Washington, DC (USA)

[work - at about 1615, I left work and walked to Penn Quarter - met Stephanie, Joe R and Kelly at Plan B and we had a drink - Joe started pressing us all to go have dinner (Oktoberfest Plate) at Old Ebbitt - remembering my last experience there (in 2018), I warned them that we'd probably need a reservation - Joe didn't believe me and kept pressing - we eventually succumbed to his wishes and walked over to the restaurant - when we got there, we found out there was a 90 minute wait for a table - the bar was so crowded that I sat across the aisle from everyone else because there wasn't enough seating - eventually, Kelly had to leave and I got a seat at the bar - we ordered the special dinner (it turned out to be the last night we could have ordered it in 2019) and it was good - by about 2000, we headed back towards L'Enfant - Joe and Stephanie wanted to get into the Metro ASAP but I wanted to walk - I directed them to Federal Triangle and I walked the rest of the way to L'Enfant - then Metro home]