I'm back from the Rally, and a long weekend in Alexandria, Virginia.
We met many nice people- people in costume, people with interesting signs that were thought provoking or humourous or had a political stance, people who talked about conservative and liberal points with reason and were willing to hear each other's viewpoint and consider them, not just try to destroy them. We enjoyed music, becoming a human experiment of waves and orchestra, and reminding people all over who e 80% really are rather than what is covered in the "news" now.
Here's some photographic proof I was at the Rally to Restore Sanity with 200,000-250,000 other people who believe in compromise and facts not shouting and disagreeing just because the other person is on the "other" side need to be part of the government discourse and process:
My view: 
Hard to believe only a few hours before it looked like this… 
Since shortly it would look like this
I was there!
After the rally we met up with friends back from PA and went to dinner. We tried Clyde's but the 1.5 hour wait was too much, so thanks to Opentable for finding us a restaurant that can accomodate us with only a 15 minute wait: Zengo, Asian tapas. Highlights were the sake flight (a glass of Dassai 50 Junmai Ginjoand a tasting of three flight that included fFrom left to right, the Tentaku Kuni 'Hawks in Heaven' Junmai, the Hakushika 'Snow Beauty' Nigori Honjozo, and Genbai San No Oni Koroshi 'Demon Slayer) and crispy tofu dish. The Carnitas Rice Noodles, with pork shoulder / mushroom / cashew / soft egg / hot ‘n sour sauce was ok but Saucebox has just a good a noodle dish for significantly less, and the Braised Beef Short Rib (very tender but not juicy) with oaxaca cheese mashed potato / huitlacoche~shiitake / dragon sauce was ok but nothing outstanding.
The plus was if you want to try several Asian dishes, you could- that's the plus of tapas style- but I'm pretty familiar with a lot of Asian dishes and the pricepoint, even with the more higher end ingredients, didn't justify the price in my eyes. But, if you are looking for a hip atmosphere and to try several dishes that you might otherwise have to try many Asian restaurants to get a similar variety, I could see the appeal.
We also went to Mt Vernon and had colonial food- which I will cover in the next post.
