Stuck in Dayton Airport

My meetings finished early today but not early enough for me to catch a 2o'clock flight so I'm stuck waiting for one at 720.
This gets me into DC at around 9 so if I book it to the gym, I can get about half an hour of rings, which is enough if your enthusiastic :o)
The last week and a half or so have been quite eventful. I went back to LA for a couple of days and walked around my new hood. Bought some rollerblades, haven't rollerbladed since college, and went up and down the boardwalk. Didn't fall, was a bit wobbly, but it'll be a while before I'm as at home on them as I used to be. I like it as a low-impact form of exercise, gets me outdoors and uses more energy than walking. And it'll help me to strengthen my ankles for warrior 3 and standing half-moon etc...
I took my first pilates class in Hermosa beach. Good instructor, seems like a good studio, I'll be working my way round the different teachers there to see which one is the best fit but really glad its 5 mins walk from my new place. I also found a place to play pool, its not a huge warehousy, dingy seedy dive with well maintained tables and balls as is my preference (yay q-ball in springfield), its more of a bar and grill but their tables are decent and it's walking distance. I'm putting a priority on walking distance, going to try to not use my car as much as possible in LA which sounds backwards but I think I can do it.
The airport is a 10 minute cab ride, don't even use a freeway and I have all of my day to day needs within a few blocks. Will see how it goes but I expect I'll be doing a lot less driving than I'm used to in DC.
I went from LA to Seattle :o). Haven't been there for almost 8 months and I've missed it! I really like seattle... So I got to go to my favourite pilates studio and have my ass kicked on Monday. And on Tuesday. And on Wednesday when I took a class and then got a cab from the studio to the airport on my way out of town. I've been slacking for a couple of months, only going to the gym once or twice a week, partially due to constant travel. I can tell that I've backslid a little, some stuff is just harder than it used to be. Also, I've gotten sloppy without someone to point out where I'm cheating and correcting my form, so it was great to get back there and my sore torso was a welcome reminder that I need to do this more often. :o)
Thank you Heidi, you take my breath away and make me feel inadequate, leaving me somehow both grinning (in disbelief at the mind that conceived these exercises) and gasping for oxygen simultaneously. And I laugh more in Rebecca's mat class than any other I've taken, which only makes it harder:o)
and I haven't even mentioned the commercial low-boy fridge with beer and wine, or the projector for Sonics games...
If you're in Seattle, look up Powerhouse Pilates and go get a private lesson. Listen, learn and apply.
Repeat as necessary...
I ate at Tilth and had a very nice meal. The best course was spotted prawns which are a medium sized prawn from alaska with a hard spiny shell. They are really tender with a sweet lobster-like taste, delicious.
A celery-root custard with truffle was really good as well.
When I was a kid, people used to joke that I chose my meal by looking down the right hand side of the menu. Its not true! Its just coincidence that I love foie and lobster and truffles and toro and caviar and wagyu... :o/
Otherwise, I had a few days in DC and managed to see a lot of friends in a short time. And also managed to make it up to NY for a meal. Ate at Lan. Where else can I have really good toro, amazing pork cheeks, scrambled egg with uni and caviar, cream of enoki soup with truffles, foie custard and perfect shrimp and vegetable dumplings, all in one place. Fabulous, fabulous restaurant (east village).
I'm off to Chicago tomorrow and then I get a whole week (at least) to stay in LA. That's seven days in one place!
You have no idea how much I'm looking forward to it :o)