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I will soon be moving to Ithaca for grad school at Cornell as a 27M with my car in the beginning of Fall 2026. While spending my last 5 years in Washington DC, I have grown to like a lot of outdoors sports involving getting out in nature.
I climb indoors regularly on weekdays mostly sticking to lead climbing and also climb outdoors. A new winter sport I have picked up is skiing which I intend to continue and also would love to try going into the backcountry starting next season. Apart from climbing, I love to bike and hike as well. Whole living in DC, I ended up making a community/ friends which would help me learn more about the outdoors and also just hangout in general and help me grow outside of graduate school.
I am writing this post as I intend to find the same community or even newer communities who could help me get out there and find new friends as well. I will soon be looking for a lead belayer and a possible friend at the Lindseth centre. In case anybody is looking to find an extrovert climber feel free to dm or even comment below. I would love to find people who could introduce me to more about skiing as well. How hard/easy would it be to meet such communities while in Ithaca and also where could I hope to meet like people.

I am going to post here some speciality coffee places all should try while in DC if you don’t mind spending some extra money.

1. I recently tried the Black Crown Collective at the Cannon House Building sticking to a pour over for the first time and an espresso for the second time. These were priced a bit higher but they had some insane clarity and mouthfeel unlike any other coffee in DC. I tried an espresso here today and it was the most amazing espresso of my life. It had bitterness and sweet cheery flavours all at the same time! They also sell Sey coffee beans which was something I was looking for in town. In case anybody knows any other business selling these beans do let me know.

2. The pourover at Filter are slightly cheaper but still on the higher end at around 8 dollars.

3. Nagaadi has their pourover and espresso priced just adequately but are open only on Saturdays and it’s a bit of a drive to Silver Spring, MD.

4. Allelo Coffee is a great place to try pourovers as well.

Feel free to recommend other specialty coffee shops serving some fine espressos or pourovers!

I am not sure whats up with a DJ outside Epicurean at Georgetown University. But whoever set up this DJ with music playing at such levels is the biggest stupid ever. The music is setup next to the hospital with such loud music that it's annoying at this point! I am here in St. Mary's Hall and can barely work anymore!