I woke up this morning to the sound of a persistent drizzle plopping against the window of my friend’s DC apartment. As I mentioned before, I have been staying in Maryland for the past couple of weeks. The buses can be unreliable out here, so I tend to limit my city trips to weekdays and workday hours. Last night, however, I was making a special trip to the Brightest Young Things’ Halloween party at the Newseum. When in a new city, investigating the local social scene becomes a top priority. I like to eat and I like to party. I had heard that BYT was making a name for itself as the premiere event planners for DC’s growing young, professional population. I wasn’t disappointed. The group transformed the Newseum, which is already impressively designed, into a lively maze decked with flashing neon lights, bars, ping-pong tables, djs, and a dance floor beneath the watchful eye of a 3D skull. At 11pm, Quest Love of The Roots took over the turntables and took the party to another level. I danced until the the lights came up.
I was reasonably tired this morning, so the rain was a good excuse to not push myself to accomplish much today. As the rain morphed into snow, I shared a bucket of KFC with my friend before venturing out to catch a metro train back to Maryland. I spent the rest of the day eating chilli, making brownies, reading and watching television. It’s nice to relax. I am actually beginning to feel like DC is home. Yesterday, I made my first appointment to look at an apartment. I still don’t have a full-time job and I probably won’t be ready to commit to a long-term lease until December or January, but I think that this will be a healthy exercise. I’m not going back to Dayton anytime soon. This is home now.
