We were lucky enough to have Richard come to town for Rachel's birthday -- he arrived last Wednesday (July 8) and left Monday (July 13). We had a such a great time! Rachel adores him and jumped into his arms for a hug as soon as he came inside the house. And since I didn't have to work for most of last week, I could play tourist and spend time with Richard going to museums -- which is exactly what I did.
On Thursday, we decided that we'd all take Rachel to camp, then ride in to the District together. Drew got off at his normal stop and Richard and I went to the Newseum, which I had been wanting to see for quite a while but never got around to. We wandered through for a while, and then stopped at 1 to meet Drew for lunch at the Sculpture Garden's Pavilion Cafe for lunch a block away. It was beastly hot but we found a nice table with an umbrella and had a lovely meal. Then Drew headed back to work, Richard to the museum and I to another part of town for an interview for the story I'm working on for The Post's Food section.
When my interview ended, I realized that I had a lot of time to kill before the event I had committed to attending in Dupont Circle -- a cocktail party given by a woman I plan to write about for a magazine story -- and so I walked about a mile to the Basilica, a beautiful church in Northeast D.C. I cooled off inside and spent some time looking around -- it was stunning, with gold and silver and tiles and candles everywhere -- then changed my clothes, got on the train just as it began to pour, and then went to the cocktail party (the rain had stopped by then).
I left after an hour, grabbed an appetizer at a restaurant nearby (all I was hungry for), and took the train home, arriving at 11. Drew picked me up, we talked a bit, and then I headed to bed. A full day!
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