Day 328/365 - Scrabbleccino

For a change I actually got to play Scrabble against a human being tonight instead of jousting with my PC/iPod/iPhone. Erin M and I met up at Peregrine, a locally-owned coffeehouse in the Eastern Market section of Washington, DC, for coffee, pastry, and a rousing game of Scrabble. Although it verged on being a bit chilly by the time the game wrapped up, we sat outside on the patio and enjoyed the 'false fall' weather. We both suspect that DC is due for at least one more bout of hot, muggy, and nasty weather before we move into real fall.

It was a well-played contest. She started out ahead, but I slowly chipped away at her lead and edged into the front and then just as I was starting to anticipate a victory, she stormed back to the fore with a brilliant jowly/curry combo that made double use of a "Y" on a triple letter score spot and ran through a double word score space to boot. There was just no coming back from that. She wound up winning 309-300.

Rematch!

(Taken with my Nikon Coolpix S200)

Twice on Sunday Bonus Photo - Cuppaccino

For this week's bonus photo we have a shot I took of a cup of cappuccino I got from Peregrine Espresso in the Eastern Market section of Washington, DC. I think baristas that are skilled enough to make designs in the steamed milk foam are flat out awesome.

(Taken with my Nikon Coolpix S200)

Day 4/365 - Sunday Morning with 'The Post'

Hadn't done this in a while, but with the weather being too gorgeous to be cooped up indoors, I took the Sunday copy of the Washington Post over to Starbucks at Pentagon Row and grabbed myself a venti pumpkin spice latte and a pumpkin cream cheese muffin and sat outside and had breakfast and read the paper.

Pumpkin rocks. Sucks that you can only get the pumpkin ale from Blue Moon Brewery this time of year. It ought to be available year-round (as should the pumpkin cheesecake at Cheesecake Factory).

(Taken with my Nikon Coolpix S200)