Was yesterday and left me too tired to post. At 8am, I got up to tag along to the farmers market with my housemate to buy delicious-smelling peaches and snap peas. After we got back, my brother brought all the things I had stored at his house and kindly drove me to Safeway and the Alexandria version of a Food City where I loaded up on cheap produce. In exchange, I made him lunch before he went on his way.
After lunch, I went to DC to meet a few friends and visit the Spy Museum, where approximately a third of the gadgets in the exhibits were from the Russian KGB. Surprise, surprise. On our way over to the summer kick-off barbeque, which happened to be in the neighborhood where many ambassadors live, we encountered some really impressive houses, like the one below that reminds me of a castle.
On our way back, there was yet more beautiful architecture.
We had planned to go to Safeway, pick up a bit of food and go to a potluck BBQ, but by the time we were in Metro Center, it was almost 9pm, and the electronic display board that usually so reliably advertises the arrivals of the next three trains was showing dashes where the "Number of cars" and "Line" would usually be and "17" for the number of minutes. On the other side of the platform, however, the next Blue line train in the direction of Pentagon station was arriving in just 6 minutes, in time to take me back before the buses became really scarce. And so I bailed.
Even despite the unattended BBQ, it was a great day and I'm sure there will be plenty of other opportunities to contribute/sample the wine I had planned to bring to the potluck.
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