Yet Another Silly Touristy Day

The day began with an unpleasant, but harmless, incident. Today is Sunday, my "go to church" day... one of the few days on which I actually have something to do. Imagine my surprise when the woman who woke me said, "Metro Access was here and waited for a minute, but then they left."

Now, the way this works is, when the bus reservation is originally made, dispatch gives the customer a 30 minute window during which the bus will arrive. If the bus arrives and the passenger isn't ready, drivers usually go to great lengths ro complete the pickup, (This is great for the recalcitrant rider, but totally unfair to customers like me, who are always on time, but then have to wait around for the selfish inconsiderate jerks to decide to show up.)

Anyway, I called dispatch immediately, and they agreed they were early and said they'd call the driver and get him to come back--which he did, but he admitted to having been just around the corner drinking coffee and reading the newspaper. So I guess I interrupted his well plotted break.

The fun thing I did today is that I went to rhe Taste of Arlington festival. Wilson Boulevard was blocked off all through Ballston for the event, which was just a couple blocks from Emeritus. Lots of restaurants and different organizations set up booths along the street. At the end of the street, a rock band played. The resraurants cooked food in their booth. usually on grills, and then sold plates of the food. One place had cups of beer, another cups of wine. Festival goers didn't use money to pay for the food and beverages. Instead, attendees had paid cash for tickets upon entering the gate, and then paid for the food with tickets. All the food was quite inexpensive, which made it possibble to taste nore if it!