While walking home from a gluttonous dinner at TenPenh, I came across the Coast Guard Dixieland Jazz Band playing at the Navy Memorial. It was a six-piece ensemble, and they were pretty good. A fun way to end the evening.
It reminded me of what’s enjoyable about the summer in the city. At 9 pm it was warm, perhaps a little too warm, at 84 degrees and 76 percent humidity. But it was the fact that it was a nice night, and there was a large crowd of people (more than 100) casually gathered to hear this free entertainment. It’s just a pleasant ambiance to have a warm evening with people casually gathered around. It’s a lot different when a town basically shuts down at night except for the big streets, and the shopping zones. It makes you want to go out in the evening and enjoy it … and I did.