did i ever tell you about the guy who was born with a golfball in his face...

By anders pearson 14 Jan 2002

went down to DC this weekend to visit lani and see the house she moved into with a few of her coworkers.

<p>my train got in on friday night around 10. we met up with lani&#8217;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&#8217;t worry, i didn&#8217;t dance; it&#8217;s not in my contract). </p>

<p>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&#8217;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?</p>

<p>then we met up with lani&#8217;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&#8217;t know that absinthe was 140 proof. i do now. pretty tasty though. we weren&#8217;t doing much after that besides sitting on the porch listening to music and talking.</p>

<p>for breakfast on sunday, lani made us her family&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;s british housemate) and i started a hunt for a replacement. unfortunately, long coats don&#8217;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.</p>