♫ W! A-S-H! I-N-G! T-O-N, baby, D-C! ♫

Last night Eliza and I returned from a week at her parents’ in the other Washington. Among the touristy highlights: the construction site of the new Nationals ballpark, Mexican food in Adams Morgan, a stroll along the C&O canal, the National Portrait Gallery, Ben’s Chili Bowl, and Butterstick. Also, I attended my second-ever NHL game (the Habs beat the Caps, 4-1), I got a haircut at my favorite barbershop, and I read The Corrections. We flew through Minneapolis both ways, upping my states-I’ve-been-to count to 32.