I went DC with David today.  Was fun.  We went to this Vegetarian festival (VegFest).  Was not as big as I thought it was going to be.  They had a variety of vendors and you could watch a 4min video (about animal cruelty and benefits of being a vegetarian) and make a dollar.  There was a guy at the entrance advertising “Fruititarian” I think he just made it up…  David couldn’t think of how you would get protein other than supplements.  They had fresh cut french fries, juices and a lot of Indian style food.  They had a whole section for dogs and dog food.  They even had a play area for dogs.  The festival was at Yards Park.  Not really the nicest park I have been too, certainly not as nice as the ones in Chicago.  It reminded me more of a parking lot than of a park.  No trees or grass just concrete.  A concrete park I guess…  One interesting thing was that on the walk to the park we saw this art installation inside a barn/warehouse like structure.  The art is hard to describe, but it made me think that probably that is what a big huge dinosaur’s backbone would look like.  Where instead of bone vertebrae it is a thousand molds of golden forearms making a fist.

We went to Park Tavern (aptly named since near Yards Park) to eat since it was close by the metro and the festival.  They have a very unique building with water fountains out front.  Google has some pictures.  Food was good, a bit expensive.

Had the idea that maybe revolving doors at the entrance into the train would allow people to get on and off faster during rush hour.  Not sure if it would work since it didn’t work so well when there was a bunch of people trying to get out of a burning building.

It is nice that I live close enough that I can just go into the city if I feel like it, but not have to deal with all of the bad traffic all the time.  Fairfax is bad enough.  Would be fun to go to the beach.  Maybe next year.