ok, the rest of veteran's day weekend, albeit extremely condensed for these purposes...

after meeting the girls at bwi and bringing them back to the apartment, we relaxed and enjoyed being together until the evening, at which point we headed into adams morgan for d.c.-style debauchery. i had intended for us to stop by millie & al's and then make a quick stop at dan's cafe so they could experience the flask special before we headed off to somewhere else. but when we found ourselves seated at a booth at dan's cafe and the drinks started flowing, we weren't feeling all too eager to give it up. a few rounds (and a few hours later), we headed home, but not before making a stop at pizza mart so the girls could experience the jumbo slice for themselves.

typically, adams morgan pizza functions in a manner similar to salsa con queso--that is, hangover preventative and inhebriation reducer. what it was about this particular night out, i have no idea. but it did the exact opposite. um...yeah.

anyway, on sunday we headed out to do some sight-seeing. the girls had expressed interest in seeing the kennedy center, since i had spent so much time there with actf, which was very sweet of them. so we headed over there and i showed them around a bit (the fountains have been taken out for a bit, which surprised me--they'd been there last month) and made sure to show them the view from the terrace balcony. then we headed to the national gallery, where we wound up exploring the gift shop instead of actually seeing the museum--but hey, it was like the entire museum was in one room. and besides, we were all exhausted anyway...

so after that, walked up the hill so i could show them my office building and we headed to union station before heading home to dinner and a movie night--saw "dangerous lives of alter boys" (highly recommend it) and "the smokers" (fell asleep during it). monday was spent dropping michelle off at the airport (note to self: wearing sandals when it's raining? not so much) and then beth and i returned to adams morgan to torture ourselves by browsing in music stores. so much good music available right now--the new dmb, david gray, wilco, mtv2 handpicked (look at the tracklisting and try to debate that one with me), u2, beck, badly drawn boy, jeff buckley...aurgh. enough to drive a girl mad...

but i enjoyed having a dose of home here in the city with me. being able to be comfortable and not worry about what people think of me...i needed that. i had so been looking forward to the girls visiting, and it became clear just why--because i love my girls. it was a great weekend and, while it's hard now because they're gone, i'm thrilled to have had the chance to spend time with them.