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June 28, 2004
DC WEEKEND
Sorry to have been off line for a few days. I was in DC for a three day weekend, hanging around with my brother, his wife, and my closest friends from back in the day. It was a great weekend - reminded me how much I miss that whole area, and how badly I miss my friends. And I didn't walk too badly for most of the weekend - I was sore still, but was much less uncomfortable than I'd been for most of the week. So all in all, it was a great time -- great cookout with good friends on Saturday night, cigars on my brother's balcony Sunday afternoon, and a new band for me to be into.
A couple of other highlights:
-- Ate out a couple of times - once at an old favorite (the Boulevard Wood Grill), and once at a new place my brother and I found (Harry's Tap Room). If you're in the area and check out Harry's, I recommend the mussels.
-- Friday night brought the discovery of a new club and a new blues act for me to dig. We ended up not getting tickets to Farenheit 9/11 - it was sold out - so we wandered down the street to the Iota Club, which is a very small hole in the wall that happens to be a great place to catch live music. I really liked that club. And my friends humored me - I'm the only blues man in the bunch, and they could have asked to go somewhere else... they didn't. Good for me -- the headline act was pure country-tinged blues: Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men. I'm not sure what the rest of my friends thought, but I was in heaven. It was a great show. I ended up buying the CD on the way out, and I listened to it about 3 times on the drive home. This is the kind of music I fell in love with last year, and I was really glad to catch an unexpected show while we were out bouncing around. If you're a blues fan at all, I recommend their new CD, "Ashgrove." The best song is "Sinful Daughter," if you're looking on iTunes or anywhere.
-- Saturday morning, I went back into my old 'hood and meet up with my friend, Kari (whom I've been friends with for longer than anyone else I still talk to) for brunch at Eastern Market before just wandering the market... if and when I buy a place, I could find a lot of household items here, let me tell you!
For the next few days I'll probably be back in my "I want to move back to Washington" kick, so be prepared to either bear with me or humor me. Anyway, for my friends who were with me this weekend, thanks for the great weekend and for the kind of celebration I really enjoy.
