The parents came for their annual summer visit over the weekend. Beth came up without Matt. They came to Arlington first for the weekend this time to spend the following week helping Beth with wedding stuff in Raleigh. I was coming back from Montana and got home at 5:00. Beth was still stuck in traffic. We decided to go to Captain Pell’s Crabhouse out near Scott’s. It was your typical dive crab shack. Scott and I each got a dozen crabs and everyone sat around for 2 hours while I ate mine.
The plan on Saturday was to possibly hit the Colombia Pike Blues Festival but the day started out with rain. We decided to take a family trip to Whole Foods and get food for the BBQ tomorrow. The Whole Foods in Fairfax is pretty big and they have all the goodies inside. I’ve heard from local beer folks that they have a few taps flowing and you can drink a fine pint while shopping. We heard the live band as soon as we walked in. Dad, Beth and I cruised around and tried some samples while Scott and Mom shopped. They had not one but two tables set up for beer tastings. We had the Serria Nevada Kellerweis for the first time. I also tried the Avery 16. They had a much better selection than my local Whole Foods. I may have to come back for the beer.
Saturday night we ate at Ray’s. It was melt in your mouth flesh as usual. They even brought out glasses for our beer without us asking for them this time. There was some miscommunication on the reason for the reservation and they thought it was a special birthday or anniversary and brought us out some desserts. It was yummy. After dinner Beth and I met up with Judy at Ragtimes. Some female singer was there she was familiar with who was wasted and singing Led Zepplin songs all night long.
On Sunday we went to a wine festival in Manassas. All the local wineries were there. It was Mom’s first wine festival. Probably Dad’s too. I tried to touch base with Marc Wismer but he was at the Outer Banks. The wine fest was right in downtown and pretty full for the venue. It took forever to get to the front of the lines. Everyone was enjoying the full line-up from each of the wineries so each booth would take 10 or 15 minutes. Compare that with the few seconds it takes to pour a brew at a beer festival. We bought a bottle of the Viognier from Horton and sat down for a bit.
We BBQed up at Scott’s for dinner. Kabobs, corn, and sangria were had by all. Along with a bunch of pre-dinner snacks. The Wii was the entertainment around the house for the weekend. We all jammed out on the full Guitar Hero band. Playing the drums was cool but their drum set was broken. It is an interesting concept but I still don’t understand why someone wouldn’t spend all that time actually learning an instrument.
They didn’t leave until late morning so Beth took me to my follow up appointment for my collarbone. Another summer and another weekend with the family.
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