Went to the Truxton Circle Happy Hour, or hours, at the Saloon on U and one topic of discovery was that serveral neighbors are experiencing leaky roofs. Me? Basement problems. The basement has flooded so I’ve moved a couple of rugs, threw down some newspaper and let the dehumidifier work itself to death. IT & B’s basement is a little worse off as they have stuff on the floor. If I lose power like I did a few hours yesterday I’m completely screwed because the sump pump has been going off non-stop.
The happy hour had a good turn out, met some new neighbors, witnessed the battle of the real estate agents, and talked more about the whole Shiloh church thing.
Anyway, I’ve got to get the wet & dry vac out and try to deal with the small lake that has formed down here.
Cleaner metro
Still in the packaging are two Blastguard somethings sitting on the platform of the Shaw/Howard station. I’m going to guess those somethings are trashcans. I’m looking forward to trash cans on the platforms because when they took away the garbage cans the metro just got dirtier. I used to pick up trash and toss it in the can when that trash was either on the train or on the platform. I know WMATA would have liked it if I’d dump the trash in the cans outside the fare gates, but I’m not taking someone else’s garbage up the stairs or escalator.
I’m looking forward to a cleaner metro.
Man this is a small town
Last night I went to a function, but apparently the wrong one, and ran into [Bush cabinet member] and spouse. I met [Bush cabinet member] on my way out, after seeing through the window that folks were going into the other building to the other function that I had intended to go to. But before I could leave I had to ditch my wine glass, so I had to head back into the crowd, and then [Bush cabinet member] introduced himself, his wife and friend. He’s a charming gentleman. Thank goodness for name tags because, I was looking at his tag before and thinking “that name, that face, they look familiar.” Anyway what did I and one of the nation’s top mover and shaker talk about? Dogs and charitable giving.
I’m hoping that one day I’ll wander into a function and chat up George Clooney about fresh basil and simple pasta dishes.