So I haven't had a chance to post at all about my visit from Martin last weekend. His stay was quite brief (very late Friday night through Sunday morning) but that gave us all Saturday to hang and reconnect. I hadn't seen him in over two years. He was my first close friend after I moved to Washington, DC in 1995. He showed me around the city and its suburbs (he would drive me around so much and take me out to fun dinner places throughout the metropolitan area). He knew everything about anything about the city, its subcultures, their histories, even their languages (he knows 7). He and I had this one place we would go for special occasions-- a Korean restaurant in suburban Maryland. But really we went everywhere, and he taught me so much about life and history and cultures. It was great to hang again with him in person and enjoy the personal things that the phone and email never can bring a friendship. We didn't do anything special while he was here, other than just hanging out, eating good food, walking around, and reconnecting. It was everything it should be. And I wish I could hang with him more often. But distance has this way of holding people apart. We'll see each other again soon though. We already talked about a lot of things we need to do next time he visits. It'll be fun and peaceful. Thanks for visiting Martin.