ambivalent comment

Silver Spring is pretty cool, but it is pretty far away from most of what people I know enjoy about DC -- and far away from your job. I lived there the first 6 months or so I was in DC and i enjoyed the lower cost but didn't so much enjoy the commute. That said, I'll be doing an hour commute each way to work again this summer and that blows, but I did it last year and it wasn't as bad as it sounds. You can get lots of good reading done on the bus/train. I'm still keeping my eyes peeled for a sublet for you, but so far, nothing has come up. I know a guy who said he might have something at his place that's closer in to downtown; I'll talk to him again and see if the place is available and what the details are...