Library Program and Pick up Dinner

When we lived on Capitol Hill we used to go to the Library of Congress for a variety of programs. The topics may not have been that interesting all of the time, but it was a great excuse to get out of the house. I worked there for ten years so we knew our way around  - and the commute was a two block walk. Since we moved to northern Virginia three years ago we continued the outings - but we would need to plan for plenty of time to drive in, and then afterwards we would go out for dinner. A lot has changed since the pandemic. We haven’t been to the library for over two years, but we still received program information for virtual meetings. Yesterday afternoon we watched a program from the Kluge Center about “Pillars of Democracy - The Media.” We mirrored it to Apple TV and watched from our living room. Rather than go out for dinner afterwards, we had ordered pick up at Pulcinella - a favorite Italian restaurant just down the street. It certainly wasn’t the same as doing everything in person, but it did remind us of some sense of normalcy. We never did a whole lot of anything since I retired six years ago. But the last two years really changed everything.