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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If this rain thinks it’s going to stop me from buying a candle and a tea towel it’s going to be sorely disappointed.

A drizzly but wonderful Art on the Avenue in Del Ray. Yes I have a to go cup. No it does not have coffee in it.

Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What am I being advertised here? Is this a safe room? A meth lab? An xl TARDIS? Also who is the audience for this ad, what commuter is going to be like “ah yes, I would like to impulse buy a weapons grade sauna(?) for my backyard.”

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New map of Del Ray just dropped. Tag yourself, I’m Van Dorn Street (North Edition).

A deeply hallucinated map of Del Ray produced by The Zebra.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This book was absolutely astonishing.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

You’re welcome to check this out of my library any time. But shit, now I might reread it again first.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Everyone is doing this dialect test but no one is talking about the murder confession in the middle of it?

A screenshot of the viral dialect test with the question about a woman’s lifeless body in a pool

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Crooked Run taproom soft opening is killing it!

The interior of Crooked Run taproom in Del Ray.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The texture is really noticeable in person, and it’s the best detail of the shirt (in my opinion). It reads almost like seersucker.

A close up of the brickwork texture detail.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Was fast enough to snag one of the new Wrexham third kits before Dick’s realized their mistake and took the link down. It’s fantastic, I love it - all the cool small details look great in person #askwxm

Wrexham’s cream colored third kit, with a black collar and brick-colored details.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Just wanted to make sure that @ajv.bsky.social is aware of this absolute hoss in the CF restaurant at Nats park.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

PSA: great yard sale happening at 309 Hume, lot of decor items (the stock is all from a real estate staging company).

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

So the aged gin from Motherwell makes a damn fine martini.

A martini with two onions, it’s a pale gold color in a nick and nora glass

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I feel you, used book store. I feel you.

A sign on an intake shelf at the used book store indicating that there is Too Much Politics.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Listen it was a nice change of pace to have someone in the backseat that wasn’t demanding I change the radio station.

Jesse with a very polite and well behaved passenger.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Search it up, you know it to be true.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Preseason matchday in Helsinki against Manchester United, let’s get it going #askwxm

A Wrexham AFC flag flies in front of a house.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Despite being cosmically gross outside there’s still a great crowd at the Del Ray farmer’s market. The people need their gin and donuts!

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Ha, I also took a pic of it in Del Ray this morning. We’re going to collectively map this car just as well as it’s mapping us.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Legit had this at dinner out tonight and thought about what a badass risk taker I was.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The summer stone fruit caprese at Cheestique is even tastier than it is pretty, and it’s pretty goddamn pretty.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Muggy as hell, but summer ball must go on.

Chase bats in an Alexandria Dukes v. Reston Herndon all stars summer friendly tourney game.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Per one of the details shared in this story, here’s a copy of the Wood, Harmon & Co ad in the Alexandria Gazette for St. Elmo, from March 1894 (I downloaded the digital image from the Library of Congress and had a print made).

A newspaper ad from the 1890s announcing the St. Elmo development in what was then the Town of Potomac

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

That flyover was, uh, pretty close to the top of my office?

Contrails dissipating right over the top of my office roof

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

This cocktail is going to get some run this summer, these came out great (and I actually I think the strained one served up is slightly better).

Final product, two strawberry black pepper margaritas, one up and one over ice. I did half tequila half mezcal (and we can just pretend I did that on purpose to improve the drink and not because the tequila kicked halfway through building the drink)

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Picturesque end to a really fine June day.

Emily’s house, which Jesse gets to live in, looking really damn good at sunset.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

When you walk the dog @paulwileyva.bsky.social bring an empty Yeti and I’ll hook you up.

A cocktail in a jar in front of flowers.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Give me like 45 min, I’m on it.

Whole peppercorns being coarsely ground with the bottom of a pot to make a simple syrup

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I don’t know how much longer this dessert will be on the menu at Stracci but you really need to try and get it before it’s gone. It’s like a fancy deconstructed half thawed Uncrustable

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Ok hydrangeas, relax. We get it, you look amazing right now.

The hydrangeas in front of my house are doing a blue to pink ombré thing

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I ordered this on the recommendation of @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social and it came today and I’m already nearly halfway through. Just a delightful hangout of a book, on a topic I’ve come to be quite a bit invested in.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Rainy day means a round of Bunny Kingdom with the kids.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Props to Blackburn, this is a very funny promotion.

A poster for a bar crawl that involves two bars that share a wall and bathrooms.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Now that’s how you fucking frittata

Dinner was an Albert Burneko style throw a bunch of veggies and eggs in the oven and cook until perfect

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Me after my run in this soup this morning

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

There’s a lot of awesome businesses in Alexandria and Del Ray, but this one is particularly close to my heart (and also, uh, my house). Congrats @deptofbeerandwine.bsky.social for officially being open in your new location!

Smiling people cut the ribbon to officially reopen DBW

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I didn’t go to the office today so I celebrated Bike to The Post Office Day instead.

A bike’s handlebars in front of the Wythe St Post Office.

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