Roger Clyne at the State Theatre

Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers performed September 25, 2011, at the State Theatre in Falls Church, Virginia. They played the following songs:

1. All Over the Radio

2. Down Together

3. Heaven on a Paper Plate

4. Banditos

5. Dinero

6. Mexico

7. Lemons

8. Marie

9. Tell Yer Momma

10. Maybe We Should Fall in Love

11. Interstate

12. Paper Airplanes

13. Wanted

14. I Know You Know



15. Girly

16. Yahoos and Triangles

17. Empty Highway



18. European Swallow

19. Mekong



20. Green and Dumb (encore)

21. Counterclockwise (encore)

22. Nada (encore)

Photo and videos by Kevin Borland.

Blacksmith at Gulf Branch Forge

I wanted to get out of the house today, so I went over to the Gulf Branch Forge, where I met this friendly blacksmith. I watched her make an ornate hook out of a steel rod. First she made each end of the rod pointed and rounded using the hammer and anvil. Then, she bent one of the ends into a spiral for decoration. Next, she formed the hook portion by wrapping the bar around a circular piece of metal. Then, she bent the straight end at a 90 degree angle so it could be hammered into a wall. She then proceeded to twist the middle of the hook (between the 90 degree angle an the curved portion) for a decorative effect. Finally, she straightened it and polished it. The piece was finished about a half hour from when she first placed the rod in the forge. While she was making the hook she explained every step of the process, and discussed everything from how the coal forge works to how lasers are used to check the insulation on modern gas forges.

Photo by Kevin Borland.

Riverside Park

This evening I took my wife to watch the sunset at Riverside Park, along the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia.



This is a great place for sunset photography.

Super Pollo in Arlington, Virginia

Super Pollo is located on the 600 block of N. Randolph St. across from the Ballston Common parking garage. It is not visible from any main road. If you have never eaten at a Peruvian chicken restaurant, you are missing out on a unique taste. While the atmosphere is nothing to write home about, this is by far the best tasting pollo restaurant that I have been able to find in the DC area. The spices used to season the chicken are perfect, and the chicken is good quality and cooked rotisserie style. Along with the best tasting chicken, the Super Pollo also has the best selection of sides, including yucca. I highly recommend the coleslaw, as well. I don't ordinarily like my colesslaw runny, but this dripping slop-style coleslaw is absolutely delicious. Be sure to try an Inca Cola, which tastes similar to the pink variety of Fanta.

Clarendon Cup

My son Jaras competes in the Clarendon Cup bike race.