Starting right around eleven this morning, and continuing incessantly off and on all day, poor Gretchen had to contend with a long-distance caller from California trying to get an unscheduled appointment. It was Marilyn Davenport, member of the Orange County Republican Central Committee. Gretchen and I finally managed to squeeze her in between a Nigerian… Continue reading Photo Op for Bonzo
Rock-a-bye Controller, in the Airport Tower
Thursday, April 14 was unusually grueling – after putting in fourteen hours at my office in Washington, the last thing I needed when I got home to Great Falls, Virginia was yet another person asking for my advice. But that’s what I got – my land line rang not five minutes after I sank, exhausted,… Continue reading Rock-a-bye Controller, in the Airport Tower
Order Restored to Titanic’s Deck Chairs, Iceberg Still a Problem
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
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