the cathedral is not on the way from the white house to foggy bottom

So wordplay linked me to this story, which is a very cute SGA/Murphy Brown crossover riffing on Joe Flanigan's guest appearances on MB. No problem. It really is cute, and the voices are so right I can hear Candice Bergen in my head, which by the way is kind of creepy, but the trouble is this (which just goes to show how my mind works and how quickly I can get hung up on something trivial):

If Sheppard and McKay and O'Neill were in DC for meetings at the Pentagon, and having dinner in Georgetown, presumably they'd be staying in Crystal City. Possibly in Rosslyn, but that seems less likely. Possibly even in Pentagon City, because hey, Ritz -- but in Arlington County, is my point.

But then if Murphy picked John up at the hotel, why would they need to take the Beltway to get to the zoo?

Sigh. I know, I know -- this is the part where Robert Zemeckis says "Don't worry about it." So I'm not. The story is cute. Just -- that. Yeah. :-}

fun with dialects

players:

darthfox
ellen_fremedon
wordplay

darthfox: In the summer, when there's no more curling, we should do payday movies.
ellen_fremedon: Yes. And also, and this will be facilitated by sanj getting her car, there's a thing on Fridays I've been wanting to do, which is going up to [nearby place] and contra-dancing.
darthfox: I don't know what that is.
ellen_fremedon: Well, there's a c[]ller and specific verbal instructions, which means I could do it.
darthfox: Wait, a collar?
ellen_fremedon: Yes. And explicit instructions, so --
darthfox: A collar?! What is the -- a caller. Jesus. How to tell you've been living too long away from places where those vowels are the same.
wordplay: Wait, what image did you have when you thought it was a collar?
darthfox: Some kind of -- listen, this is ellen_fremedon and sanj, and I've never heard of this thing, so what do I know?
ellen_fremedon: There is a person who calls out the steps. ... Do my kinks show that clearly?
darthfox: It's just because I know you.

I have been to a scary mental place, and it was scary. [hides]