Annapolis

Katie came down to visit me in Alexandria, Virginia for the weekend. We headed over to Annapolis on Saturday for the day. If I had thought about it more, I would have opted for a museum day in DC because it was a real nasty hot, humid day. We started out at the Naval Academy, where we were able to walk around and check out the impressive campus.

The copper roofs at the Naval Acadamy are quite lovely.

The sailing center at the Naval Academy, where I once wiped snow off my boat before a regatta while in college. It was about 93 degrees and humid on this day, though.

This is the City Dock area of Annapolis, with the Maryland State House in the background. The State House is the oldest state capitol building still in use, and was built in 1788 without any nails.

We had Maryland crab cakes and mussels at McGarvey's near the docks.

Large old boat at the City Docks.

Complete Game Shutout

I had to be in the D.C. area for work on Monday morning, so I headed down a little early and caught the Padres playing the brand new Washington Nationals. They play in RFK stadium, which is an old football stadium and has all the atmosphere of playing in a giant soup bowl. It was 90 plus degrees with a ton of humidity, but the beer was cold. I met up with my friend Ben, a former co-worker at ER Mapper from years ago. Jake Peavy threw a complete game shutout to give the Padres a 3 game sweep of the Nationals. Also, I got phone calls from three different friends during the game telling me I was spotted on TV in San Diego!

Ben and I scalped some great seats down the first base line in the third row.

I did some accidental sightseeing on my way back to the hotel from Ben's house.

The capital building out the driver side window... while driving.

My Office...

Here's the view from my office window. I work in Long Island City, directly across the East River from Midtown Manhattan. For those who wonder, that's the Empire State Building, United Nations, Chrysler Building and the Trump Tower from left to right.

My cubicle!

Another shot from the other end of the suite.