Nats Defeat Braves at Home in OT

At the end of April, Ben & Carolyn attended their first game at the Nationals new Ballpark, with family, friends, and Colleagues. Including Deva Goodman, Bob Hayes, half the FHWA Office of Safety, and colleagues from NHTSA. The Nats won 3-2 in overtime.

Nationals Defeat Braves in OT

Springtime in Beltsville

Well its the first warm sunny then rainy weekend in Beltsville, so ancient tradition requires an expensive trip to Benkhe's Nursary. Here's what Carolyn and I put in the ground this weekend...

We also saw the movie "Forgetting Sara Marshall" - pretty clever and funny, but I heard it was great. That Kristen Bell is very pretty though!

Hockberry Garden Sping 2008

Culture on the Road

Last night Carolyn and I drove up to Montclaire, NJ. We stopped for Pizza slices at Little Dino's -- Fresh motzerella and basil, and Grandma's style (well done, with big dollops of tomato sause that tastes like tomatos!). From next door we grabbed some wine and with the pizza had a Bogle 2006 Pinot Noir for $18. Delicious! If only I wasn't already full on chili dogs and Combos from the road trip.

After dinner we couldn't quite figure out how to get our host -- Tom and Susan Dunn - DVD player to work with the TV so we watched Born into Brothels: pretty disturbing but glad of the woman who started it all and the kids who made it.

Finished my book by Jared Diamond: Guns' Germs, and Steel. Incredible powerful explanations for how the world got to be the way it is today in terms of distribution of power, wealth, and technology. So I've just picked up his 2005 book Collapse - another dense 800 pages.

Just now we are going into town to for brunch at the Brooklyn Diner, and to meet family and dinner: Tom, Susan, Asha, Jai, Charles, and Sharon. We also went to the Morgan Library and Museum, Rue B, the girls aprtment on Rue C. Had a great day!

See pictures at: http://picasaweb.google.com/rbgribbon/AlmostSpringInNYC or

Almost Spring in NYC