toying with the idea of doing some cyclist POV video vignettes on multi-modal transit in various locales with various themes. Here's a concept video I put together from test footage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fpz6XIVqcw

i like living in DC