This is an outrage! A 149-character limit in the "title" block: ridiculous! What were they thinking?

When I eat sesame crepes (popular in Vietnam, selon Trader Joe's), I feel like a squirrel, filling my cheeks with seeds and peanut butter from one of those birdseed bells you buy for birds, or a homemade one, lovingly crafted by animal-friendly children. Nibble, nibble, nibble. Sesame crepes are especially tasty with hot tea: weak green tea, or that really yummy broth-flavored British tea, or some mild black tea. Haven't tried it with white or red, but I'm sure that'd be tasty, too.

For lunch today, I went with Dr. B for Lebanese food over in/past Crystal City. Let me tell you, I have never had such good Lebanese food, and I've always been a wholehearted advocate of the Lebanese-restaurant cause. But this stuff was amazing! I had thought we were just heading over to grab a shawarma sandwish, but we got the full thing: tons of mezze (seven or so of them: kibbeh, falafel, tabbouleh, baba ghanouj, pickled vegetables, bread of course, etc.), a fabulous fette with lamb (not usually available in restaurants, as so much preparation has to go into it), rice pudding (with strawberries), the usual tea with mint, and "white coffee" (hot water with rose and orange waters and honey; it's supposed to be really good for you). Fully incredible. Also, we made friends with the owner, and since I could read the proverb above the door to him (though I couldn't translate it), he gave me free dessert! I am fully stuffed. Beautiful decor, too. The wife, who actually does the cooking, is Lebanese, and the owner/husband is Syrian. Heavenly.

Then, after work, I went to visit the Jefferson memorial, which is very possibly my favorite, since I drive right by it every day and look over. The building is the prettiest in Washington, too, and it's surrounded by cherry trees. And this time, I walked the other way around the Tidal Basin, and saw FDR for the first time! It was rather attractive, particularly the one statue of him in his wheelchair, alone in the middle of an open area. It was right by there that I saw my first robin of spring, this year, and maybe the darkest squirrel I've ever seen, nibbling on something that was on the sidewalk. I watched him for a few minutes, and he ran in small circles around me, checking to see if I had anything good to eat.

We wanted to make it back in time for the showing of Ray, so the Netflix delivery could be cancelled, but we missed it by about seven minutes, so instead we went to Robots (with the Ice Age 2 trailer!), and Sin City will be tomorrow (really today, since I'm typing past midnight). We tried for Sin City tonight, but both showings were sold out, and in the bout of Robots v Upside of Anger, Robots won. Battlestar Galactica! Battle of the Bands! Craft Corner Deathmatch! Robots the victor.

I will be sewing again, soon. I've been getting some good ideas and sketching them out, and now it's just a question of taking scissors to cloth. It would be nice if my dressform had a stand.