Rain poured down on our umbrellas as we went in search of breakfast. The rain had been expected, so we had already planned to spend the day at a lava tube and then maybe a museum, as that would keep us dry. But as Robert Burns said, “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / gang aft agley.”
Little did we know, as we ate breakfast at Paris Baguette (a Korean bakery chain that doesn’t always have the best-tasting baked goods…), that our plans would prove leaky. So we ate our bread not worrying about what the day would bring. (At this point I shall also point out that rainier in the title refers to the adjective and not the mountain in Washington.)