Postscript to LAX experience + night of DC Day #1

I've now had a chance to look through the bag the LAX security staff were so interested in. Its contents incuded a pair of scissors, a disposable razor and a beard trimmer / electric shaver with a blade. What the **** were they looking at when they sent it through the scanning machine 4 times, then let it through????

This evening walked to Dupont Circle. Accosted on the way by a 6 foot 8+ drug addict who emphatically ensisted I should be holding M's hand and that we were meant for each other and insisted on chatting to us most of the way from the hotel to the Circle. Amazingly, he didn't rob us or ask for money. Dinner at an Eastern Mediterranean restaurant in Dupont Circle, then dropped by Kramerbooks (thanks Nina).