The one good thing about NOVA

So as most of you know, there isn't much I love about Northern Virginia. There is too much traffic, too many chain restaurants, too many conservatives and too many office parks and too many overpriced apartment complexes. Its not that I hate it, I just don't find many reasons to go there, let alone live there when DC is filled with so much excitement. Obviously there are exceptions... it seems the tall boys live in NOVA, if you have a lot of shopping to do Pentagon City is where it is at, and I find Del Ray adorable.

But the one place I will gladly go to any day of the week in Northern Virginia is the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts. It is my heaven. After only 20 minutes of sitting in traffic on I-66 you feel like you are in the middle of the mountains, sitting on a hillside with friends, drinking wine and having cheese and crackers (or beer and chips and dip if you prefer) and watching a great performance. I love it! It even makes classical music sound exciting.

Wolf Trap has released their summer schedule and tickets go on sale this Saturday. Though - I wouldn't recommend buying tickets. Tickets are for the assigned seating at the Filene Center and you can't drink or eat in the seats - only on the hill above it and you can buy those tickets day of. But i do recommend checking out the schedule. Their schedule isn't full yet but I am excited about a few already... Jesus Christ Superstar, Camelot, The theater performances include Jesus Christ Superstar, Camelot, Natalie Cole, Bugs Bunny on Broadway, Kingston Trio, Boston Pops and the Louisiana Swamp Romp. Basically I will go to anything so if you find something that interests you let me know! I'll even volunteer to drive :)

I Found the Treasure!

A couple of co-workers as well as Mrs. McFadz mentioned that Nichoals Cage and Jon Voight are shooting the follow up to National Treasure outside the White House today. I ran outside and snapped a couple (really bad) photos of Jon Voight, the one in the brown coat, on the set with my camera phone.

Mrs. McFadz and I were with a group of friends that went to the Uptown Theater to see a preview of the first National Treasure movie and Jerry Bruckheimer was there. It's nice to see the historic based fiction genre having a renaissance although the DaVinci Code movie sucked.

Be Careful Out There

Keeping in line with Maggie's previous post, I found out that a co-worker of mine who lives near Georgia/Petworth metro was going home from the bar late Saturday night with her husband and had an altercation with a group of about 8 men. Her husband's wallet was taken from him but when he didn't have any money, he was roughed up a bit and given back his wallet. Amazingly, she thinks it's funny that they were mugged but that nothing was taken. If this happend to me and Mrs. McFadz, I'm sure I'd be angry and that she'd be shaken up.

They did file a police report although, having spent the night in the bar, they were not able to provide very good descriptions of the assailants.

Bluegrass Show Thursday

Here's a cool show to check out.

By & By Bluegrass Band
Thursday, March 29th 8:30pm
No cover!

Solly's U Street Tavern
11th and U Sts. NW (1942 11th St. NW, Washington, DC 20001)
http://www.sollystavern.com