Great write-up, as always Tom! Just had to add, I missed the shrimp and the head cheese downstairs--and I will gladly give up the shrimp to have avoided the head cheese! Don't knock pea shooters till you try them. They were DElicious!
Just one more note on Scoop, which we were talking about at breakfast after he left. What a great story about a young man who really turned himself around while on the Hill and does appreciate the second (and maybe third) chance he was given. And, as someone mentioned above, he hasn't needed several years after college to gain the perspective needed to have that appreciation. I wish him all the best!