Alexandria, VA (USA)

[today, after working my regular ours in the City, I took the bus home (leaving my car at the station) because I didn't know what our plans for watching the ND-Alabama (BCS Championship Game) were - when I got there, it turned out that Nicky and the girls had plans - so I knew it would just be me and Bob - he picked me up around 1900 and we drove over to Old Town - I showed him a shortcut I'd found before and we actually located a parking spot right in front of Theisman's (a hang out I've used a lot since I got here, for several years - ND connection, convenient for Tim's bus, Yellow/Blue Line switch and their $3 happy hour) - Bob actually hadn't been there before and was impressed by the number of TVs they had - the place was packed - probably about 60-40 Alabama (or ND haters) to ND (or Alabama haters) fans - we were wearing our jerseys and sporting ND gear - after the first half of the game, however, we were not happy any more (ND got crushed) and the place emptied out - we left early in the third quarter (2300), a little depressed - but, as all sports fans must remember: there is always next year (maybe...)]