14 august 2012 (t)

written on 16 august

woke up quite early in the morning. staying in dc tonight. had to finish packing and do a few other things which seems to have made me antsy.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
oj
iced tea

thought we were running late but we got to the vre in time. raining in the am. elizabeth drove me to the vre and dropped me off.

2nd breakfast

eggs
ham
sausage
coffee
water

catered breakfast at the conference at work.

met the pub tech team members from london and from t.o. also met the head of our department, phil denvir. lots of nice people. we had a lot in common.

we did a kind of speed dating exercise so that everyone would meet.

first day of the summit was quite good.

lunch

chicken dish
beef dish
fries
salad
dr. pepper

very good. catered from downstairs. meetings all afternoon.

dinner

salad
salmon
grits
spinach
wine
iced tea

excellent salmon. did not like the wine.

we headed back to the hotel palomar in dupont circle at about 9:00. lots of folks went on for beer but i was too tired. went to the room at about 9:15. called elizabeth. woke up around 11:30. set alarm turned off some lights.

bundled under the blankets because it was cold in the room!