Back from Colorado, I spent the larger portion of July continuing my work with Catholic Boy Magazine, and especially studying French in order to pass a reading proficiency exam. Praise God, that objective was achieved on Bastille Day, of all days, and I was doubly ready to celebrate the weekend of my birthday.
It was my first birthday in our nation's capital, and the newly-married Mr. and Mrs. Smith were kind enough to organize a gathering of CUA friends to celebrate. We gathered for fish and chips at Eamon's Chipper in Alexandria, VA - and the fish and chips were very good indeed. The deep fried Snickers Bar might have been even better! But the main attraction came just after dinner, and right upstairs from the restaurant ...
We were really in the Old Dominion to have cocktails at PX. I first learned of the place from an Imbibe Magazine article but Seth and Mary were already familiar with this speakeasy style cocktail lounge. Just around the corner from Eamon's, an otherwise ordinary brownstone entrance is marked with a blue lamp.
With a ring of the door bell, and a check of the reservations list, we were ushered upstairs to the lounge,
where we enjoyed a number of fascinating concoctions. Both the setting and the menu at PX reminded me of the Secret Society Lounge in Portland - and the company was similarly delightful.
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