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by anders pearson Mon 14 Jan 2002 13:16:58

went down to DC this weekend to visit lani and see the house she moved into with a few of her coworkers. my train got in on friday night around 10. we met up with lani's friend amy, and a bunch of random people from richmond and went out to club chaos to watch a drag show and dance (don't worry, i didn't dance; it's not in my contract). on saturday we slept late then went out for coffee together. the folks from richmond left and lani, amy and i went to the Asylum for 25 cent pints. it's a little dive bar that happens to be cool enough to have skinny puppy and minor threat on the jukebox and did i mention that there were 25 <em>cent</em> pints? then we met up with lani's housemates for kebabs and wine before returning home and opening up the bottle of Absinthe that yura had smuggled back from the Czech republic. i didn't know that absinthe was 140 proof. i do now. pretty tasty though. we weren't doing much after that besides sitting on the porch listening to music and talking. for breakfast on sunday, lani made us her family's traditional recipe of eggs, grits and soy sauce. then we wandered over to georgetown for coffee and snacks. my nice long black coat that i've worn more or less continually since i bought it in hong kong in 1997 for $20 was finally starting to fall apart so lani, kim (lani's british housemate) and i started a hunt for a replacement. unfortunately, long coats don't seem to be trendy this year so almost no one had anything suitable for sale. we went through about 6 shops in 20 minutes without any luck. finally, just as we were about to give up and leave, we found a nice one. i think we set a new record for efficient shopping.