The Fringe

I've been really bad about posting recently! Soon my blog will be like Zach's--only updated once a quarter. We've been busy, though, so that's my excuse.

Last night we went to a really great sushi restaurant near Dupont Circle. To get to it, we had to walk past the Iraqi embassy, and I know they're having problems at home and all, but I think they could at least spare one person for one hour a day to clean up their lawn. It was about 6 inches tall and full of weeds. Maybe they don't know about lawn care, since I doubt they have too many lawns over there.

After sushi, we saw a great play--The One Man Star Wars Trilogy! Charles Ross acted out all three original Star Wars films in 1.5 hours. No props, no costume changes, no sound effects (other than his own singing and light-saber noises), and no other actors. It was hilarious--I highly recommend going if he comes to your city! I was lucky to get tickets for our group of 6--all the DC shows sold out. The show was part of the first-ever Capital Fringe Festival (happening places like Edinburgh have been having them for years). I went to one other show with my friend Anne last week, a three-person play, 4.48 Psychosis, about depression. Star Wars was much funnier. Anne's a big fringe fan, and aside from these two plays she also attended a few others, including one about WWII French prostitutes. That one was staged in a public swimming pool. There's a reason these are part of the "fringe"!

In other news, our other car will be here soon, and we're selling a gently-used 2001 Jetta...know anyone who wants to buy a Jetta? Also, for any of my civil engineer peeps who actually read this blog (not likely--I think 75% of my readership is my mom, my dad, and Zach's mom), my employer is going to hire another person to do the same job I do. Let me know if you're interested. Who wouldn't want to go to Nouakchott?!?!

I still have to upload pictures from Stacey's wedding and write up the remainder of our Germany trip; hopefully this week will be less hectic than last week!