My search for the Holy Grail

You would think it'd be easy to find a Caps T-shirt in downtown DC, just blocks from the arena where the playoffs first-round Game 7 will be played this evening... but you would be wrong.

House guests

"The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry." -- Robert Burns.  I looked it up. This week, I am the poster child for this phenomenon. Today is Soup Husband Curt's birthday. (Everybody say "Happy Birthday, Curt!")  I was able to surprise him with an unexpected visit from a friend from Milwaukee.  She handed him a …

I could lick the ice from these seats!

One of Curt's teammates emailed him mid-day yesterday, offering enough Caps tickets - FREE! - for our whole family for last night's game. He called them "lower level seats", and in so doing, displayed a unique gift for understatement. Two of the seats were ROW A ON THE GLASS - the section where you have …