It was a Good Weekend. I Promise.

Posted by brittanydyan on September 30, 2010

I am writing to you from the Holiday Inn Express in not-so-sunny central Florida.  That’s okay with me, because it’s hot and humid here, and less sun means less direct heat.  I’m headed home today after my final interview in the area.  I’m tired of working this morning, and I promised Will that I would blog before I got home–not about this trip, but about last weekend’s visit from Cesar the belly himself.

Here he is at the National Book Festival with some unknown-to-us children’s book character.  Anybody out there know the name of this friendly (female?) lion?

The festival was a bit of a bust.  I claim responsibility for this idea.  I greatly admire Laura Bush, had never been before, and thought it would be a nice day.  Well, we missed Laura Bush’s talk, there wasn’t really much going on for adult readers besides lectures from authors whom with we weren’t familiar, and it was muggy and hot.  We (or maybe it was just me) didn’t last long.  Not to mention, I was reminded of why I generally stay away from the mall area during summer/tourist months: crowds.

Because it was so dang hot and we had to park so far away, we stopped for a water break at the Portrait Gallery and pondered our evening plans.  I just love this indoor (and air-conditioned) courtyard.

Our evening plans were also ill-conceived.  We decided to watch the Dawgs be defeated by the other not-Dawgs from Mississippi State.  It was the battle of two bad football teams with Mississippi State making less mistakes and generally wanting the win. Depressing for us “hardcore” fans quickly becoming disenchanted.

Even the Braves couldn’t pull out a win for us on Sunday against the Nationals for crying out loud!  At least the Falcons won.  On the upside, we finally got to see Heyward in the flesh…too bad no home runs that day.  I think I’ve only seen the Braves win at Nationals Park once.  We attended a game earlier this year and nearly saw a no hitter pitched against the Braves.  We left before such a possibility became an actuality–thank goodness it didn’t.

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