Weekend Recap

I need four day weekends more often. Yes, unlike most people, I got Thursday off too. I spent most of my weekend playing and watching tennis, with some dinner and drinks with friends thrown in for good measure.

Without a doubt, my favorite July 4th tradition is watching Wimbledon. Oh how I wish I still had my VCR tape of the 1989 semi-final between John McEnroe and Stefan Edberg. A total classic. Thank the lord for Youtube. The 2000 semi between Agassi and Pat Rafter was also an epic.

How about this year's Men's final, eh? Johnny Mac says it was the best evah(here are ESPN's top five). He would know. He was so excited he gave Roger Federer a hug after the match even though he lost.

I was totally pumped to watch the final on Sunday, but I didn't expect it to last until 4 p.m. The Future Mrs. Leaf and I went to go play tennis ourselves during the third and fourth sets and got home in time to watch the fifth. Bonus.

I found an indoor tennis club out in Fairfax and joined so now I can play whenever I want. I rented a ball machine on Saturday and spent an hour or so taking my hacks, which I hadn't done since I was in high school. Good times. I'm demoing racquets right now and am going to buy one in the next week or so. Time to retire my old Dunlop Max 200G. I bought it used somewhere in Vermont about eight years ago for $20. It has served me well, but it's time for an upgrade.

We did try and see some fireworks on the Fourth, but the Waterfront in Old Town is not the spot to go. Too far away and too many trees. So we left early and headed to the bar. We also saw Wall-E and had nothing but good things to say about it.

Got a few shows and sporting events coming up this week. The City Veins are at Fort Reno tonight (weather permitting), Julie Ocean at the RnR Hotel on Friday and SuperLiga action on Saturday as D.C. United hosts Mexico's CD Guadalajara.

Apropos of absolutely nothing, here are some My Morning Jacket covers from their recent Bonnarroo set.

[mp3] My Morning Jacket | Hot Fun In The Summertime
[mp3] My Morning jacket | Get Down On It

Go get the entire set over at You Ain't No Picasso.