What An Awesome Night...

APOLOGY: I want to apologize to my handful of loyal readers for my lack of posts. I have been mentally distracted for a few months now...to move or not to move, the worry of inevitable things to come and most importantly the individual that we stole our internet from moved out of our building or wised up to our tactics. But, things are looking up, I have decided to stay, moved and I even found someone at my new building to "share" their internet connection. But beyond all that, last night I was once again reminded how great this city is and I just can't help but want to share. So hopefully this post will bring my blog back to life and I will write more often as originally intended and had promised to all of you...

What an Awesome Night...

Performance at Navy Memorial

This city is an interesting one that I am not so sure about. And then sometimes it completely surprises you in a good way and catches you off guard--last night it did just that. After a super busy day and unexpected moment, I go to play softball on the Mall (as I have been doing every single week since the first practice in April). Every week I play in a league on the National Mall with the unbelievable backdrop of the monuments while sweating, drinking and playing ball but, I digress, softball is not what this post is about. I will write about that at a later time. 


On my way home from said softball game, I stumbled across a full band dressed in their white military uniforms performing in the Navy Memorial. From a distance I could hear people singing Africa by Toto so, naturally I had to check it out. It was even better than I expected; trombones, full percussion, guitars, clarinets, oboes, trumpets, saxophones, 20 singers, an announcer, a conductor and so on. Once I arrived there, I couldn't walk away. And yet again I am without my camera, hence the incredible phone photo to the left. 


The band went from "Africa" to "Defying Gravity" from Wicked to "Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong" and even a little "Danger Zone". Fantastic! As I listened I noticed that the weather was brilliant--yes, still hot but it was finally slightly cooler with the sun set and there was even a pleasant breeze. Everything was just perfection. The group then moved on to more emotional songs to honor those who have passed and songs about America. Finally they performed the theme songs for every side of the armed forces and asked members of the audience to stand while being honored through song: Air Force, Marine Corp, Coast Guard, US Army and US Navy. 


I didn't want to go home even knowing I had a 6am appointment at the gym. This is why I chose to stay in DC. This city still can surprise me,  make me smile, heavyhearted and fall in love all over again. What a truly awesome night...