Where's the fork?

So, it had been a long time since he'd eaten without silverware and after my Pops got over the initial shock of not having any silverware, he finally settled into the food itself......which was simple yet delicious and shockingly plentiful.

We were out and about in the U St. area of town, once known as the 'Black Broadway' of Washington, DC. When in the U St. area there are two things you should definitely check out......Jazz (as this is the birthplace of Duke Ellington) and Ethiopian food. The DC area has about 85,000 Ethiopians that reside here, making it the largest Ethiopian population in the nation, and the best place to get some good food. At first he tried to make a taco with his injera and the succulent pieces of lamb. He quickly realized he would run out of the almost pancake type bread. Then he watched me eat a couple of times and realized he needed to take some pieces of bread and just grab the food. After he got it down, he washed it down with some Tej, Ethiopian honey wine, and he was truly immersed in Ethiopian food and drink.

With our plentiful meal behind us, we sauntered down to the Bohemian Caverns to check out the Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra. The Washington City Paper calls the Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra the best reason to go out on a Monday night and they didn't disappoint as we caught most of their first set. Twelve members (one percussion, one upright bass, one pianist, two trumpets, two trombones, two alto saxes, two tenor saxes and one bass saxophone) provided us with some catchy tunes and good times.

A short bus ride back to our respective homes and it was a great evening in U St.

More later.......