commercial real estate reception at Long & Foster headquarter

Attended a commercial real estate reception at the colonial style Long & Foster headquarter. I was very impressed by the four chartered paintings in the lobby — checked in to Long & Foster Real Estate.

WeDC Tech Summer Celebration

Attended WeDC Tech Summer Celebration — checked in to Meridian at Mount Vernon Triangle.

Biked 80 miles on W & OD trail

Biked 80 miles at 11.3 mile per hour today. Not much going on the w & od trail today. I only saw a Ryan Home open house reception, and a little street festival in Vienna. I was hoping to ride more but it got to 88f and I walked 4 miles in DC in 85f yesterday. I need a lot more training for Reston Century ride on 8/23. — checked in to Percellville.

US-China Social Innovation Night on social entrepreneurship

Atteneded Sinovator US-China Social Innovation Night To learn the status social entrepreneurship worldwide and in China. Social vc invested hundreds of startups but ask 3-5% returns, give interest free loans, and demanded beyond self sufficient and sustainable non profit. Many mutual funds use "social responsible" as a branding and competitive advantage. You will be surprised what constitute Best suitable solutions: give shoes drives local shoemakers out of business? What locals really need? Actually, Local African ladies want to talk during 3 hrs walk instead of using wells — checked in to Impact Hub DC.

Historic Georgetown tour

Visited inside this oldest house built in DC and it's nice garden prior to the tour. George twin looks pretty different under the sun. Stopped by a California walnut promotion booth and got 3 oz sample and recipes — checked in to Old Stone House.   Took the historic Georgetown tour by DC Free by Foot. Our tour guide is working on her 4th historic book on Georgetown and led us via historic lanes and cobblestone streets that reflect another side of the Capital, showed us where Presidents lived when they were just Congressmen, where the Founding Fathers laid out the plans for the city on a tavern bar top. The tour ended at the front door of Georgetown university. — checked in to Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

Late night sailing along Potomac River

Late night sailing along Potomac River with friends — checked in to Georgetown Waterfront Park.

Secrets and Scandals tour

Took the Secrets and Scandals tour with DC Free by Foot in this cool and pleasant summer evening starting from the Andrew Jackson Statue in the middle of Lafayette Square, just north of the White House (with two snippets walking on the roof), to explore some misfortunes and misbehaviors of Commanders-in-Chiefs, such as Inaugurations gone awry, duels, bigamy, curses, and affairs of the heart. For example, CIA lost Reagan's suit for 2 days after he was shot which had his wallet with the gold code for launching nuclear weapon, Jefferson has affairs with a slave who was his dead wife's half sister, Washington loved Sara Fairfax yet married Martha for her $, James Pope's wife established the musical ritual to get public notice of her short husband's entry to a venue, etc. We also witnessed a Marine One took off assuming with the U.S. President therein. — checked in to The White House.

photography exhibit hosted by Stages Premier Real Estate Galleria

Attended a photography exhibit hosted by Stages Premier Real Estate Galleria, met a Facebook friend in person, and made some interesting new friends including a Jenifer who is also a lawyer, stationed in Taiwan for 4 yrs at AIT, and travelled 48 countries. I did not pay as much attention to the original photography series, SALVADOR TO REHOBOTH: WORK AND PLAY or the special humanitarian installation. I focused more on the watering delectables, on site DJ, and conversation with new friends — checked in to Washington, District of Columbia.

DC Girls In Tech

Attended an event by DC Girls In Tech which started 1 hour later than I expected so I only networked without staying over the panel discussion. I would like take an outdoor walking tour to enjoy the nice and cool (70f) sunset than the indoor discussion. BTW, I walked by the Martin Luther King library hundreds times but 1st time got in, and found its 2d floor have many nice rooms for public events. — checked in to Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.

Georgetown ghost tour

Took the Georgetown ghost tour via DC Free Tours by Foot. The federal mathematician tour guide was history major and led us via the historic streets, manicured gardens and Victorian row houses of DC's finest neighborhood with deep, dark secrets about a forgotten past. We started from the oldest building in DC the Old Stone House that is haunted by Little bobby and a work smith, the t junction poor postman transporting Hope diamond was hit to become paralyzed, Maryin's Tavern (Kennedy proposed to Jaclyn), the Kennedy residences, a row house (ex-hospital) with a ghost grappling people's arms, ...and ended at the movie Exorcist Steps. I did not see any ghosts but got bitten by several mosquitos. — checked in to Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

New new METRO train

This was the 1st time I took the new METRO train. I like it Stainless steel car body, vinyl padded seats, two dynamic LCD route maps, pre-recorded stop announcements, Wider aisles, and Resilient nonslip flooring, rather than carpet. — checked in to West Falls Church Station.

11 miles active recovery bike ride

Just rode 11 miles in my hilly neighborhood as an active recovery after yesterday 23 m 5500 ft gain hike. No knee pain and barely any muscle sore. Getting stronger from three 20+ m hikes and two 60+ m bike rides within 30 days — checked in to Falls Church, Virginia.