Days 1 & 2- Traveling and Washington DC

My first trip on Jet Blue. I really like the plane and the flight attendants are very friendly. I'm glad I'm on the aisle since the guy next to me is linebacker size, and he does pretty much spill over the seat, but he is very nice and doesn't mind when he has to move his arm so I can adjust the volume or channel on my TV. I rented Confessions of a Shopaholic, very disappointing, the book was much better. There's only a slight resemblance between the book and the movie. Afterwards, I watched the Preakness pre-show for an hour and a half and then the plane landed before the race was run. Aaagghh! I found out afterwards that Rachel Alexandra won, bummer, I wanted Mine That Bird to win.

Elsa picked me up at the airport and took me to their home. I love the hostas in the front and the trees in the back, it’s like a forest. Seby and Vinny - the cats - and I become friends. After chatting for a while, Greg and Elsa made a delicious dinner of chicken and beef kabobs. We stayed up talking until midnight, it was a lovely evening.

Day 2- Washington D.C.
I woke around 8 a.m. After sleeping straight through the night. Greg made bacon and french toast, yummy. We went to Maclean Bible Church; it’s a mega church, but not as showy as Saddleback. I really liked Lon Solomon’s sermon, it was the story of Legion, he also used Jesus healing the shriveled hand on the sabbath as illustrations about how Jesus cared more about people than manmade rules and things.


From there, we went to Jenny and Louis, where I changed clothes. Louis took me to the metro; I took the orange line to the Mall. It’s cool and blustery. I walked down to the WWII memorial. It is very impressive. From there I walked to the National Gallery.













OK, let’s talk about some of the art. Daniel in the Lion’s den - if you are in a den with 9 lion’s are you really going to be sitting down with your legs’ crossed. Granted his face looks like he’s pleading, but otherwise, he looks pretty polite.















Next, there’s the most unusual Madonna and Child. Jesus has his hand in Mary’s top and has a very lecherous look on his face.



















And then there’s the painting of Jesus getting baptized, John the Baptist must have either been Lutheran or Presbyterian. For all those that believe otherwise, see, you don’t need to be dunked.


At about 5pm, I walked back to the American History Museum; they’ve completely redone it. My favorite exhibit was the Price of Freedom that talks about all the wars from the Revolutionary to the Vietnam war.

At 6pm, Louis and Jenny picked me up at the museum and we drove to a restaurant near Georgetown that has Cuban and Mexican food, very good food. Greg and Elsa met us there. After dinner, we walked around the neighborhood looking at all the lovely homes. Driving back to Jenny and Louis’ home in Arlington, we went through Georgetown. Jenny and I are now on our laptops.