Hello. My name is Laurel and I moved to the Washington, D.C. area (North Bethesda, to be exact) from Cleveland in January. When we moved here, I was recuperating from a fall that broke my foot and I've spent the last several months confined to the end of a sofa in the apartment. Now that I've been cleared to walk, I'm anxious to explore my new environment. I'm a reader and a foodie and in my case, the two are not mutually exclusive.