And then my dear friend, Brendan, happened to have an overnight at Dulles today - he's the airline pilot. After I left Alex, I headed over to Brendan's hotel, and we drove to Leesburg for some lunch and outlet shopping.
We checked out this Cajun place called... wait for it... Cajun Experience. It was quite good and quite a bargain. Fried okra,
boudin balls, hush puppies, chicken & sausage gumbo, blackened catfish po' boy and beignets!
After that deep-fried calorie fest, we headed over to Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets. I was hoping to find a pair of shoes at Merrell - I need some new mocs - but they didn't have anything that worked for me. But it was nice to window shop and dream at Le Creuset, Williams-Sonoma and Restoration Hardware.

-And then I dropped Brendan back off at his hotel, and headed in for tonight's show.