Eastern Market & Space Museum

Today I rode the Metro over to the Eastern Market stop with Robyn to go to 'DC's Oldest Continually Operated Fresh Food Public Market.'  It was a lot of fun walking through the stands of fresh produce, arts and crafts, and other merchant stands present there.  There were tons of beautiful pieces of art and jewelry, interesting foods, and handcrafted furniture.  If anybody is interested in having me bring a piece back, send money!  I was wearing a Brewers' shirt, which prompted a young man named Alex to ask me if I am from WI.  Turns out he goes to UW-Madison, and we had a fun conversation about Tuesday nights at Wando's and other Madison activities.  I ordered a half-smoke from Darrell's Delicious Dogs, and added some of their *Parental Advisory Warning* 'Hot as Shit' hot sauce after the man selling the dog challenged me to it.  It was friggin hot.  I made it through it though, and moved on to pick up some gelato.  On the way back we stopped at the National Mall and went through the entire National Air and Space Museum.  'Hubble 3D' was being played in the IMAX theater within the building and we watched the 43 minute production narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio.  We headed home after that, and now I am back at the RAF.  I'll be working on some homework tonight, and attending some Washington Center programming during the day tomorrow.