Posts Tagged ‘Tysons’

Tysons, Va. March 25, 2013 snow fall total at 9:55 a.m.

But Ol’ Man Winter, he just keeps trollin’ along.
TYSONS, Va. — Just outside the Capital Beltway, 4 inches of spring snow have accumulated.
Travel between Alexandria’s West End through Arlington (Ballston in particular) to Tysons was fine. Slushy on occasion, but not icy.

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Tysons snow fall total

TYSONS, Va. — The last snow fall total for the day comes from Tysons. I’m calling this 1 ½ inches, the highest total I recorded.
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Just drop the “Corner” and make it Tysons already

Tysons Corner is unofficially dropping the ‘corner’ from its name – The Post
Officials consider Tysons Corner name change – WTOP
I have been saying for years that they ought to just make it official and call the Tysons Corner area, “Tysons” and give it a mailing address. From The Post story a few weeks ago:
If it [...]

I survived the 5.8 Virginia earthquake

TYSONS CORNER, Va. — Every Washingtonian has an earthquake story, here is mine.
I was at my desk in my Tysons office building when everything started shaking. At first, it was mild and I even got off a tweet “earthquake?” before it started intensifying. At that point, I decided that maybe I ought to get under [...]

Silver Line: What will the new Metro stations be called and how will people get to them?

Fairfax Co. to recommend Metro station names – WTOP
Fairfax County is set to make recommendations for the Silver Line Metro stations within its borders. Going from West to East, the suggestions are Herndon-Dulles East (near Route 28), Herndon-Reston West (near Monroe Street), Reston Town Center (near Reston Parkway), Reston-Wiehle Avenue, Tysons-Spring Hill Road (Route 7 [...]

Cherry blossoms for Thanksgiving too?

TYSONS CORNER, Va. — About a month ago, I was surprised to see some cherry trees in pretty full bloom at Halloween. Maybe at this point, I shouldn’t be surprised that they are still blooming at Thanksgiving. The trees are not as lush with their blossoms as they are in spring, but they have been [...]

Nothing says Halloween like…cherry blossoms?

TYSONS CORNER, Va. — In a year that the Washington D.C. area has seen Snowpocalypse and Snowmaggedon and what the Weather Channel called the worst summer of 2010, it somehow seems appropriate that this cherry tree is in full bloom just days before Halloween. I have seen early blossoms after a few unseasonable winter days, [...]

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