Tuesday I headed deep into enemy territory. Dodging portraits of Gerald Ford, Dick Cheney, and Alan Greenspan, I ate lunch with a fellow pre-PhD student at AEI. They must have sensed a disturbance in the ideological flow of the room because it took a while for us to be served. The food was delicious, though not as divine as Cafe 15's dinner (which I was treated to Wednesday night).
Slipping further into uncharted territory, I attended my first national league game Tuesday evening. RFK doesn't look as bad as I thought it would (I'm impressed by the retractable wall and stands), but the overall ballpark experience was poor for several reasons. One of which was that the game took 3 hours! What happened to the 2-hour National League games I was promised? Also, there were a ton of empty lower-level seats--though I'm sure they were paid for but unused by area businesses and hot shots. (On the other hand, the Nats still lose out on potential concession profits from the no-shows.)
The Nationals lost to the Marlins, but the O's won (my Dad and I spent way too much time checking the out-of-town scoreboard for AL East games).
Continuing with the trend on Tuesday, I rushed back from the ballpark to Chu's, where I made my first cake from scratch. We conjured up a tasty Raspberry-Blueberry cake for the purpose of entering Mellman Group cake-off. Sadly, we didn't win, but our cake received many compliments from the judges. Next month the category is Cheesecake, and we'll be much more prepared.
Speaking of uncharted territory, given these trends, MIT will probably have its first majority female student body in the near future.
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