the weather was nice this evening, so after work i decided to head on down to tower records and see what was up in music and stuff. had dinner at baja fresh. yummy! walked on down a little bit to the bank. noticed how they opened up a cafe asia on i street. it looked cool. i remember going to the one in rosslyn and noticing how chi-chi and yuppie and STRAIGHT it was. kinda new for me in all aspects (think *sex and the city* in dc). anyway -- took a cab home and drove on down by the monuments. we came upon the new world war ii memorial and i asked the driver what it was. i realized it after the fact. what a beautiful site in the evening!!! with the weather being so pleasent, the tourists were all out in full force in the evening and with all the monuments all lit up at night, it was just inspiring. kinda cheezy, i know, but i'm really lucky to be living here in washington, dc where all of this is just HERE ... for free (sorta).