the weekend

it’s been an action packed weekend. for serious.
thursday, 03.20 – i get ching-wei and phyllis from BWI and head to ching-mei’s house in reston, va. kenneth arrived earlier that morning. we hang till 3 slash 4 (that’s am)? and also sample some fancy grappa and johnny walker blue.

friday, 03.21 – annie arrives at 6am. thankfully ching-mei makes the sacrificial airport run. my lazy behind doesn’t even rouse till 11. we get to tour the pentagon – one of ching-mei’s perks for working at the dod. one interesting pentagon factoid: there are 17 miles worth of corridors (if you walked all the rings and corridors on all known floors).
we had dinner at mai thai in DC then rocked it out like VIPs at MCCXXIII. semi-used to the club scene in baltimore, i was amused to see so many of my kind (the asians). one of them in particular was trying to surreptitiously merge with the group by lurking on the perimeter of the ring we had formed in the middle of the dance floor. after what seemed like a really long time (and several dirty looks from phyllis and i), creepo finally routed his efforts elsewhere.
safely made our way back to reston where dessert, round 2, awaited us – flourless chocolate cake in celebration of ching-wei’s 36th birthday!
noteworthy – this happened whilst consuming sticky rice + mango for dessert at the thai place…
ching-mei: rice is made of wheat!
silence slash rapid thinking…
ching-wei: wait a minute! no...rice is rice. wheat is wheat!

saturday, 03.22 – slow start to the morning followed by dim sum in rosslyn. curious about the myth of the extra limb on the statue, we walked over to the iwo jima memorial. we were looking for an extra leg but it seemed like there were an appropriate number. a brief internet search this afternoon indicated that perhaps the myth was about an extra hand instead?
anyways, we made our way to baltimore where the group split: hampden vs the whole foods but reconvened later for flip cup and a good home-cooked meal. what was for dinner? beef bourguignon (courtesy of the ingenuity of kenneth), roasted garlic mashed potatoes (thanks ching-mei for the labor), honey mustard chicken, salad. snooze cleaned up with freshly made apple crisp and ice cream.

sunday, 03.23 – after brunch, it was time to say goodbye, sadly. ching-mei, annie and kenneth headed to dulles. snooze and i dropped ching-wei and phyllis off at michelle’s. grocery shopped at lotte for this weekend’s sushi party then headed home in preparation for dinner with jessie and jennifer – eggplant parmigiana! and slowly eased into the work week with 2 episodes of the office…

dear friends: thanks for being super awesome.