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We went to our new favorite restaurant in Baltimore after the game, Marie Louise Bistro. I had the house salad, then sauteed chicken breasts with artichoke hearts and sundried tomatoes over couscous. Then a lemon meringue tart for dessert. All with a lovely rose from Provence. Next game in 2 weeks. Looking forward to dinner already!

We used to stay at Little Inn by the Sea for spring training right around there. Loved that place!! (sorry this was off-topic - I'll bow out now...)

Is that the game on August 4th? I'm planning on going. And waiting to get tickets on Stubhub when they hit around $5.

The best version of "Come Sail Away" ever! (I also have a soft spot for Styx and I have no idea why other than "the music of my misspent youth" or something)

If they have a lick of sense. Which means no...

So, who replaced my team with guys who can hit?? And, can we keep them?

My first thought was that his daughter was absolutely adorable. Then you crushed me with the caption...

I can't decide if this is charming or not. However, I think I'll stick to my original plan and go to the Mets game on August 4th - for the bobblehead, of course.

He is a sometime co-host of the Tony Kornheiser podcast. We, on the TK message board, often mock him for being born on third base and thinking he hit a triple. When he's not on the show, he's traveling the world so he can regale us with his stories when he's on. Oh joy... His mom is Maureen Orth. She writes/wrote for...something. And hi everyone. I lurk here all the time, but don't post since I actually never watch the show (only catch a glimpse sometimes when Mr. ebk is watching), I don't feel qualified to post. But thanks for the amusement!!

Enjoy the show tonight everyone. Sorry I won't be around, but I'm seeing The Scottsboro Boys at Signature Theatre tonight and am really looking forward to it.

Stanley Caps!!!!!!! And this time, I don't have to laugh after saying that :-)

Worse that that, I think they're doomed because TK has now said "the era of the Choking Dogs is over." Which can't be good... ;-)

Weather-wise, I'm terrible. I'll be totally pruned by the time it stops raining. Team-wise... maybe it can keep raining for the rest of the summer. Seriously, Ellicott City is about 15 miles north of my house. It's a long way, and yet, not that far. And the second time in two years they've had the Thousand Year Flood. Ugh. Thanks for asking. I appreciate it.

Well, at least the Caps won't be swept again... ;-)

Tonight, I went to a new venue downtown, The Anthem. The place is gorgeous and the parking situation isn't even too terrible. I may go back. Opening act was Cris Jacobs, a local guy from up the street in Baltimore. Really good. Some people around me said he plays a lot of local venues here, so I'll be on the lookout. Then, there was Sturgill Simpson. I love Sturgill. First time I've seen him live and he's unbelievable. Then, Willie Nelson. What can you say about Willie that hasn't already been said. The whole evening was spectacular!!

This came up in my inbox this morning, so I thought I'd share... Drive safely over this long weekend everyone! https://wtop.com/dc-transit/2018/05/in-heavy-traffic-the-preferred-way-to-merge-is-to-wait-until-late/

Holy shit. I'll miss those Choking Dogs...

I saw Waitress Saturday. It's the last show at the National for this season. I liked it but if I hadn't seen it, that would have been okay, too. Which brings me to my conundrum - should I renew for next season. The shows coming in are: Beetlejuice, Beautiful, Bronx Tale, Finding Neverland, School of Rock and Bat Out of Hell. I thought, wow, I've not seen any of them, so that would be fun. And then I thought the reason I haven't seen any of them (other than the 2 that haven't graced our stages in the US yet) is that I chose not to see any of them while I was in New York. And seats aren't cheap here. In fact, I could get discount tickets in NY for any of them (except Finding Neverland because it's closed) for less money that I will spend to see them here. I shouldn't renew, right? I can always get a ticket to see just how bad Bat Out of Hell is...

This was perfect. I think I cried through the last half of the show, while I was laughing. Simply beautiful. Thank NBC!!!

Lin-Manuel Miranda!! My night has been made!!!

Got home late. Mr ebk has a show. My SIL called from Australia, so that added another half hour before I could eat. So dinner was peanut butter on Triscuits and a Dogfish Head Bitch's Brew stout. It works.

Weather is, indeed, a huge peeve right now. It's been raining for a week, and will continue into next week. If I wanted to live in rain, I'd live in Seattle, WA, instead of outside Washington DC. I'm going to turn into a giant prune. And... my mother's Sunbeam stand mixer from the 50s is still going strong. The bowl hasn't even broken. I did have to replace the beaters about 35 years ago when I broke a piece of them off in some stiff brownie mix, and those beaters are still fine. They really don't make 'em like they used to.

That's because you weren't at the ballpark :-) We were hoping we'd get to 20! And, we still made our dinner reservation on time!! Other that the weather, it was a perfect day.

This pretty much sums up the way I feel about the show. It was fine, good stuff, not-so-good stuff, until Last Call, which was great. I even like Kacey Musgraves, but thought she was kinda boring. Everything was juuuust a little off tonight (except Last Call).

Got a present in the mail yesterday and thought a few folks here might enjoy it Then went to the Os game last night and got this one (and the Os won - they have a mini-win streak going. I'll take it) I think Star Wars day may have jumped the shark... although they are cute.