The first weekend

Rich came up on Friday to visit before he leaves for Austin, Texas. We hit an Ethiopian Restaurant for dinner. I seem to like to go to places named Addis Ababa. Afterwards, we headed to Kramerbooks and Afterwards Cafe. I still think this place is such a great concept. Bookstore, live music, bar, and restaurant. (With a computer for free internet access.) I'd visited it several times when I was in DC for Spring Break. We had dessert, and we even went back for brunch the next morning.

After Rich left on Saturday to help beta test for The Game, (Doesn't the website look great! I'm getting excited about The Game!) I spent some time getting to know my roommate Tina. We went to a BBQ for the FreeMasons of DC, Social Lodge #1. One of Tina's friends was hosting the BBQ. I departed the BBQ, and hit the metro to get to Foggy Bottom. I met Jane and we walked to the Georgetown area. We did a fair amount of shopping/window shopping. I discovered a new store called Zara, which is akin to a European Banana Republic. They have nice clothes, and they are Reasonably Priced! I got a shirt for $9, and it wasn't even on sale. I also got a nice button down shirt for work for $19. We decided to go to a Vietnamese restaurant for dinner, called Miss Saigon.

Rugby was the theme for the rest of my evening, I left Jane, and hit Eastern Market to meet up with Tina and people from her rugby team. Unfortunately, I'd forgotten the name of the bar, and so I walked around the Eastern Market area for about 20 minutes before I figured out where I was supposed to be. Her team, the DC Furies, were having a fundraiser at Tunnicliff's Tavern. Rugby women are sure tough looking Amazons. We left with some people and went to the Bottom Line. The Bottom Line is the hangout of the guy's rugby team of DC. We got free drinks there!

The next day: Tina and I headed to Eastern Market to try out Bread and Chocolate. The plan for the day was to hit Adams Morgan Day (DC Street Fair) and meet up with another of my fellow interns. This was the first street fair that I'd ever seen an Ethiopian Food food booth! It was interesting to walk around Adams Morgan and see all the wares along with all the bars/clubs/restaurants in this area. Next, we headed to Tony and Joe's Restaurant in the Waterfront area of Georgetown. We were supposed to meet up with another intern, but he'd gotten stuck in traffic and didn't make it there until after we'd already left. It was nice to sit outside along the water. The Waterfront is a very pretty area with fountains and plants. Ahh, what a weekend! Off to a decent start.