Alexandria, VA (USA)

[standard work day - afterwards, my co-workers met at Vie in Cap Gallery - after a few more old friends joined us, we rode in Kelly's car to Old Town - we had agreed to meet Jim R. for dinner before our big party this evening, so we got tapas at La Tasca (good food and drinks!) - around 2000, we walked a few blocks towards the river to find a Wine/Cigar/Jazz bar: The 219 Restaurant - Jim R. has been telling us about it for years and the place lived up to its reputation! - the band was great - I had one cigar and several in our group (that kept getting bigger) had more than one - Tasha, Joe, Gary, James, Kim and her fiance all showed up and we had a great time - Sabrina found out that her grandfather died around 2230, which kind of ended things - I stayed for a bit longer but then walked back to the Metro - I wasn't even at my car until after 1130 - home after that]