Another Year, Yet Another Reston Hot/Not List

Well, 2023 has departed not with a bang, but the quiet whisper of a jet-age air conditioning system possibly shutting down forever, or even more dramatically, going co-op. But somehow, this filthy "web log" is still cranking along on little more than tepid lake water and dreams after all these years, so it's time yet again for the Official Restonian On Your Side News You Can Use I-Team List of What's In and What's Out for 2024 (tm). Accept no substitutes!

OUT	IN
99-story condos on golf courses	99-story casinos
Lake cooled air	Seizing the means of production (of tepid lake water), or crossing fingers for an unseasonably cool spring, summer, fall, Indian summer, and that one week in late January where everyone wears shorts
Algae blooms in lakes	Algae blooms in creeks, streams, and our bathtubs
WMATA's Spicy Fun House	Memories of functional mass transit
Jumping off tall buildings	Jumping to conclusions
Lake Anne studies	Lake Anne structural repairs
Nextdoor posts about horses running wild	Nextdoor posts about Nextdoor posters
Waiting for the long-overdue W&OD trail bridge over Wiehle	Waiting for the long-overdue W&OD trail bridge over Wiehle
Conspiracy theories	Comprehensive plans
Canceling Lake Audubon	Canceling "web loggers" who use the word "mauvetacular"
HOA-themed greeting cards	The usual HOA greetings
Waiting for Wegmans to open	Waiting for everything else to close