The trip goes on...

just a quick (kind of uninspired) friday note

Well, armed with laminated Streetwise maps of the Mall, GPS phones, directions from MS Streets and Trips (with more maps), Smartcards, Metro Diagrams, and probably too much advice from the parents (stand to the right on the escalator), the FOJTY’s headed off for DC this morning. They will try to see some of the usual stuff, maybe including the Written in Bone exhibit at the Natural History Museum. And, being a police officer, he always tries to return to the Police Memorial and see the name of his former partner on the memorial wall.

So we hope they can navigate all the hazards of our Nation’s Capitol. How can it be so hard to get around in? Every time we go up there we expect to “get lost” and have resigned ourselves that it is part of the experience. And we “live” here.

A bit of "to do":

Locally, there are a few events worth thinking about, probably most notably the annual “L’il Margarets Bluegrass Festival” held on the Goddard Farm near Leonardtown continues today and concludes tomorrow. I have never attended it, somewhat because usually it’s 100 degrees outside, and the other is that a full day or weekend of bluegrass is a bit more than I would like. I do like bluegrass, but in moderation. And, I suppose my tastes would run more toward the “classical” form like Flatt and Scruggs although I’m not sure where the music form is currently.

I also note that the budding Leonardtown Art Center is having something called “Second Sunday” with a little reception and exhibit of some of the local artists. I am not a fan of naming every day of the week for these things. First Friday has a ring, but will we be faced now with not only Second Sunday but maybe Third Thursday, or Twiced Tuesday? Let it go folks..

did everybody get their first dose of NFL yesterday?

Other than that, I don’t think there is much to say besides

DFD