Ra's Life

I'm the one on the left. This blog has been neglected for quite a while and I've been to Canada and back and the song, "It never rains in ..." needs to be changed from 'California' to "D.C.", 1 inch of rain in 55 days. Keep it up!

This past weekend was the DC Hash 12th annual Red Dress Hash. I've been on larger and smaller Red Dress Hashes, I've even started the first annual Red Dress Hash in Egypt (maybe Africa?), but seldom had more fun.

If you have no clue what it's about, it's a party. As you may have heard, the Hash House Harriers is a "Drinking Club with a Running Problem." In fact it is hundreds (more than 1000) of very small clubs, who share no management or organizational structure beyond the individual club. But we share a culture and many (happily bizarre and irreverent) traditions.

link to The History of Red Dress Hashing Ths weekend, as always with the Hash, was put on by a small group of organizers completely volunteer. They easily recruited many people to help and when things don't go as planned, everyone keeps drinking dancing and smiling anyway.

Friday night, about 400 Hashers had a "Lingerie' Hash completely within the D.C. area and partied on in a bar reserved for us till the wee hours. Saturday started at noon, in Virgina, with a 3 hour 'warmup' at a bar. Then 500 of us ran/walked (running is definitely NOT a requirement of Hashing) across the Key bridge, through posh Georgetown, where we had, as you might imagine, quite an effect on the traffic. We finished in downtown D.C. and danced til 9:00; then a Hasher hosted a party in the District til more wee hours. Of course, the Hashers also had 'Hangover Hashes' on Sunday. Great fun, great friends, new and old.

Note: photos are 'adult' but not pornographic:
a link to see professional photos of all 500 red dresses! | more Red Dress photos