Kirsten and I visited Alexandria, VA a couple of weekends ago. We started off on King Street (visited shops in the “new old town”), then had a few pints of Guinness (or cider for K) at Murphy’s pub. Ended up at old town at the water,
watched the gulls 
and someone playing the Glass Harp 
and then had dinner at Chadwick’s
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Michael McDonald
I went to see Michael McDonald at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. last Friday. Whoa! Amazing concert; Michael McDonald has such an amazing range to his voice. He played tunes from his two Motown albums, as well as some Doobie Brothers classics. The venue itself is just fantastic. We also had dinner before the concert at the Terrace restaurant at the top of the Kennedy Center. Delicious!
Miss Saigon
I went to see Miss Saigon last night at the Warner Theater in downtown Washington, DC. The theater is really elegant, though the seating is quite tight – less room than an airline seat:
The play itself was good, though I’m not a real fan of musicals. Beautiful staging, and obviously gorgeous players. Personally, I enjoyed Chicago (saw that in London this past summer) more, but I was also a lot closer to the stage for that one).
the answer to life the universe and everything
Google Search: the answer to life the universe and everything
Cool. And I just found out that Google has a calculator:
Enter “5+2*2” (no quotes) in a search. Or, even more useful:
Enter “half a cup in teaspoons” (no quotes).
Halloween 2004
The kids were “Bionicles” this year. Not a lot of neighbors in the apartment complex were participating, so we took the boys over to a local neighborhood. They each managed to collect about a third of a pillowcase’s worth of loot over there…
The pumpkin in the picture above is one we carved earlier in the month. It didn’t last until Halloween this year; got kinda mushy (and green). Next year we need to carve it closer to the end of the month. :)