Last Night in Babylon


I’m told that last week the Park Police backed by the FBI raided this street party and shut it down at ten. This week the National Guard were giving the girls a spin. I asked the boys if they had anything like it in South Carolina. “No, sir,” they laughed. 

Tonight I did find ICE and the FBI staging up for a raid, which they then went off on accompanied by DC cops. No idea what the target was. 

There was a lot of cop activity, but they seemed to be protecting the late night crowds at the clubs. I didn’t see any harassment.

The crowds are thick in places. The bouncer at the Camelot “gentleman’s club” offered to let me in with no cover charge, for which I thanked him but passed by. The bouncer at a bar called Recessions stopped me to compliment my beard and discuss beard care for a while.

It’s definitely been an interesting trip. I’m out of here on a dawn flight, and should be back in my mountains before noon. 

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