Are you here to make friends?

I'm on the East coast for a (mainly) work trip, and now back in Cambridge, MA, after visiting Boston, Princeton, Philadelphia and DC. And in a way I was here to make friends. Sorry, reality TV, I f***ed up. But the good news is, I now have some new friends. Plus, I got the chance to meet up with some old friends. So it was friends all round, really.

Work aside, on my weekend off I also got to sneak into a University of Virginia game, thanks to the persuasive powers of SMR. UVA lost miserably, but Georgia and Oregon won, so college football still rocks my boat.

And if that wasn't enough excitement, SMR, Alli and myself visited the federal city the next day. There was something very powerful about seeing the White House, the capitol and the various monuments to Presidents past. Of course, the Smithsonian reminded me how passionately the Americans have hated the Brits throughout their brief history, so you can't have everything.

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As I say, I'm briefly back in Massachusetts. Kind of exhausted, and ready for the EUG.