Thursday, September 22, 2005

Dick Richard's B-Day

To celebrate Dick's birthday, we did a little bit of work, followed by our very own Taste of Washington.

Jana's office is being moved tomorrow - through the loading dock, across the alley, up a hill to the Warren Building. It's a great little space for Jana and her group of approx. 13 - but her office is not nearly as spectacular as the former one. But - it's a corner office with 2 big windows, so it should be bright and airy. She may have trouble finding room for all of her things in there, but she can take her time getting organized. Everyone is moving, so the 2nd floor of CQ was a beehive of activity today.

We got a chance to meet Hank, Kit, George, Jeff, Yee Ling, Blendi, Betty, and Jimmy Johnson. The three of us worked on packing things into plastic packing crates - poor Jana was pelted with decisions - do you want this? Is this a pitch or a keeper ... you know how that is.

She brought a lot of things home, too. And we got some good cache trade items!

We had a late lunch at Meiwah, which is a terrific Chinese restaurant quite near CQ. We could just walk over there. The building it's in is beautiful - and it had massive wooden doors - quite unusual. The sweet and sour pork was excellent! I felt
very metropolitan. It was very far from the Hard Luck Cafe!

We drove around the mall area, and scouted out places to visit and places to park, etc. There are always tons of tourists in D.C. Right now the city is preparing for a big anti-war protest this weekend. From the car we saw the WWII memorial, the Jefferson, Viet Nam Memorial, and the castle of the Smithsonian. Tomorrow while Jana's at work, Dick and I will come back and do some caching.

After some TV watching, a nap, and some conversation we were off to get Dick some Tanqueray for his birthday. It was another really fascinating drive around the District. This time we drove through Georgetown - a lovely area. We went to Pearson's for the gin, and Rockland's for some ribs to take home for dinner. Rockland's appears to be quite popular and famous.

The ribs were delicious. The cake and ice cream weren't bad either. Happy Birthday Dick!

JANA said:

Yeah, it was, "Happy Birthday Daddy! Clean my office!" I would feel worse about it if I weren't *so* very grateful for the assistance! I don't know how I could have gotten it done otherwise.

Now I am in my new office, staring at my nine crates. My favorite, of course, is the one that is labeled "7 of 9."

Everyone has been telling me all day how great my parents are. But then, I already knew that. :)