DC trip

left work early so the boy and i could head down to DC for the william elliot whitmore show a DC9. unexpectedly bad traffic made the drive particularly stressful although we managed to make decent time once outside of new york. while we missed a handful of songs, WEW was in even better form than i remembered making our trip well worth the effort! after the show, the boys bought memoriabilia and i queued to talk to WEW. got a nice little handshake and the chance to share how much i love his work.

after the show, we headed to ben's chili bowl for a late dinner which was absolutely delicious but totally negated a week's worth or working out. we had a quickish drink at a nearby bar before heading back to gangsta's apartment. we chatted for a bit before i retired for bed and let the boys play.

next day was a lazy start- a little reading, hanging out, and watching t.v. the plan had been to meet up with my gradeschool friend reesy for dinner. turned out her wonderful hubby was able to join as well- the question was where to go? after calling one restaurant after the next, it became evident that dinner reservations for a party of six were not to be had. so gangsta and i decided to cook dinner. we bought groceries from eastern market and harris teeter.

we whipped up a nice little dinner of bacon wrapped shrimp, arugula salad in a lemon dressing, wild mushroom risotto, skirt steak, and a small plate of cheese & prosciutto. everything turned out nicely and i was excited to see seconds being taken on the risotto. . .no better compliment to the cook! turned out that gangsta and reesy knew some common folk and conversation flowed smoothly. all around a nice evening.