On my drive up, I only lost about $15.00 trying to work the metro station that would allow me to park overnight. Even though 'multi-day parking' was labeled with sharpie on white copy paper taped in front of parking spaces, I will say that the metro hotline person I talked to was very nice. Upon arriving in NOVA, I was blessed with an invitation into the very exclusive fort that I had heard so much about. The fort is better than anything I've ever created in my childhood. There are rules to provide just the right amount of structure. There is ambience. There is amazing food courtesy of Steph. Then we added Star trek and Clone High. I missed the fort as soon as I left.
Friday was interview day so I spent the morning preparing and, of course, got there 45 min. early. Thankfully, there was a coffee shop close by that I hung out in until it had reached the perfect clearly-early-but-not-too-creepy time of arrival. Interview went well and afterwards, since Mike and I had plans to host Steph and Micah over for dinner, I went to whole foods to pick up the ingredients of a recipe Noah had sent me online.
Main Course: Quinoa Stir-Fry with Vegetables and Chicken! The more cilantro, the better. I highly recommend trying this recipe when you're in the mood for something light and healthy with a lot of flavor:
http://www.handletheheat.com/2010/03/quinoa-stir-fry-with-vegetables-chicken.html
Dessert: I don't know what it's called, but Steph created something with egg yolks, sugar, marsala, dark chocolate, and cream that tasted like heaven. Very rich, but a perfectly easy dessert. Here is something similar I found from Alton Brown minus the chocolate and cream melted together and stirred in:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/zabaglione-recipe/index.html
Saturday, I showed Mike where his gym was and then was embarrassed in a push-up contest. We also went suit shopping and to the zoo. I felt a LOT of pressure going suit shopping with Mike since he normally goes with no less than 3 people, but had so much fun. I even took some pictures. This one is my favorite:
Taking this mission VERY seriously.
After a productive suit shopping outing, we went to the zoo, but, unfortunately, I wimped out after the elephants, and needed froyo stat. Plus, we learned that Selena was in town and that meant a trip to Silver Springs later that night. We watched basketball and ate applecake and saw the greatest lego collection known to mankind. After babysitting, I hated legos and thought they were every mother's worst nightmare. Now I've seen their true potential.
The next morning, Mike and I met up with Kelly, Alex, and Jake for what was a very successful brunch. These kids know how to brunch out, but I think this was one of our better brunches by far. We all had bottomless mimosas, talked jobs and mutual friends, and even started brainstorming for the New Years reunion. That is productivity. There were many deets tweeted and a few instagrams:
"How much does a hipster weigh? An instagram!"
Finally, to complete an epic weekend, I finished my first viewing of The Room, as well as the special features interview with Tommy Wiseau. I will have to watch this movie at least 5 more times before I'm able to fully reflect on it. Good news: I've already got most of the audience responses down. Bad news: Apparently there will be no more live stagings of it.
I am back in Williamsburg and ready to rest and get back to work after two amazing weekends with friends.
I will leave you with a few of my favorite The Room quotes:
"I FEEL LIKE I'M SITTING ON AN ATOMIC BOMB WAITING FOR IT TO GO OFF." "Me too."
"Leave your stupid comments in your pocket!"
"I miss you. I just saw you. What are you talking about?"
But I do miss DC already.
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