In DC this week for some industry meetings (www.AHRInet.org). Left Rocky Mount Saturday morning using AMTRAK. The train is a good way to get to downtown DC, and not have to pay $40 a night to park the truck. This was Terri's first trip on a train, the car was not as clean as she would like, the ride not as smooth.....................probably not going to be the way we see Europe.
Interesting to go into the terminal in Rocky Mount; here is a shot of the tile pattern in the bathroom. It is the same design as the bathroom at 520 Mill Street. That's an odd coincidence don't you think? ACL must have got a very good deal on a bulk buy in 1954.
Guess we should just be happy we didn't have one of these too
Oh by the way, sometimes people don't like it when you take pictures in public restrooms. While in DC we went by the White House, very pretty in the twilight. Guess you're not just supposed to drop in un-announced; we couldn't see the Obama family. Another thing I learned on this trip......
And now for something completely different; something for you FO..............
And a film for you Cooper; filmed while riding on a train. I wrote a song about it called Riding On A Train; it has the same melody as Peter Griffin's Riding On A Bus. Let me know if you want to hear it; I recorded Nana singing it(comments, down at the bottom of this post)
Our reception was at the ESPN Zone last night, lots of fun. Saturday night we had a dinner at the Old Ebbitt Grill; we're not starving.
That's it from DC
2 comments:
You know, oddly enough, that bathroom tile is the exact same as in the bathroom on the 2nd floor on 131 Wilkinson St as well. No kidding. Honestly, I had never really noticed the tile floor at 520 Mill St...yep, I'm pretty sure that Dink would attest to that.
So, it appears that Pop was dealing ill-gotten tiles from the railroad to Daddy somewhere along the way....and they used to get on us for smelling like cigarette smoke...which we did, but that's beside the point.
Enjoyed the fish fry. Sorry I missed that one.
Riding on the train, Riding on the train, sitting next to bums, there's an open seat, hope that isn't pee..
Cooper will have it memorized before Thanksgiving.
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