This weekend my family was kind enough to come up and visit Aaron and me in our new Alexandria location. Showing them around was fairly comical since I had moved up Wednesday afternoon and they came Friday afternoon. So they had a lot of questions that I couldn't honestly answer. Questions like, what's the closest grocery store to you? Where can you go to work out? What's around the corner? How do we get to...? My response to the last one was usually Ask Aaron or Well, mapquest says...
Still it was a lot of fun to see Dad, Mom, Abby and Robby. Friday night Abby and Mom let Aaron and me tag along to the B&N Breaking Dawn midnight release party. I expected more costumes but it was still a good time. Once Abby got the book in her hands we couldn't get much more than monosyllable responses out of her so I guess it's pretty good.
On Saturday we hung out at the Smithsonian and Aaron gave us a tour of the West Wing of the White House. Then they were headed back South but they left Aaron and me with a wealth of South Carolina ripened peaches and blueberries. I've eaten more than a dozen peaches each day and every time I bite into one I think, Wow, I know these are good but I can't believe they're THIS good. Sadly, they're so delicious that attempting to eat a store bought peach afterwards brings nothing but disappointment and resentment.
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a dozen peaches a day? with blueberries? i'd love to be living that kind of life. have you seen the that new book called The Fruit Hunters? i haven't looked at it yet but want to.
It was so fun to see Alexandria. I look forward to having more time to explore your new home next time we visit. By then, you will be able to answer all our funny questions.
I am still enjoying the peaches too. The last day for blueberry picking is this Saturday....
After eating real peaches, the ones at the store are just pathetic!
I had a lot of fun in DC, and am still amazed how nice y'all were to reserve a copy for me.
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