I'm Back!

Well, I'm back from DC, Virginia, Baltimore, and my baby.

We had a great trip. Again, way to short. (They always are.)

We did have a fairly full trip. Dinner at TGIFridays on Friday, brunch with her mom and Doug on Saturday. We ate at a place called Rosemary Thyme (or something like that.) It was pretty good. I had french toast, an item I hardly ever get. It was good. Stephanie raved about the pancakes. She really seemed to enjoy it. I also tried some type of sausage. Starts with an "a". It was good, but it kept getting spicier. That was a surprise.

After that we went into DC's Chinatown to see "Public Enemies". Good flick. Great story line. Then again, I recently saw "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", so ANY story line would be better.

Now, on the way to Chinatown, we took the Metro (subway system). On the way, there was a man with a large suitcase, a large bag. He was wearing a grungy t-shirt and camo pants. At one point, he took two smaller bags out of his large bag and fiddled with them. Then, he got up and used the emergency doors and placed himself outside the train, between two cars. Well, that's not good. I told Stephanie we were getting off at the next station, and we did. We waited on the next train. Now I'm sure Stephanie was a little bit annoyed with me. She thinks he was simply trying to get a signal for his cell phone. But, I'd rather be paranoid and safe. We were already running late for the movie, but we ended up going to a later showing.

After the movie, we met Nick and Michelle at Nando's Peri-Peri. This was a Porteguese chicken place. It was pretty fantastic. I started with a small bowl of olives marinated in garlic and peppers. Interesting taste. The main course was wonderful. Chicken marinaded in this garlic-parmesan sauce with a few different dipping sauces. Served with garlic bread and red-skinned mashed potatoes. Potatos. Whatever.

Later, we celebrated Moki's (Stephanie's cat) birthday by clipping his claws and dressing HIM in a little princess shirt. He's neutered, so I guess princess is okay. He didn't seem to like it.

Sunday was an adventure. We left for Orioles Park at Camden Yards and arrived in our parking lot with no problem. The game was good, Orioles won 4-2 over the Jays. In the 2nd or 3rd, the homeplate umpire got hit in the face with a foul tipped ball. He had to leave the game an inning later and the umpires worked with a 3 man crew. By the way, it was HOT. We requested seats in the shade, but the shade didn't arrive until the sixth or so.

Now, the adventure comes when we tried to get back. We took the scenic route. The problem started with a fork in the expressway. Which way to go around the Beltway. Well, we choose the wrong way. We went all the way around, about 3/4ths of the way around compared to the 1/4 of the way if we went the right way.

Pictures from our trip are above.

I already miss her. The first day away is always the roughest. However, I'll see her again on July 31. We spend a few days in Georgia then it's off to Myrtle Beach. Yay!