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Cherry Blossoms!

ziggy on 2005-03-03T18:38:15

The National Cherry Blossom Festival is a couple of weeks away. Early word is that the blossoms should peak around April 4-9.

So, anyone coming into DC for the occasion? ;-)

Not what I thought you meant

Ovid on 2005-03-03T18:47:13

Years ago, a friend and I played a practical joke one someone we knew by subscribing him to Cherry Blossoms, a magazine for finding Asian mail order brides. He lived in a crowded house, so naturally, when the first issue arrived, everyone knew about it before he did and they gave him hell.

It was, perhaps, a bit cruel, but I confess that he was a macho "I can kick anybody's @$$" jock type, so I didn't feel too bad about it.

There's an Amtrak event for this!

jjohn on 2005-03-03T21:13:40

Sadly, I was thinking about coming down on the Amtrak to see this. I like traveling by train anyway and this seemed like a good excuse. I haven't made any commitments to do this yet. So much to think about...

PyCon

ascher on 2005-03-03T21:41:57

I'll be there for PyCon March 19-22 -- will you be there?

Re:PyCon

ziggy on 2005-03-03T21:54:38

I may not show up for any of the sessions, but I work less than a mile away. I'll be there. ;-)

I'll be there.....

Limbic Region on 2005-03-03T22:43:37

but only because of my wife. She has lived in this country for nearly a year now and I have yet to take her to D.C.

There is a huge flower festival in Baguio (Philippines) around this same time of year which she likes so I think this will be a good thing to do.

I really don't like D.C. traffic and it is still a bit too cold to take the Metro and walk everywhere (for her having not acclimated quite yet).

Re:I'll be there.....

ziggy on 2005-03-03T22:59:57

Wow! What a small world! My [late] stepfather was stationed in Baguio back in the '70s.

That's the town in the mountains, where airplanes "take down" because of the altitude, isn't it?

Re:I'll be there.....

Limbic Region on 2005-03-03T23:08:30

That's the place. It really is quite beautiful and cool (in comparison to the rest of the country). The strawberries are wonderful. Of course, I am a bit biased ;-)

So do you go to the DC PerlMongers meetings? I went a couple of times when I was living in Germantown. Baltimore.pm only meets when someone is going to present and as of yet (over a year) no one has. I was going to present on sorting and how things will change in p6 - but alas, life took over.

Re:I'll be there.....

ziggy on 2005-03-04T02:22:29

I used to show up semi-regularly at DC.pm, and do about a presentation a year. Haven't shown up to a meeting for a year or two now, but I still lurk on the mailing list.

My family is...

Whammo on 2005-03-06T00:50:52

Mom, sister, brother-in-law, two nephews, and a niece, for the week. Not that they're specifically coming for the Cherry Blossoms, but they will get a chance to see them.

Interesting enough, the first time I ever went to D.C. - well, that I remember; I went when I was two, or something, but so what? - was 1987, when my high school band marched in the Cherry Blossom Parade.