A Special Party

Our second day in Washington D.C. and we were invited to attend a special party. Two friends of Richard and Wendy were celebrating the adoption of a little girl. The restaurant where the party happened, happened to be the one where my nephew Luke is a cook.

This is a very fine restaurant, Zagat rated, called Persimmon. Really great food! Luke was working the grill, and made some very nice crab cakes, according to Laura. I had chicken, which was exceptional.

The really special thing was the couple adopting little Ruby, are a gay couple. This, so soon after my sister Barbara and her partner Renee adopted a little boy, is a remarkable coincidence. All the folks at the party were very good people. I was seated next to "Big John" who is in charge of all contractors for Dulles Airport. This is how we found out about the leaky roof that caused our detour when we flew in... He said it had not been a good day at all.

After the dinner, we got a tour of the kitchen, which was brief, because it was not large. It always amazes me how much great food can come out of a such a small area.