Backyard Blues

It isn’t everywhere that you can exit Giant with your pastrami for lunch and look up and see the underside of a blue F-18 in a tight turn, then come home and see another one zipping (a technical term) around right in your back yard.





The Blue Angels have come to town!




Even if you’re not a current or ex-pilot or an airplane nut, there’s still a thrill in looking up to see four jets in tight formation looking right down at you. Today will be a practice for the airshow with the Blues scheduled to fly at 3:25, preceded by “Fat Albert” at 3:00. You won’t have to be on the base to see it, just keep your eyes peeled. The real deal is tomorrow and Sunday.



This and that:

It’s my impression that today is Mary Cassatt’s birthday.

Music this weekend could include Hank Williams (are you ready?) Jr. at 7 at the CMM tomorrow night, or you could forget the bridge hassle and go over to Leonardtown to see Gretchen Richie kicking off the Leonardtown concert series (which I didn’t know there was one). Starts at 6. Does Gretchen ever perform out of Leonardtown? Anyway, something for everybody.

There’s a nice (hey, I’m feeling magnanimous) article on Morris Point Restaurant in the emptyprise today. It’s on my list, as I’ve heard good reports (the emptyprise has zero credibility in that department) from more reliable sources. Sounds like one of those "real" places that we all love.

With the “start of summer” there is more coverage of “gas prices”. Did you notice that about two or three weeks ago the big news was the “spike in gas prices”? Well, apparently somebody talked to somebody because now the only reportage is telling us how “cheap” gas is, because it’s down over a dollar from last year. Never mind it’s “up” over a dollar from a few months ago..

Also with the start of "summer" it's time to bring out those whites – Pinot Gris, Sauvignon Blanc, try a Prosecco, and maybe a less oaked Chardonnay..

We’ll see what the long weekend brings in opportunities for ramblings..

DFD and have fun!!