{"id":1108,"date":"2008-10-05T23:51:41","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T04:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2008-10-05T23:51:41","modified_gmt":"2008-10-06T04:51:41","slug":"weekend-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=1108","title":{"rendered":"weekend recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I suppose it ought not to surprise me that weekends fly past (particularly when I sleep past 11 each day), but it does nevertheless.<\/p>\n<p>Friday night was the final night of jazz in the sculpture garden. The ground was sopping (it hadn&#8217;t rained for two days!), so we all sat on plastic bags on top of our ground cover, but still managed to have a nice night. Unwilling to admit that the season had come to a close, we stood around under the silver tree until the guards kicked us out. We&#8217;re mulling a Friday night game night instead for the chilly months, as that could still be an informal potluck type thing, but would still give us a nice way to end our weeks together.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday was a nice, sunny day, so John, Rudi, and I walked down to the Smithsonian&#8217;s International Gallery to catch the final weekend of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sites.si.edu\/henson\/\">Jim Henson retrospective<\/a> they were running. It was a really fun exhibit, with many of the muppets we remember, clips of Henson&#8217;s original D.C.-area commercials, and a great interactive area for kids to explore their creative side. The only down side to the exhibit was that they wouldn&#8217;t let you take photographs, not even without a flash. The exhibit is a traveling one, so, if it&#8217;s going to be anywhere remotely near you, I encourage you to visit.<\/p>\n<p>We followed that up with pizza up at the New Haven-style pizzeria in Columbia Heights. <a href=\"http:\/\/petesapizza.com\/\">Pete&#8217;s Apizza<\/a> does it better than anyone else in D.C. and I woke up the next day with a burnt roof of my mouth. Connecticut residents will recognize this as a strong testament indeed. John&#8217;s new condo is only a couple blocks away, so he let us come hang out and watch old movies on his giant t.v.<\/p>\n<p>Today was a gorgeous farewell to summer (I hope), with 80 degree temps and bright sun. After a trip to the farmers&#8217; market, I ended up at the garden, where Rudi and I got the lettuce plants into the ground and harvested some more tomatoes and beans. I swear, at this rate, I&#8217;ll still be picking beans at Thanksgiving. 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