1) Musical
On Saturday, my friend Mary and I went to a musical/dance performance called Cool Papa’s Party at MetroStage in Old Town Alexandria. It was a fun show (choreographed by Broadway choreographer Maurice Hines, brother of the late Gregory Hines).
2) Adult Entertainment
After the show, Mary and I went to check out the new adult entertainment store on King Street, LeTache (the one I mentioned hearing about only after it became controversial). Interesting: most of the employees are male, which seemed a little…different. They were nice though, and one guy spent a fair amount of time answering Mary’s inquiries about the various products they offer.
(Thu-Sat, they’re open 10am-midnight. Those are pretty crazy hours, especially since most of the other non-restaurant establishments on King Street tend to close down 4-5 hours earlier than that.)
I bought a few things, one of which was a pair of fishnet stockings. It wasn’t the small weave like I normally get (the kind that’s appropriate to wear to work), but the larger, more “obvious” weave. I went home and put them on with a black dress before we went out to dinner, and Mary and I were laughing about all the second-glances my legs were getting.
At one point Mary and I were standing on a street corner waiting for another friend to arrive. Because there were a few cops standing diagonally across the street from us and Mary seemed to think I looked like a prostitute, after a few minutes she convinced me to move farther away from the corner — it did take her several tries, though. (What, like I was going to get arrested just by standing there?)
3) Hiking
Yesterday afternoon I drove out to Great Falls. I’d been out there in May of ’07 when my Dutch friends came for a visit, but it was nice being able to see it again. Per the recommendation of Jeff from Alexandria, I parked at Riverbend Park and hiked the trail from there to the falls (a little less than two miles one way). This allowed me to avoid the $5 parking fee at the main entrance and I was able to walk around like I wanted to do, too.
I didn’t carry my camera, so here’s a photo of Great Falls taken in May ’07. Good thing it still looks the same!
16 Comments
Wow Great Falls is beautiful!
Oh–I think it would have been quite the story if you were arrested. Not that I wish this on you or anything.
Waterfalls are usually so worth the hike, aren’t they?
Loved the story about the adult entertainment store and your stockings.
hey the place looks beautiful :)
I REALLY think you should post of photo of the stockings!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the photo of Great Falls. Good memories!
Hey, I was there yesterday too! Took the bike up there. Wasn’t it awesome!?
we want a fishnet pic!
I recently bought a pair of faux-fishies (black sheer hose with a fishnet pattern) and LOVE them!
Obviously I’m missing out. I’ve never been to Great Falls.
Thank you for going to the evil sex store AND buying something!
Gorgeous! I can’t wait til it gets really nice again and we can enjoy stuff like that all the time. Come ooooon, Spring!
That’s such a gorgeous view!
I am cracking up about you standing on the corner in your fishnet stockings! :)
okay that picture of the great falls looks amazing, so cool.
I was hoping for a pic of Zan in fishnets :) Oh well, I’ll settle for pretty Great Falls!
The hike sounds wonderful. I love that you got fishnets!
I swear reading you posts makes me think I MUST go to blogher and meet you in person….
What else did you buy? Great shot of Great Falls!