- Kennedy Center - friend Russ performed, show included several choirs, second half was operetic recreation of events in Bulgaria involving the people refusing to send Jewish people to concentration camps
- Falls Church farmers market and Civil War balloon recreation
- Eastern Market again (tried a soft shell crab for the first time, not a big fan)
- visited the Library of Congress as a tourist
- watch an arena polo match out in the Virgina countryside (I could be a big polo fan if it existed out in Texas)
- visited the Oak Mar ward and went to potluck
- Kennedy Center Milenium stage free performance
- Old Town Alexandria (ate at La Tascas, tapas restaurant. Awesome! Glad Carrie introduced me to the real deal)
- National Museum of American History (amazing display of pop-up books, transportation, and military)
- Navy Band concert at Navy Memorial (what's cooler than the Navy band performing Highway to the Danger Zone from Top Gun - all the songs were themed on flying to honor the naval aviators)
- early dinner at Tony & Joes on the Potomac
- National Symphony Orchestra prelude concert in the Kennedy Center (snippets from each of the upcoming season peformances, had seats on 8th row of orchestra level - and they were free!)
- dinner at Matchbox in Chinatown
- saw my roomies Shakespeare play, Love's Labors Lost
- relaxed at sculpture garden again
- Gettysburg - battle reenactments (awesome!), replica camps and shops, lunch in town at Dobbins House Tavern (oldest building in Gettysburg, 1776 - cool colonial atmosphere)
- attempted to go to rehersal of CApitol 4th concert - canceled because of storm :(
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