SILVER SPRING, MD, USA
Two summers ago, I worked a promotion at the Capital Barbeque Battle. It was a fun way to make some quick money and the event itself wasn’t bad, but not worth the $10 admission charge by far. I had no interest in going back.
Flash forward to this year. I still had no interest in going, but my friend Mishri likes to watch cookery shows (yes, cookery shows) on TV, and her favorite chef, Jacques Pepin is scheduled to be there. Well, it turns out that someone messed up; it was actually Pepin Hernandez. Apparently he’s a big name cook on the spanish channel, but not the guy Mish had been watching since she was 8. That was the only reason we went. That aside, her opinion was the same as mine…if it were free, and if it were a comfortable day, it might be worth checking out if you didn’t have anything planned, but $10 is ridiculous, especially on the hottest day of the year. I’ll be writing nasty letters tomorrow.
Today my friend Nikki from Syracuse was in town. I met up with her and a couple of her friends to see some sights (my highlight? The train between the Capitol and the office buildings! I finally saw it!!!). Anyway, Nikki got to Union Station first, then me. We caught up for about half an hour or so, then two of her friends came by. They go to SU. They recognized me. No, we didn’t live in the same building. No, we probably didn’t have classes together. Yep….you guessed it….Kimmel. The legend lives on.
And that was my weekend!
Current Mood: V. Good.
Filed under: College, Life, Random, Washington, DC/Silver Spring, MD
