Farragut Square is in the heart of DC's business district. At last I wised up: I got there at lunch time on a delightful spring day. I expected to see lots of office workers enjoying lunch in the park or just taking a break or even a nap among the blossoming trees and blooming flowers. I was not disappointed. In fact, there were a few street people taking advantage of the benches, the grass, the shade. There were lots of couples and small groups, including families, enjoying a break in the park. And then I got the big surprise: Farragut Square was biker central! At one end of the park there were over a dozen bike messengers having lunch and relaxing. One biker told me that messengers usually wait for their next assignment near where they made their last delivery. Since Farragut Square is near the heart of the business and financial district, lots of deliveries would be made in that area and lots of bikers would wait there for assignments. It was Good Friday and lots of offices were closing early for Easter weekend or simply not generating as much business as usual. The messengers expected to have a slow (i.e., not very lucrative) day.
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