Hippity

Hippity is a social guy who likes to get out and about as much as possible. This past Thursday he found himself at the W Hotel’s J&G Steakhouse for the Washington Ballet’s Jeté Society Happy Hour. Although the weather was steamier than he would have liked he enjoyed socializing with various friends, and cooled off with the restaurant’s rather tasty ginger margaritas (20% of the bar tab went to the Jeté Society Scholarship fund, so it was his duty to drink). He is most looking forward to the Jeté Society’s first Beer and Ballet of the season, which takes place on October 20. Rumor has it there will also be wine and maybe even bubbly (he is not a beer kind of guy so this makes him very happy).


Besides cocktails Hippity is a great fan of unhealthy treats, although he does try to limit his intake in order to maintain his toned figure. Saturday, however, is his designated treat day, and since he was in Columbia Heights shopping he splurged on fries from Five Guys (so so yummy), followed by frozen yogurt from fro•zen•yo. He loves the self serve set up as it allows him to choose as many flavors as he likes; of course he had mostly peanut butter, but he also went for a bit of cheesecake, dulce de leche, and cappuccino.


The treats did not stop there, as that evening he went over to a friends’ place for cocktails and snacks. He had a very enjoyable evening and kept his hosts up late – he just couldn’t tear himself away from the food, cocktails and conversation.


Despite his late night he managed to get himself together at a decent time the following morning for a trip to Manassas (a place he is very happy he doesn’t live) to hit some antique shops. Sadly the trip was not a success – he found his very own fabulous throne at the Manassas Antique Mall, but much to his dismay it was too big to fit in the car.


Even his attempt to console himself with Dairy Queen was almost a disaster – the one in Manassas did not have peanut butter sundaes, but luckily the one in Centreville did not disappoint.


The busy weekend and gloomy weather left him feeling rather unmotivated on Monday. Nevertheless, he found the energy to make his way to the Kennedy Center for the Jordi Savall and Tembembe Ensemble Continuo concert, part of the Celebrate Mexico 2010 series. He very much enjoyed the performance, and thought the Kennedy Center looked most festive with its many Mexican decorative touches (he is all about the festive). Nothing like a bit of culture for a civilized start to the week!