A couple of weeks ago, Carlos and I were invited to the Washington Field Biologists' annual shad bake at Plummer's Island by one of his Smithsonian advisors. A shad is a type of river herring in the genus Alosa and these shad are very freshly caught and brought to this event to be cooked over an open fire. I've been to Plummer's once before (last fall for an oyster roast) and it is a really beautiful place on the Potomac River, but very close to the city (you can see a freeway bridge in the background of one of the pictures). We had a really fun time eating tasty roasted fishies, pie, and hanging out with assorted biologists -- we might be back soon for another oyster roast in October!
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