My Secret Washington - The Nation's Greenhouse
By Patricia Kennedy, Home in the Capital
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My first visit to the National Botanical Gardens was work-related! A trade association hired my chamber group to provide background music for a wine and cheese reception. The idea was to wine and not quite dine members of congress and their staffers who might support legislation the hosts were promoting – a popular form of “lobbying”.Sitting in a straight-backed chair playing the Haydn London Trios, I felt something funny on my foot – a little tickle. Then another – and oh gosh! The place was infested with mice! Every time a nibbler at the reception dropped a piece of cheese on the floor, one of the little guys would run across my foot, across the floor, and grab it! And I couldn’t play my flute and scream EEEK!!!!! at the same time! On our breaks, however, I did get the opportun...
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