Saturday, June 9, 2012

Tally Ho! It's Saturday!

Sleep, glorious sleep! Today I slept in till 11, and cooked eggs while Leslie made pancakes. I then enjoyed those with some Canadian bacon and the wonderful company of Dan, who had just woken up late as well, and Maureen, who was working on mailings endorsing Bob Marshall for the Virginia Senate that she wanted to send out (she's always plugged into her politics, I'm telling ya).

I also concluded today that Nola is very much like my dog Bella, in more ways than one. Their dog personalities are strikingly similar. I showed everyone the pictures I brought with me of Bella and they fawned :)  Not surprising. I just want you to know Bella, that even though I adore Nola, no dog will ever take your place in my life.

I've been trying to get a good picture but my phone camera's cheap and
she's always moving. The cutest thing she does, probably, is when we
come home she's super excited to see us, and not just her tail,
but her whole body wags!

UPDATE: Here's a better picture!

Anyways, the day's activities included a driving tour of Leesburg with Maureen, grocery shopping at Wegmann's (a grocery store palace), napping (yes, I did sleep in till 11 and then nap later in the afternoon), and a delicious dinner with the Whalen's.

Then Leslie and I met up with Chris in "downtown" Leesburg (maybe somewhat comparable to downtown Kirkwood, except much more historic. We saw a place that had been there since 1760. Before the Declaration of Independence!) We went to "Acoustic on the Green," which was a free outdoor concert. The whole place was super quaint and had a great ambiance. Chris remarked that it was "grossly adorable," which is pretty accurate.
So we didn't actually find the concert where we thought it'd be. When it wasn't there, we looked up movie theaters on Leslie's GPS reasoning that we could just see a movie instead. The first one that popped up was "Tally Ho Theater", which we thought was too intriguing to not check out. Turns out the Tally Ho is located right NEXT to where the concert was taking place! So we ended up at the concert anyways!! And then of course had to take a picture. 
A little blurry, but here's what the crowd at the concert looked like.
That building straight past the trees is Town Hall. 
We found a spot about halfway up towards the stage. 
We rounded out the night with a trip to good 'ol Baskin Robbins, where we decided that the phrase that contains the highest number of unappealing words is "a vat of moist cheese curds".

All in all, a productive day! Mass tomorrow at 10am and then the other interns and I will all be heading north a bit to visit Harper's Ferry with Kristan Hawkins (E.D. of SFLA), and perhaps a few other staff. This will be my second time in Harper's Ferry, VA, surprisingly--because when I hiked part of the Appalachaian Trail with my dad in 8th grade, we ended our hiking trip in that town!! Goodnight everyone!

1 comment:

  1. CATHY this is absolutely awesome! i've read every post, thanks so much for sharing. this sounds like such an incredible summer oppurtunity and it i cant imagine anything more perfect for you. enjoy your time and keep on learning and loving it!

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