By: Travis
Last night, Amy said that Christopher was going to take her to the Eastern Market today. I wasn't sure what I would do while she was there, so I got up a little early and went over to Christopher's house to meet them. There, we walked for probably about 15 minutes or so along East Capitol to the Eastern Market. They have tons of shops and things and lots and lots of delicious fruit. There were samples of the peaches, yellow and white, and also the apples and grapes that were grown somewhere near here. The outdoor part of the market is only open on Saturdays and Sundays, but the indoor section is open 7 days a week. Inside they have meats and some fruits too. We even saw some delicious looking... Pigs Feet. EWW!!! They have really cool booths though, with crafts, a lot of jewelry, but there were also some soaps and candles. One of the soap places was very similar to the cheese or fudge stores. You would just get a chunk of the soap and pay for it by the pound. In the Eastern Market area there are also lots of shops and stores. Ones in actual self-contained buildings I mean. We stopped by Christopher's favorite coffee shop and he got some coffee there. I think it was called the perigrin or something like that. They also have quite a few restaurants in the area. The flea market there was OK, but it was outside and it was a pretty hot day, once again.
After the market, we went back to American University for the American versus Georgetown Girls soccer game. We hurried to my room to grab some ramen noodles in case the "Free Barbecue" wasn't available or it wasn't good enough or something. It was there and we had hamburgers and some Coke products. They also had free Robeks fruit smoothies. Robeks is a smoothie place located in Tenleytown by the Metro stop there. It was really good, but they only gave us a very small cup just to lure us in. The soccer game wasn't very good, because the American University team lost 21 of their 22 varsity players, because of graduation last year. They lost 9-0 to Georgetown. The goals in the first half were just easy goals because of the mistakes of Americans players. They simply passed into our goal. It was 6-0 at the end of the first half. The goals in the second half were a lot better and actually were deserved points.
We went to the Dupont Circle Metro Stop for dinner. Amy will write about the dinner itself, but before the dinner, we went to the middle of the Dupont Circle. In the circle, there was a fountain that had a large statue in the middle of it. We sat on the edge of the fountain and watched some Chinese street dancers. There were 3 or 4 of them that could dance and they each had their own style. One could do the robot very well and the other did other things, just fast fancy one person dancing. Then, as we were walking over to the restaurant, we saw a bunch of people playing chess. They were in a row of tables along one edge of the circle. They were amazingly fast at it, and really good. Some of the moves I didn't even know were possible, though I had heard of castling once. Anyway, Amy will add more to this post:)
So Travis wrote about the first part of today and asked if I would do the second, so here I amJ. After the soccer game we hung out in Travis’s dorm for an hour or so with Tyler, his roommate. And we were watching some extremely cheesy movie about a teenage werewolf, during which I may or may not have drifted off to nap world. After that we put on our fancy clothes and headed out on the town! And may I say that Travis looked quite handsome in his button shirt and black slacks. We went to Dupont Circle to eat at a restaurant that my mom and I had eaten at once before when I had come to DC in the spring for orientation. Its name is Raku, and it has some really good Asian food. There were also a lot of sushi choices on the menu, which we opted to skip. Travis had the Mongolian pork and I had the pad Thai chicken. It was delicious! We sat at a table outside on the street and could see all the people going by. It was so wonderful that we stayed for quite a while after we were done eating. I wish I was still there and that this night could have just gone on forever and ever, but alas… After dinner we had a little cash burning holes in our pockets and we went in search of a little ice cream. We ended up coming across an ice cream shop within a block, what luck! We went in and split a cup. Travis and I got back on the metro and he rode on the train with me to my stop, where we had to say goodbye. Goodbyes are the worst, but I am still glad they exist, because I would never want to leave someone without one.
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