Who Says There's Such No Thing As a Free Lunch?

Yesterday I went to another conference downtown, this one at SAIS. It was the 25th Anniversary of their Conflict Management Program and they celebrated with a full day of panelists about topics ranging from Israel/Palestine to North Korea to the environment. These conferences and events have been great this Fall as I'm searching for a full-time job. Amazing free education. In some ways, it's still like being in college, but without the essays or the exams. This is definitely one of the perks of being in Washington - almost everyday there is an event or a speech or a panel talking about something interesting somewhere around town.

And then there's the free lunch. Most of the full-day conferences offer lunch (as they well should!). So it is possible to survive in this city attending conferences and eating free food and drinking free coffee. I think others caught onto this as well, as the number of people attending the panel right before lunch swelled considerably from other times during the day. So check out the newspapers, websites, and listservs for events to find out when and where you can expand your mind and your stomach...