Well, I'm home from DC.

[Lyric]

I am tired as hell and my legs are sore from the crazy amount of walking we did, but man, what a great time! We wound up getting out of our Shakespeare Theatre play last night just as the Caps/Hurricanes game at the Verizon Center (literally right across the street) was letting out, so we had to walk through a huge crowd of intoxicated, riled-up sports fans and creepy guys who were trying to sell us hats and shirts, lol.

For the record: the Metro ROCKS! I loved it! Man, I wish we had public transit like that here. I hope I get to go back soon.

:grouphug:

Oh yeah--and to top off a great weekend, I got the news that I'm a finalist in a locally well-known poetry contest!!!

:woohoo:

[Gormy Cuss]

1. DC's a fun place to visit.

There's so much to do on the Mall alone but going beyond that there is so much more.

I agree -- the Metro is a great way to get around. When I worked in Boston we used to fly to DC for day trips. We'd fly into National and take the Metro downtown to our clients' offices. This was pre-9/11 and we could arrive at the airport 15 minutes before the shuttle flight. It was a long day but pretty easy because of the great public transportation at both ends.

[Lyric]

2. We didn't get to visit the National Mall or the monuments, but

we still had a great time hanging around and seeing plays.

:hi:

[hippywife]

3. Glad to hear you had a great time, sweetie.

Loved the pics, too. I'm sure you'll be posting more as soon as you rest up?

Congrats on the good news, too! You so totally rock and I'm so proud of you. You should be very proud, too. :hug:

[Lyric]

7. Yes, we'll definitely post more soon.

I've just been swamped with school stuff since getting back, so I'm being slow about it. :)

Thank you for the well-wishes!

:hug:

[leftyclimber]

4. Sounds like a great trip!

Congrats on the poetry contest, too!

Rest up good, then post us some pics, eh? :hug:

[Lyric]

8. Oh yes!

Was a great trip, and I'll definitely post more pics.

:hug:

:loveya:

We're going to Staunton on Friday, woo!

[arcadian]

5. How is your tummy?

n't

[Lyric]

9. Much better, thank you.

I am about 90% recovered at this point, and I am SO glad. That first day was pretty miserable.

:hug:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

6. We live here,

and it's one of the greatest places in the world.

We're subscribers to the Shakespeare Theater, and I'm very glad you had a chance to experience that wonderful, intimate place. Who wouldn't love it?

I wish you'd had a chance to enjoy some of the really good restaurants on 7th Street. That place has blossomed since the MCI Center was built. Maybe next time?

Congratulations on the poetry contest. That's wonderful, but how does one judge poetry, that most subjective of art forms?

Who cares?

I hope you win.

[Lyric]

10. It really was a fantastic place.

We waited in the lobby area for about an hour before the show; everything was wet and noisy outside, so we weren't terribly tempted to wander, lol. Anyway, we got to talk to the man who was running the gift shop/information desk for a while, and he told us a lot about the theatre. I bought this small-but-gorgeous hand clutch made from fabric scraps that were left over after producing the costumes for "Tamburlaine."

The show itself was awesome; it was such a fascinating take on Ion, a mixture of classic and modern, and the production really played-up the fact that Ion is not a typical Greek "tragedy." We were sitting toward the left side of the theatre--not all the way down in the front bottom, but in the middle-height section that you can access from the 2nd floor. We definitely had a great view of everything! I wish we could have taken pictures of the set before the show started, but cameras and recording equipment were forbidden, of course.

After the show, we walked out into an ENORMOUS crowd of people coming out of the hockey game who were drunk and rowdy. We ducked into that sports bar across the street, "The Greene Turtle," but it was so packed that we wound up giving up and leaving after a few minutes and high-tailing it back to the Metro Central station in order to get some breathing room.

As for the poetry contest--I hope I win too, but even if I don't, I consider it an honor to be chosen as a finalist.

:hug: