{"id":353,"date":"2013-10-29T14:50:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T18:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/?p=353"},"modified":"2013-12-04T09:34:58","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T14:34:58","slug":"353","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/?p=353","title":{"rendered":"Lunch with Anthony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- med banner --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 468px; height: 60px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0229614676767015\" data-ad-slot=\"1047914222\"><\/ins><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a title=\"JRS-2013-1024-001-3.jpg by reed_sandridge, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57043777@N03\/10560324386\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" alt=\"JRS-2013-1024-001-3.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3812\/10560324386_5390091634.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was the high temperature last Thursday at Dupont Circle&#8230;windchill made it feel even cooler. (photo: Reed Sandridge)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It seems like last week we skipped straight to winter \u2013 at least you would have thought that based on last Thursday here in DC. The high just made it over 50 degrees and the wind chill canceled out any relief the occasional sun provided. I\u2019m glad that my friend Anthony has a warm, secure place to sleep indoors this winter. Thank you for your help in helping him achieve his goal.<\/p>\n<p>I met Anthony over lunch. Joining us this time was another friend Steve who lives two blocks from Anthony\u2019s apartment. They\u2019ve met a couple of times and I thought I\u2019d extend an invitation to him to join us.<\/p>\n<p>The three of us huddled around a small table inside <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewelldressedburrito.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Well Dressed Burrito<\/a>. A place you\u2019re not <!--more-->likely to find unless you know it\u2019s there. Tucked away in an alley between 19<sup>th<\/sup> and 20<sup>th<\/sup> Streets, it serves up tex-mex for a loyal group of followers.<\/p>\n<p>While I usually enjoy the food and can look past the dingy storage room like feel of the d\u00e9cor, the service is a turnoff. They\u2019re not friendly; they seem to be trying to emulate Seinfeld\u2019s Soup Nazi. Maybe I\u2019m a bit bitter because for the second time in a row they have got my order wrong \u2013 today I had the unwanted lime infused sour cream slathered all over my burrito. It wasn\u2019t worth dealing with them to get without it as I had ordered.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"JRS-2013-1024-001-2.jpg by reed_sandridge, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57043777@N03\/10560295595\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"JRS-2013-1024-001-2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7405\/10560295595_eb532b53d7.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me, Anthony, Steve at The Well Dressed Burrito<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In spite of the order bungle the lunch was enjoyable. Anthony is doing well. He said he had his November rent money saved up and was sporting some heavier clothes that will be necessary as colder weather settles into DC for the next 5 months.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s even making breakfast for himself. The apartment complex where he is living has a shared kitchen. Anthony says it\u2019s wonderful. \u201cI got up this past weekend and made me some scrambled eggs and breakfast sausage.\u201d Something he hasn\u2019t done in decades. He made me laugh too when he explained that he doesn\u2019t like to use the plates and utensils that they have at the kitchen. \u201cI take me some extra plastic forks, knives and all and even paper plates from the [restaurant name removed] each morning that way I\u2019ll have some when I need\u2019em.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From an environmental perspective I wish he, and my father for that matter, would use reusable silverware and plates \u2013 baby steps.<\/p>\n<p>Both Steve and Anthony interrogated me on my writing. The fact is that I\u2019ve gone way too long without writing and there is no excuse. It\u2019s a scheduling thing. You need to make time for it like anything else and then sit down and write. Small bite-size goals every writing session will eventually add up. They gave me some needed encouragement and have both promised to be checking in on my progress more regularly. I am looking forward to that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like last week we skipped straight to winter \u2013 at least you would have thought that based on last Thursday here in DC. The high just made it over 50 degrees and the wind chill canceled out any relief the occasional sun provided. 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