20 mar 2010

woke up at 6:15 w/o having the alarm set.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
oj
coffee
iced tea

i watched the life of brian episode of the monty python bio. interesting.

snack

crackers

we went to mt. vernon to see the new museum. the place was absolutely packed. there must have been at least 10 or 15 school buses that we could see. high school kids every where.

lunch

chicken sandwich
milky way
coke

at the food court at mount vernon. insanely crowded it took forever to find a seat. a young couple joined us at our table. she was going for her 2nd ba degree in history. he was a law student at georgetown. nice young kids. originally from el paso.

we decided to go down the street to see woodlawn plantation and the pope-leighey house instead of braving the crowds at mt. vernon. woodlawn was hosting a special exhibition so we ended up just going to pope-leighey. first time i've seen a f.l. wright house in person. lots of interesting features. surprisingly livable for such a small house. i don't think most modern folks could live with just one bathroom and with such a small kitchen but it really is fun to imagine yourself living there.

snack

whopper jr.
soda

from burger king on the way back. didn't get much to eat for lunch so the burger gave me enough gas for the trip home.

it really felt a lot like summer driving home from mt. vernon today.

dinner

chicken fried chicken
biscuit
okra
cole slaw
fries
iced tea

at cracker barrel in manassas. hit the spot.

dessert

half a slice of coca cola cake
ice cream

we watched the end of the kansas-northern iowa contretemps. holy crap. not only did n.i. win, they seemed to dominate for a large part of the game. much credit to them! blew out my bracket but what the heck. villanova also lost. that didn't surprise me as much. they have not played well lately. i had them losing to richmond. i was really routing for the old spiders. however, st. mary's is looking very strong.

we watched a couple of episodes from the last season of frasier after that. two really funny episodes in a row. i didn't remember either one so maybe i quit on frasier after season 10.