$5 tickets (2)
$20 parking (at our own building)*
$30 concessions
Monsoon in the bottom of the 6th Inning avoided by a timely exit and a $6 bike-rickshaw ride directly to the Marriot bar(same building as our place) to enjoy scotch while laughing at wet people…
PRICELESS!!!
The escape from the rain delay actually turned a very poor game (from [...]
Entries from June 2008
Saturday night at the ballpark
June 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Capitol Hill Tower · Parking · Sports
Barwarming Party Announcment!!!
June 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Anyone who has followed this site for the past month has seen the process of designing and building the bar, along with several updates… So it is with great pleasure that I announce that the bar itself is about 90% complete and even more important, Erika and I have decided to combine our housewarming with [...]
Tags: Cool Stuff · Home Improvement · Party
New couch and other items…
June 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
So we have the new couch! Two slight hiccups in the process;
1. Ikea forgot to deliver our shelves and desk at the same time. Their customer service was excellent though and they agreed to lower the delivery fee and guarantee delivery between 6-8pm tomorrow (today’s window was 8am-8pm so thats a huge improvement)
2. Our building, [...]
Tags: Capitol Hill Tower · Home Improvement
The ‘Longest Day’…
June 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Happy Summer Solstice to all, and especially myself as it is my 29th birthday! I had a wonderful summer day in DC today capped off by watching our hometown National’s get rocked by the Rangers… it was a fun time though, we bought the $5 left grandstand tickets which are box office, 2 hrs prior [...]
Tags: Cool Stuff · Friends and Family · Sports
Wednesday
June 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
A couple things for today, first a useful site – the IRS Tax Rebate Checker which is useful if you haven’t received your $600 yet, it gives you an idea of just when that might occur. My date is 20 June, just in time for my birthday!
The house unpacking is going well, Erika [...]
Tags: Cool Stuff · HOKIES · Home Improvement
If you have any interest in the baseball stadium…
June 8th, 2008 · No Comments
… you have to check out this link from washingtonpost.com. Amazing 3D tour around the stadium including the best seats.
Tags: Cool Stuff · Sports
Sweet Success!
June 7th, 2008 · No Comments
First post from the new condo! I’m sitting on my trunk, with the computer piled up on boxes and an end table but Erika and I are spending our first night in the new place. Thanks to a ton of help from Ryan and Sara all day today we made two big trips [...]
Tags: Home Improvement · Uncategorized
Pictures at last – Then and Now
June 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Erika and I got alot done this evening and I think we can wrap up the non-trim painting tomorrow or Wednesday. The dining room, living room and kitchen share the main yellow color with a light lime green accent color on the air ducting and throughout the kitchen. The bedroom is bold with [...]
Tags: Home Improvement
Congratulations Gene and Bree!
June 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
As long as I’m getting pictures up here are two instant classics from Gene’s wedding this past Saturday.
Gene and Bree will be on their way back to Jerusalem this week, Thanks for the great party guys!
-Tony
Tags: Friends and Family
First coat of paint!
June 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments
I am really behind on getting pictures up but due to a comedy of errors and lack of charging device my digital camera is out of service, hopefully tomorow evening we’ll take some with Erika’s camera. So despite a very busy weekend in which we celebrated Erika and Andrew’s birthday Friday night in Woodbridge, Gene [...]
Tags: Home Improvement