Just another weekend in Old Town

Last weekend I went to the Irish Festival in Waterfront Park in Old Town (a pleasant mile walk from our apartment) as well as the Friendship Firehouse Festival (on the way to the water front). The Friendship Firehouse is really neat, and I didn't know about it before Saturday (sorry to all those who have already visited us, you will have to visit again to see this place). More information about the fire house can be found at their web page:
http://oha.alexandriava.gov/friendship/
Apparently, though, the John Muir mentioned in the history of the firehouse is not the John Muir, environmentalist and Scottish immigrant whose family settled in Wisconsin. Muir seems to have been a popular Scottish last name....














I also visited Grape + Bean (http://www.grapeandbean.com/), now famous from a Washington Post article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/07/22/ST2008072202696.html
I had the Kuta mention in the article--both iced and hot. (This demonstrates my love of comparing tastes. I preferred the iced, but that may have had to do with walking around in the heat all morning). I also bought an organic Malbec from Chile, and a bottle of Bavarian Wit. How can Starbucks beat that?

Then on Sunday, I went house hunting in Del Ray--the next little area over from Old Town (just for fun) and geocaching (even more fun!) with friends. I think the picture of me is hilarious. I have such a look of focus! (We didn't find that one, though.)