Washington, DC (USA)

[had a chance to get together with a group of guys I've met in the city during the last few years - two of them hired me at my job but moved on to other opportunities - the Nats were playing an afternoon game today (against the Giants), so got out of the office around 1500 - trouble with the Metro, but eventually made it to the Center Field entrance, where everyone was waiting - got a free hat today (now I finally have one for the Nats) - game started at 1605 - we had great seats along the first base line (near where Randy's daughter was acting ball-girl) - it was prime "foul ball" alley, but we didn't get any (although we witnessed some scary hits of fans nearby - sun was in our eyes and we couldn't see the incoming...) - we also had great seats for the Presidents' Race (Abe won easily) - Lee's kids (and their grandparents) were sitting a few rows back - teeny-bopper girls behind us kept getting on the Jumbo-Tron - meanwhile, lots of good conversation and adult beverages while the sun slowly set behind the third base seats - weather was great - stayed until two outs in the Ninth and tried to beat the rush to the Metro (ended up missing a two out, two run home run where the Giants took the lead for the first time in the game - poor Nats couldn't recover...) - first loss in all of the games I have been to since 2011... - it took almost two hours to get home, with the wacky Metro schedule and lots of people trying to get home - still worth any trouble, though!]