So Julie comes in on Friday, we meet up, we go back to my beautiful apartment and chill out for a little while. Manny and Olga save the day again (a great pizza place down the street) and we just catch up. It was SO nice to see her. We decide to go on a cruise of the monuments on the Potomac that leaves from GEorgetown at 9pm. We decide this at 8:40. We all but sprint to Georgetown and make it just as the boat is docking. Ramey saved my life several times, because apparently I'm not good at talking on the phone, jogging through Georgetown, and keeping an eye on heavy traffic all at once. oops.
We are able to meet our group (of about 9 obnxoious UofA frat guys, or so it seems) at the dock in time to board, but we were not that lucky. The boat is rented out to a private party, so we don't get to take that cruise. Julie and I do meet a nice guy from Greece named Constantine that offers to take us out on his yacht. We decline, although he did have a nice accent.
We decide that the frat boys are a little too rowdy for us. Julie got up at 3am and is almost dead on her feet after the sprint and I just wanted to mellow out after the work week, so we head to DuPont, a nice neighborhood on the North side of D.C. to meet a friend of mine. On our way there we discovered that it was Harry Potter release party night. We run across lots of adults, and kids alike, dressed up for the event. Weird.
We also run in to the newest reason that I'm in love with this city. On the sidewalk next to the place where we are meeting Reuben there is a loud nine piece brass band playing for money. There are tubas, trombones, baritones, trumpets, a big bass drum and a huge crowd gathered around watching. There are lots of people dancing in the streets and everyone is simply having fun. Julie and I stop for a minute on our way in and out.... they are amazing.
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