Monthly Archive: April 2012

DC: The Capitol & Open City

I wanted to call this post “The Capitol Building Incident” but I thought it sounded a bit too dramatic.  After my identity crisis earlier in the trip, I feel like you guys may start to think I’m some kind of magnet for drama.  Not the case. After lunch at sweetgreen, we set off to check out the Crime & Punishment museum.  Sounds kinda cool, right?  Turns out the tickets for admission are $22 per person.  We weren’t about to drop a hundred dollars for an hour of our time, so instead we wandered to the… Read more >

DC: sweetgreen

Another waffle start to the day.   Followed by another cab ride to the heart of DC.   We left Kyle’s grandma at the DAR library so she could do research.  I’ll spare you my sentiments on how much fun that sounds like to me.  The inside was actually really neat – it looked like a cross between an old train station and the White House.  They were filming celebrity jeopardy right next door (I tweeted about my Dr. Oz sighting), but we already had Smithsonian plans.  [above] From the American History Museum – war… Read more >

DC: Founding Farmers

After a really exhausting day, we were all ready for an early dinner.  I’m talking 5 pm early. And so we made our way to Founding Farmers.  This place was recommended to me by a few different people, so I was really looking forward to it.  Unfortunately, I had a less than great interaction with the staff when I called ahead inquiring about the ability to accommodate our party of five (including one person in a wheelchair).  Not only did they tell me they don’t take reservations (which I later found out was false –… Read more >

DC: A Pizza Town

  Our first day in DC was a really productive one.    We were up and out the door at a pretty impressive time.  Starting at the WWII Memorial, we headed to the Vietnam Wall, followed by the Lincoln Memorial, and then the Korean War Memorial.          You’d think that would have tired us out, but we pushed on, continuing past the Washington Memorial to the Holocaust Museum. But since it was already busy, we got tickets to return (at 3 pm) and decided to make use of the down time by… Read more >

DC: Identity Crisis

Let me first start out by saying, I’m not usually a good liar.  In fact, I have a pretty hard time holding a secret for longer than a minute.  Kyle has learned this the hard way, and as a result, he rarely shares top secret stuff with me (friends’ impending engagements, etc.).  I’m not a gossip, I just like sharing information!  Let that be a lesson to everyone.  So.  Backing up to Thursday.  Our flight was set to take off around 1 pm, so Kyle and I woke up early, ate breakfast, finished some last… Read more >