Hump Wins...Hump Wins...

It is that time in the week again where the rubber meets the foot...KICKBALL. So the Humpday All Stars (my team) have never won a regular season game in their existence. I was not apart of the teams inaugural season, so for me, we have only ever lost one game (last week). In a lot of ways we are looked down upon, the little engine that could NOT win. But alas, that all changed.

Supported by "rummy worms" (Rum infused gummy worms)supplied by Hoganistan and VW we, the Humpday All Stars scored our first victory of this season and the first victory of franchise. Do I smell a playoff run? I think so...Following the game we headed to Penn Quarter (our sponsor bar) and held it down at the flip cup tables as well. All in all...a great day to be a Humpday All Star...a great day indeed!

Gravely Point

Hold On To Your Hat
On our way to the airport to drop RAC off, we decided to stop by Gravely Point, near Reagan National Airport. Its a nice little spit of land that is on the flight pattern of the planes landing and taking off at the airport. It sits just a stones throw away from the runway and the planes literally fly directly over your head!

I shot the picture of a nice NWA aircraft as it was coming in for a landing. A great place to bike (click on link above) or drive and spend an afternoon having a picnic and watching planes! If you bring small children, ear plugs would not be a bad idea, though its not too loud. All in all, a sweet location to visit every now and then!

Up in the Monuments

RAC'in up Monuments
This weekend RAC came for a visit up to good ole DC so I wanted to have a good trip. We decided that Saturday was going to be a Monument(al) day! We got up fairly early so that we could catch the metro to downtown to get in line for tickets to go up into the Washington Monument, you know that tall pencil looking thing. We waited in line and had to endure the "all knowing" knowledge of wanna-be locals who kept rattling off stats on the various monuments on the Mall.

After we got our tickets (you can book online weeks in advance here ) we headed to hit the rest of the sites. We went to the WWII









Vietnam, Lincoln, Korean, Jefferson and then to a few Smithsonian locations.








Finally we got to head to the top of the Washington Monument. Simple elevator ride to the top and you are presented with some wonderful views of the DC area. I highly recommend it if you ever get the chance. Below is one of the pictures from the top...

'Kickin it' at the Mall.

Today, I officially became initiated into the wonderful sport of DC Kickball. I first talked about this in May, but I was only a spectator then. Now, I am a full fledged member of the HumpDay Allstars!

Before the game started, a ritual that I will most likely never get tired of, progressed down Constitution in front of the WWII Memorial...Motorcades!!! I am pretty certain that GW was not in this motorcade as it was fairly large, but not nearly as burly as (what others tell me) GW rolls with, but still...what a way to roll home.

It always starts with you noticing that cops are stopping traffic on certain streets, kind of odd, but you don't think anything of it. Then, all of a sudden you hear them...the sirens and the motorbike police. They coming flying down the roads and you have the black SUV's (totally pimp looking) come screaming by, followed by the limos. Trailing is the "gunship" which are the boys you would not like to mess with. All windows and back hatch are wide up and automatic rifles are visible. It happens a lot, but its a spectacle every time.

Oh...and we lost kickball...3-1. No biggie, bunch of newbies (Myself included) so it took awhile for the team to mesh. We beat the rains, and all in all a great day!
Cheers

Fireworks...and flashing lights

Busted in a BUS
Today is the Nations Birthday!!! So happy birthday to you America! Since this was the first 4th of July in D.C. I wanted to get a chance to see some of the fireworks. Two of the three roommates had left for the weekend so it was just VW and I. VW is an avid fan of old school VW buses, those air cooled wonders of yester-year. We decided to head downtown and try and catch the fireworks.

We headed out, me sitting on a couch cushion, and not 2 minutes into the trip...the FC Heat comes swooping down on us. So...after a long drawn out processes and a couple of gotcha's, I had to drive the bus (the one on the right in the picture) back home and grab Calie to head to the fireworks!

DC here I come!

I am happy and sad to announce that I will be leaving "The Rouge" come the 27th of this month (June). I will be moving up the corporate office to continue my work duties up there. I will ultimately be traveling several time, so my exit is not yet permanent. But I have enjoyed my time but am looking forward to the new and exciting frontiers that await. I will try to keep the updates coming and I hope you will keep checking in as I embark on this new journey!

DC Kickball

Today after work I got to experience Kickball on The Mall. DC Kickball is in full swing and Hoganistan is playing on a team. He invited me down to watch first hand the craziness that goes on and to also prep me for my tryouts for a team this fall, haha. Unfortunately his team lost, but as with every league, there was another ritual to be had....the annual trek to a bar for some drinks.


PennQuarter Sports Tavern is a sponsor and the designated hang out spot after the competition ceases. $8 pitchers and 1/2 priced appetizers sure were tasty. I'm ready to be up there so I can bring a little All Star presence to the team, or at least I hope :-) If your around the Mall on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, beware the flying rubber balls!

Pictionary Blues

Today after work, which was another round of meetings and workshops, the boss decided to have a little work get together. We had a PS3, Wii, and Pictionary. After some hard core Grand Theft Auto 4, and Mario Cart for Wii, the drawing, or lack there of, began. The teams were divided into teams of four. Kwags, Steinrich, and Skorcho were on my team, and Mewalt (of Kmewalt) Hoganistan, J&S Dan, and I'm-always-Wright were on the other team.

Lets just say that the other team, with their wonderful guessing and sometimes crude responses whooped up on us. I myself got hit with some hard ones to draw, such as Memory and Plain as the nose on your face. Seriously, how do you draw that? Anyways, it was a great time...wish I would have brought my A game to the Pictionary world though...another day another drawing...

Washington DCinco De Mayo: Day 1

Arrived in Washington D.C. last night for a work conference. Its going to be a hectic week and who knows what will happen or be seen. Today, mostly meetings and finally got to meet some colleagues I have been working with for over a year, but have never met. The wonders of the modern working world. After work I headed out with Hoganistan to check out potential places to live. It is a good possibility that I will be moving to Washington D.C for work in the next few months, so that is exciting.

We found a couple of places then headed to a bar to celebrate Cinco De Mayo. So...Happy Cinco De Mayo!

Cheers