I implore you

There are a handful of very simple pleasures I hold dear.

An abbreviated list:

- a good cup of coffee
- good conversation
- a properly made grilled-cheese sammich
- a half-smoke from a dc street vendor

These all make me very very happy.

Now. Lately, I have had the pleasure of all of these but one. The delightful, delicious taste of a half-smoke has eluded me for too long.

I ask you, fair reader; Where might I find a street vendor close to Union Station in NW Washington, DC? One would think that the area would be crawling with them, Union Station being a major transit center, but they are nowhere to be found. I assume this is because the food court vendors inside have requested the street vendors not be allowed near the station. Fair, but entirely detrimental to my quest for a tasty post-workday treat on my walk home.

So, where might a NW DC resident find a street vendor within reasonable walking distance of Union Station? Help me out here.

(x-posted on my own lj)