Dinner, Drinks, and a Visit from a Strange Man

The night started off with dinner. The whole group went to eat at The Diner in Adams Morgan. The food was great! I had Greek Pasta with chicken, spinach, and feta cheese.

Adams Morgan was an area that a few of us wanted to explore so we stayed after dinner, looked around and had drinks. The group slowly dwindled down and Lela and I returned to the hotel. We met Dr. Lee in the lobby and sat and talked a while.

During our girl talk we received a visit from a strange man. He had attended an awards ceremony at the hotel. As he approached, we realized he was in tuxedo wear but was missing his coat, tie, and cumberbund, and it quickly became obvious he was inebriated. The exchange between us and the gentleman was disturbing at the time but hilarious once he had moved on his way.

As we were sitting and laughing about the earlier exchange, he returned. After he left once more, Lela reported him to the front desk. This started a chain of events that resulted in our first experience in backpack journalism. After meeting up with other CMA conference students -- whom the man also had bothered -- we gathered footage of the disturbance. Lela was the onsite correspondent, and I worked behind the camera for the first time.

A hotel full of college journalism students is probably not the best place to make a scene. Stay tuned for our video blogs of the newscast.

Needless to say our first night DC was quite interesting!

Brittany Byrd