Washington, DC
On the metro heading to the hotel Dan and I were lucky enough to sit in front of the token metro singer. He was listening to his headphones but serenading the whole train car with his throaty renditions of debbie gibson tunes - or even better... random Rick James sounding songs or perhaps some weird love child of Ray Charles and Prince (formerly known as a symbol of a prince). Either way, this man was putting smiles on faces of children of all ages. He sang a rousing rendition of a song I will title "front and back" the lyrics contained three words and were strung together artistically: front and back and back and front. Perhaps he was listening to the audio of a Richard Simmons workout tape? Either way Dan and I, who had been traveling for most the day, found this man to be quite funny and we kept tossing knowing glances at each other thinking "we're gonna make fun of this guy as soon as we get off this train." Then to make matters funnier... a lady got on wearing a bird's nest hat. I could only find an image on the internet that was similar... so here you go:
After I took care of business, we headed to Metro Center to meet up with Dan's older brother, Brian and his girlfriend. After dinner, Da
n and I headed out into the city to walk around and see the sights. We walked over by the Smithsonian, near the Capitol Building, and over to the Washington Monument... beyond that we went to the new World War II Memorial. It was very nice to do all of that by moonlight. It was a good walk and a beautiful night to be surrounded by all the history. Dan and I both made wishes into the fountain at the WWII Memorial, and then two feet later saw the sign that said "coins damage fountains" - I really feel if you're going to put a fountain you should make it coin resistant.
Saturday morning I woke up and walked over to the Hirshhorn sculpture park while silly sleepy was still in bed. I wondered around there for a while. After checking out of the hotel and into the Westin Grand, we headed over to check-out the International Spy Museum... but it was sold out. We wandered passed the White House and a good many monetary institutions as well. We ended up at the Hirshhorn Museum of Art... we got there so late in the afternoon we didn't have to pay, so that was fun.
Later that night, We 
cabbed ourselves over to the 9:30 Club where we met up with Brian and his roommates to take in the jam band: Galactic. It was a ton of fun. I am not one for jam bands, but the atmosphere was good and the five part horn section that cameoed was hot. Highlights of the evening included Dan's brother dancing with me, me and Dan singing "new orleans under water," the awesome horn section, and the most schwasted I've ever seen the sunshine of my life. When we got back to the hotel around 2:30 in the morning, Dan mistakenly ripped the phone off the bathroom wall. I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants. Luckily we were able to plug it back in the wall. Please note this was not an act of violence, just an act of good humor.
It was a great weekend. Business and pleasure both taken care of very neatly in a 72 hour period. It was awesome to be in DC since I haven't been there in ten or so years. I certainly wouldn't mind making it my home.
posted by curlyhairedmegan @ 12:43 PM
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