two weekends ago, i went down to washington d.c. to see my parents.
sup, d.c. still inspiring after all these years.
also inspiring: attending hillary clinton's concession speech with my mother. while i didn't necessarily want to get attached to either candidate this early, i admit to feeling sad. it was hard to listen to a strong, intelligent, brave woman capitulate. it felt important, being there.
then we went to a nationals game. they lost, miserably, to the giants. but it was made much better by the presidents race (big foam-headed presidents teetering along the diamond.)
we also spent an afternoon at the national gallery listening to my neighbor's father give a lecture on his amazing photography (randomly: my father has admired his work for years, we went to the speech, i suddenly had an uncanny sense that he might be his dad, and then he put up a picture i saw in my neighbor's apartment), seeing "sex and the city: the movie" (i will wait until everyone's had a legit chance to see it before i say how i really feel), and packing up a rental car with my boxes of books. monday my mother and i drove back to brooklyn and unpacked and ate at two boots (omg, smoked mozzarella) and went to bed.
early last week was abominably hot, so i forced s to buy and install a bedroom ac (best. purchase. ever.) and we existed primarily on ice and watermelon. last week was also all about work, so i didn't do all that much (although mk and i had a delicious dinner at barrio and then a delicious bottle of wine and some delicious work gossip on thursday night.) this past weekend was all about the apartment, so we spent friday organizing and saturday painting. pineapple grove is a bit bright, but i still love how its warmed up the living room. we also scooped up an excellent find at a stoop sale (who else thinks stoop sales are the best?): 12 fishs eddy dinner plates and 12 side plates in the pantone collection for only $30. they're probably the prettiest thing we own.
we've got a big jar of change that needs some counting. i think this weekend will be all about fun.
2 comments:
Nationals games are fun even when they lose. It has a lot to do with the Presidents Race, as you mentioned.
There's a blog dedicated just to this Washington tradition. It's called Let Teddy Win blog.
Even big-wig politicos get into it. Check out this interview about the presidents race (among other things) with Fred Malek: Fred Malek on Presidents Race, Geckos and Baseball.
I'm glad you enjoyed DC!
i think my uncle mentioned let teddy win--hasn't he lost for the past 30 years or something? when we saw them, he rode a little scooter and won easily, and everyone went crazy, and then he got disqualified for not actually running. i loved it.
are you a districter? thanks for reading.
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