Friday night, after dinner at Filomena in Georgetown and a performance of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband at the Shakespeare Theater, Cerise and I stopped by the Round Robin Bar in the Willard Hotel for some refreshments. We arrived just as word came that Congress had – pretty much literally at the eleventh hour –… Continue reading Order Restored to Titanic’s Deck Chairs, Iceberg Still a Problem
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A Room With No View – at Pensione Ginsburg
Friday, it being my birthday, despite the huge workload I’ve been dealing with lately, I left the office at 4:30 and drove out US Route 66 to my brother Rob Roy’s place in Fairfax. He, his wife Katje, their son Jason and my girlfriend Cerise were waiting there for me to arrive for the celebration. … Continue reading A Room With No View – at Pensione Ginsburg
Blazing Faucets
Late Thursday afternoon, I received one Austin Houston Crockett Bowie Bonham III, who, regular readers will remember, is a tall, rangy, handsome fellow from the Lone Star State. The purpose of his visit this time was to represent Texans for a Better Environment, a non-profit organization of concerned citizens that had sent him to Washington… Continue reading Blazing Faucets
Haley the Barbourian Considers Invading DC
Bright and early Friday morning – and, thanks to the start of Daylight Savings Time last Sunday, an hour earlier than it really was – at seven a.m. EDT, I welcomed Daisy May Glampers, native of Biloxi, Mississippi and lately also of the Haley Barbour not-quite-running-for-President-yet organization, to my office. She chose the chair directly… Continue reading Haley the Barbourian Considers Invading DC
National Public Ridicule
At last, for the first time in weeks, I managed a day that I didn’t have drive into Washington or spend all day in my home office here in Great Falls, Virginia working my tail off. Friday night, I took Cerise out on the town and this morning, we slept until ten, when I arose… Continue reading National Public Ridicule