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| "President Cranston" |
Two tables away, while I enjoyed a
planter's punch before a lovely dinner on the tiny porch of the
Sea Catch Grill, overlooking the Georgetown Canal:
Alan Cranston (D., CA). At the time - a spectacular sunny May evening in 1988 - he was Democratic whip in the Senate.
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| Sea Catch: Where I Dined with Golden State Longshot |
I had a generally favorable view of Cranston then, although this was during a period when I was actively not following politics. Nevertheless, the thought occurred to me then and there - for the first time - that a benefit of living in Washington DC is that
one might, at any moment, find oneself in good position to throw a drink in the face of a public figure. The
enviable position.
Instead, upon paying the bill, we squeezed by his table and my dinner partner, a CA constituent, introduced herself to Senator Cranston and wished him well.
All smiles, we left the restaurant, but the impulse lingered
... and it lingers still.
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