It was a comfortable Sunday morning, so Edie and I decided to head to the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens on the Anacostia River in NE Washington DC. After all, it is the prime season for water lilies and lotus plants. Here are some photos:

We finished a little after noon, and decided to make it a day and go out for lunch. You may know that the Kenilworth neighborhood, even with all the recent upgrades, is not restaurant heaven. In fact, I don’t even know where the closest restaurants may be.

We decided to explore, and went east through DC’s Ward 7 and wound up in Prince George’s County, at the Ardmore-Ardwick (Ardwick-Ardmore?) Metro Station. You ever been there?

We were surprised at the neighborhood.

There is not much street parking in the area, but there is a garage, and you get two hours free parking if you eat at Union Bar and Grill, a very trendy restaurant in one of the close by buildings. We had a nice lunch, but then we had a problem. I couldn’t find my parking ticket. Our server told us that it wouldn’t be a problem. Just push the help button, she said, tell them you were here for lunch, and they should let you out.

Easy to say. Harder to do. The help button led us to a very rigid lady, who told us that all we had to do was pay the “lost ticket” fee. Okay, I understand that and I thought I could deal with it. Until I saw that the lost ticket fee was $30.

I was ready to spend the rest of my life in the Ardmore-Ardwick garage, but then I began looking for lost tickets on the garage floor. Eventually found one. Was it mine? We got out of the garage for $4.95. I guess I could have taken it back to the restaurant to get it stamped, but by then, I just wanted to get out of there.

We got home in time to see the Nationals get swept by the Red Sox, and then saw the team fired the manager and the General Manager. About time, I say. Beyond about time.

Finally, we completed watching A Decent Man, a six part Polish series on HBO. I could tell you the plot, but you wouldn’t believe me.