says that requires community awareness, too. Climbing walls and skate parks might encourage healthy activity, she says, but some people also want passive recreation.And then there's the money: 25- to $35 million.

(SOUNDBITE OF CHILDREN PLAYING)

PETER HARNIK: There isn't a park in the history of the world, where the money was sitting, waiting for it, before the idea was fleshed out and created.

CATER: In a waterfront park on the west side of the Anacostia, I'm asking for expertise from Peter Harnik. He's a Capitol Hill resident who happens to head the Center for City Park Excellence. [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: Harnik works on Capitol Hill, but he lives in Virginia.]

Harnik says the 11th Street Bridge has the potential to be really innovative, and different. And to get it right, community input,written on her apartment and her car, and another friend had hate speech written on her campus organization's door with flyers distributed across campus.)

Thursday, October 13, 2016

We're so excited to welcome my doggy-godson Bertie & his human Gail for a visit. They're traveling all the way from Scotland, via train, ferry, and train. (Years ago, we all met online through our doggy blogs; how pawfect is that?) Welcome to Switzerland, friends! Read about Bouncing Bertie's trip here.

It's great timing for a visit because Mom's been super homesick since leaving the United States. Though, wow, how can she be homesick when the US election seem endless and exhausting and weird? To make us feel extra lucky (and put life in perspective), Dachshund Daddy took us hiking in the French