okay well we ended up

okay well we ended up out on saturday night and took dave to his first gay restaurant, pub and club all in one night :o)
We had a really nice dinner and then went to JR‘s and finally to Badlands which was alright actually. Had a very fun night but another one with way too much alcohol. Finally got back to the hotel at 4am and carried on drinking. So check out on Sunday was bad :o(
We went into Georgetown for brunch Dave, Scally, Max and myself it was a really nice relaxed coffee and food in the Starbucks Cafe within Barnes & Noble.
Scally and Max then went off to the airport to catch their flight home. Unfortunately the flight was delayed [as somehow scally always manages to be on a delayed flight with a medical emergency] but hopefully they made it back home safely.

In other news the register picked up the story about our office in the UK having no clocks today

well last night [thursday] the

well last night [thursday] the taxi I had booked through work arrived at 8 to take me to the airport – the only flaw here being that my flight wasn’t until friday morning. So erm 12 hours early then. Luckily a cab turned up this morning too – I had visions of them not bothering to send one at all after the mess up the night before.
picked dave up from his in battersea and then on to the airport. It being comic relief the Virgin Atlantic staff were all kitted out in tee shirts and pants [the theme being say pants to poverty] and of course the obligatory man in womens clothing. He looked cute too – Gavin was his name – so if perchance you are reading this Gav – great legs 😉
The nice lady took a look at Dave and gave us seats by the exit so that he had extra leg room – me being a short arse it never really bothers me but I must admit it was fantastic to have nothing for about 3 feet – maybe more – in front of me.
I thought whilst on the plane that I have actually spent more time out of the country than in it in the last month or so and by the end of this trip I will have spent more time in the US than london over the last 2 months. Another day another flight!
This was my first flight with Virgin in Premium Economy and I must say I was impressed the service was excellent and our hostess was brilliant.


When Dave and I arrived in Dulles we managed to get on the wrong courtesy bus [my fault I usually hire with hertz and work had booked avis] so he was not exactly inspired with confidence! Got to the hotel with no problems and checked in to what is going to be my new home for the next 2 weeks – unless i switch to a hotel in DC at the weekend. The Hyatt in Reston is actually a nice hotel – just it’s in the middle of nowhere.

So we settled in and then went on the wander around Reston as it is Dave’s first trip out here. It doesn’t take long. Outside Barnes & Noble though we got asked to buy Girl Scout cookies – now I know you always see this in the movies but to come accross two girls [plus mum keeping tabs on the cask and stock] selling Girl Scout cookies – well I was in fits. We both bought some though after the initial shock had worn off! I got a box of Tagalongs which look nice :o)
Had a really nice meal in the market street bar and grill which is the hotel restaurant. and then went wandering to buy books and stuff. trying to stay awake until around 11pm here so I do not wake up hideously early. I’m sure my body is going to give up on the time zone thing shortly anyway. A different time zone each week for the past 4 weeks :o(