dc...

got into dc union station wednesday night and grace picked me up. had a really good time just talking with her...

thursday, september 11th: didn't go out, even though it was a beautiful day 'cuz i was feeling a bit tired from new york. just read and watched the divine secrets of the ya-ya yada yada (grace has the video, and i read the book a while ago, so i was curious how the movie was). i actually teared up a coupla times...those mother-daughter and father-daughter relationship movies always get to me for some reason. grace came back after work, and we met up with miwon (a friend from michigan) for dinner. went to rio grande, really close to grace's place. kinda funny story...i got stuck in the pool area of her apartment (grace called me to meet her in the front of her building, and since we came through her garage the night before, i didn't know how to get out)...so i had to hop a fence...it was low, but...at dinner, there was some sort of problem with our entrees, so our dinners took a long time. we didn't even complain, but the waiter apologized, and we got free dessert! (you know how free dessert makes me happy...). it was great seeing miwon, who i haven't since michigan...had a bit of catching up to do. grace and i once again ended up talking late into the night...feel bad b/c she had work, and every morning before she took off, she'd stand at the door and say, a little sadly, "have a good day," all the while looking longingly at the bed...and i made it worse 'cuz we stayed up late talking...but she was great about it.

friday, september 12th: this day, on the rainiest day of my vacation, i decided to explore a little (of course, the 11th was a perfect day to be outside, but no, i chose to stay in that day, which left me this wet day to go out). so i went to dupont circle, which is a quaint area with little boutiques and shops...walked around and got pretty wet. especially enjoyed walking into what looked like a regular bookstore...then realizing that there were rainbow decorated stuff everywhere, and the books were...of subject matter that i had little interest in, we'll just leave it at that. otherwise, it was nice to walk around, even though it was raining pretty hard at times. had to borrow an umbrella from grace, and on the way back, i inadvertently got on the wrong train, which i figured out, but in my haste to get off the train, i left grace's umbrella...after grace got back from work, we met up with her boyfriend, steve, at georgia browne's, a fancy schmancy restaurant with really yummy southern food. went back and watched "she loves me, she loves me not," a film with audrey tatou that i mistook for a romantic comedy...not noticing the word "thriller" in the dvd jacket. interesting movie...even more interesting were the subtitles...one word, actually, that i'm not sure was translated the way they intended...anyways, that night, grace and i didn't stay up too late...grace fell asleep while we were watching tv. this, after our plans to stay up all night. well, i guess we did enough catching up and talking the other nights...

saturday, september 13th: back to vegas and then lax with no incidents...home sweet home!!

the end!