Rob in Town

My brother was in town for the weekend so we wanted to show him what a typical weekend in DC consisted of... ok well a busy weekend in DC anyway.

Maroon 5 @ Jiffy Lube Live - Great concert, great seats. They really do not have any bad songs. All hits. Opening act was Owl City which I expect we will all remember as being a mediocre one hit wonder five years from now. Venue was a bit out of the way and leaving the parking lot was painful.

Capital Skyline Pool - same palce as SynchroSwim 2010, but this time for the pool and bar scene. Spent a couple of hours laying out poolside, drinking some beers. Ate sandwiches from Dupont Market which were awesome.

National Building Museum - went for the Lego exhibit but got there as it was closing and they wanted to charge us like $15 per person so we skipped it. There were some portholes into the exhibit room though so we actually got to see everything if at a bit of a distance. Looked cool. Walked around the museum and peeked in on a couple of others, though none really stood out.

Importance of Being Ernest - I really wanted to show Rob a play while in town as so much of my life is about going to the theatre nowadays. So my thinking was basically that we should se something that we had heard of before rather than risking something unknown. What a mistake. This show was a terrible. Easily the worst I have seen. Ever. Anywhere. The director had women playing the male parts and vice versa. And they were trying very hard to act like how they thought the opposite gender would act and all failed miserable.

H-Street - Luckily the night redeemed itself by bar hopping down H Street which is easily my favorite area to go out in DC... too bad it is so hard to get to. We hit Biergarden Haus (large outdoor beer garden and amazing warm pretzel rolls), H-Street Country Club (in door putt putt), Palace of Wonder (for a low quality if somewhat humorous for the experience burlesque show), and Granville Moore's (for some amazing late night mussels, fries and Belgian beer).

The Nationals vs someone - We're not Nationals fans so I won't pretend this game was interesting on a competitive level but we got to see the young phenom, Steven Strasbourg in his second start back from the DL. He was underwhelming but showed flashes of brilliance. We sat for a couple innings then roamed the stadium, ending up at the bar. I determined that was really not a bad way to watch a game if I ever wanted to come see them for real. $5 tix for the standing room area which includes the bar.

Pizzeria Paradiso - I love this place but I have to say this night was not one of their best showings. Beers were good, but the pizza with mussels Rob got and the one with eggplant we got were not too appealing. Oh well

Drove Rob to the airport monday and that was that.