We have passed the University of Maryland. The area between there and the Beltway has some points of interest, but lacks a personality. There is a little of this and a little of that. And the area is changing.

For example, there are new residential developments catering to students  such as

And with those, come restaurants and

The restaurants are varied. A vegan restaurant, and one that doesn’t want a vegan to cross its doors.

There are natural phenomena, such as Paint Branch which runs to the Anacostia, and an historic marker commemorating the former Black community of Lakeland.

For lunch, I stopped at an Asian buffet. It was quite crowded, and had at least 100 choices. Those working there seemed all to be Asian, and many were young women, all of whom were quite slim. How can they remain so slim working at a buffet? Then I tasted the food.

I finished the day with an unscheduled visit to the CDepot next door. Wow! I have never seen such a large collection of music.

I could stay there all day. Much of what they have is totally unsorted. I love unsorted.

Did I buy anything? An LP by reggae singer Johnny Braff (the jacket was autographed) and a 78 rpm album of songs of cousin Al.

This is volume 3. I already have volume 1. Anyone have a 2?