Last week we hosted our dear (old) friend Alex Kwon for a few days. Alex has been M.I.A. for the last couple years while he’s been at American for Law School. He took the Bar about a month ago, and decided to visit us as part of his attempt to relax, get his mind back from law school and reconnect with friends. We were honored to be included!
I was working at Brain Camp in the mornings, so Alex usually hung out or did some solo sightseeing until the afternoons. I gave him the full tour (I really do love being a tour guide, and I’ve gotten a bit tamer than I used to be). It was a relaxing visit and really easy on our part because Alex had a rental car and is generally chill. In the evenings we’d meet Aaron after work and either cook dinner or go out. We finally used the grill by ourselves (we usually make our neighbors Andrew and Allissa grill for us).
The highlight of the week was Friday night, when Aaron, Alex and I tried out Molly Moon’s in Capitol Hill. Delicious homeade ice cream made from the milk of Washington state cows and whatever local ingredients make sense. I had “Lavender Honey” and “Vivace Coffee” on a homeade waffle cone. It was awesome. While we ate outside on the sidewalk and chatted we kept hearing a ruckus coming from the tennis courts across the street. We decided to check it out and stumbled upon the most exciting dodgeball game any of us have witnessed. A friend has previously told me about pick-up dodgeball on Fridays, but we had no idea that it could be this fun. At least 100 people were gathered around and two huge unorganized teams faced off on the length of a tennis court while onlookers cheered, shouted, and heckled. Alex couldn’t stand to be left out, so he took his turn coaching (“Hey, street side, get away from the fence.”) We stayed for about an hour, ate our ice cream, learned the lingo, and picked our favorite players (I called mine Goonies because of his T-shirt.) If I was willing to wear a padded helmet in public I would definitely play.
The next morning Alex took off and we went clothes shopping for (Aaron’s sister) Becca’s wedding next weekend. I leave for Maryland in two days!
Coaching? I call it taunting/instigating. It’s what i do.
How fun – I didn’t know you could have more than one ball in the game!! Scary! I’d be out within seconds, since I’m so easily distracted by anything other than what I should be focusing on. I want to try the ice cream at Molly Moon’s!! Matt and I went when they were giving out free scoops, but I was disappointed that our only options were chocolate or vanilla. Boooo…I guess this means I’ll just have to go another time to try the rest of the flavors.
Hope you’re having fun in Maryland!