Back from DC

What a week it has been!

Last Wednesday, I set out on a family vacation to Washington DC, Philadelphia, and a few good universities in the area.

The trip itself was just amazing-so many sights we saw, so many things we experienced. DC is a fantastic place. I highly recommend anyone with a remote interest in history and politics to visit the city. There's really no experience like it. The city is filled with national institutions, museums, and memorials. I loved it!

Phila was less interesting. Independence Hall was fun. Philly Chinatown had some good restaurants and I had a cheese steak in the suburbs of the city. I also saw Georgetown, George Washington University, University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore, Princeton, and Cornell. Some great schools. GWU, Georgetown and Swarthmore were my favourites.

Back to sports, I watched the latter half of the fifth set of the men's epic Wimbledon final last Sunday. That was some match. I was surprised that Federer was pushed so far by Roddick, but of course, it's more exciting this way. Still, no match will ever mirror last year's Nadal-Federer final in London. There can be no more rain delays and that cuts down on the potential drama.

But again, I don't think anything will equal this year's amazing fifth set. Thirty games is just preposterous-and in a good way because it was exciting. Roddick gave Federer a ride for his money, and he had to earn it in style. This is why Wimbledon is so great. US Open in about 6 weeks. From all the action we've seen this year, I can't wait!

Jays released BJ Ryan yesterday. Good move-the guy has been useless all year long and the young arms are coming up. As for the Jays losing 8 of their last 10, this pretty much kills their chances at making the postseason. Being 9 games back at the break is never a good thing because all the good teams usually gets better once August and September rolls around. We should take this as a rebuilding year to build more depth for future years which means no big moves at the deadline.

-D