Austin Grill, Cakelove, and David Crowder Band
So Natalie and I set off for the nation's capitol this weekend. DC is always a great place to go and hang out. (Sure its no first Monday, but none the less, fun). Just thought I would update the three of you in my little cyberworld with our highlights.
we arrived about 1130 on Friday night and hit monster traffic in the city. It was fine and we survived and found the hotel which kindly sent us to the smallest room on the planet that is not on a boat. (I say this imagining that some cruise ships and battle ships probably have very small guest quarters). We couldn't sleep because we were psyched up for the posh king sized bed that the picture promised. My front desk call to Sofia ensured that we could be moved the next day,but until then, we were sleepless in DC.
Saturday, things turned quickly. With a call to the desk at 10am, we were promptly moved to the new room, not the one in the picture, but nice. Then we had a great lunch on dupont circle at shiftily. burrito- good, tacos- good. Afternoon at the national art museum highlighted by some great modern art. Unfortunately I cant remember or find the artist's name so I will update you later.
Next we attempted to do some shopping in Georgetown and urban outfitters, but it didn't happen. Georgetown is really cool, but not a good place to drive. It was mad, so we cut our losses, headed to cakelove and resigned to hit urban outfitters on Sunday.
Cakelove: is awesome. Read about it. It is this bakery in DC founded by this young lawyer that loved cooking. It has style, character and great baked goods. Though Georgetown was a bust. It redeemed the afternoon.
Dinner was at the Austin Grill, which a great texmex restaurant, among the best we have had this side of Texas.
Sunday began with a late start to cedar ridge community church and then the afternoon in Baltimore. Baltimore is cool, we look forward to going back.
Finally, we made it to urban outfitters, bought little and traffic was still a mess.
Sunday night we attended the Passion experience Tour at George Washington University. We were fortunate to have gotten reserved front row seats and by 7:15, the David Crowder*Band was on stage. They were amazing and it is always great to see friends again. and holy cow, Dave is Famous!! There were like hundreds of people surrounding him for autographs and pictures, which makes me think: I don't have a picked with Dave and Toni, except from my wedding when Dave still had long hair.
all in all it was a great trip and we even decided to sleep a little late on Monday to avoid some traffic. I would recommend all of the above things as well as trying to drive as little as possible next time you are in DC. They say diplomats don't need to carry insurance when in DC. That means beef up your uninsured motorist if you plan to drive. Metro is great but I hear the cabs are expensive.
our next trip will include: Austin grill, St. Matthews Cathedral, Georgetown, and maybe the air and space museum. Plus, we still haven't seen the Jefferson memorial except from a distance. I hear there is some good church state stuff in there.
well thanks for reading this far. More to come later.
peace
chrisaho
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we arrived about 1130 on Friday night and hit monster traffic in the city. It was fine and we survived and found the hotel which kindly sent us to the smallest room on the planet that is not on a boat. (I say this imagining that some cruise ships and battle ships probably have very small guest quarters). We couldn't sleep because we were psyched up for the posh king sized bed that the picture promised. My front desk call to Sofia ensured that we could be moved the next day,but until then, we were sleepless in DC.
Saturday, things turned quickly. With a call to the desk at 10am, we were promptly moved to the new room, not the one in the picture, but nice. Then we had a great lunch on dupont circle at shiftily. burrito- good, tacos- good. Afternoon at the national art museum highlighted by some great modern art. Unfortunately I cant remember or find the artist's name so I will update you later.
Next we attempted to do some shopping in Georgetown and urban outfitters, but it didn't happen. Georgetown is really cool, but not a good place to drive. It was mad, so we cut our losses, headed to cakelove and resigned to hit urban outfitters on Sunday.
Cakelove: is awesome. Read about it. It is this bakery in DC founded by this young lawyer that loved cooking. It has style, character and great baked goods. Though Georgetown was a bust. It redeemed the afternoon.
Dinner was at the Austin Grill, which a great texmex restaurant, among the best we have had this side of Texas.
Sunday began with a late start to cedar ridge community church and then the afternoon in Baltimore. Baltimore is cool, we look forward to going back.
Finally, we made it to urban outfitters, bought little and traffic was still a mess.
Sunday night we attended the Passion experience Tour at George Washington University. We were fortunate to have gotten reserved front row seats and by 7:15, the David Crowder*Band was on stage. They were amazing and it is always great to see friends again. and holy cow, Dave is Famous!! There were like hundreds of people surrounding him for autographs and pictures, which makes me think: I don't have a picked with Dave and Toni, except from my wedding when Dave still had long hair.
all in all it was a great trip and we even decided to sleep a little late on Monday to avoid some traffic. I would recommend all of the above things as well as trying to drive as little as possible next time you are in DC. They say diplomats don't need to carry insurance when in DC. That means beef up your uninsured motorist if you plan to drive. Metro is great but I hear the cabs are expensive.
our next trip will include: Austin grill, St. Matthews Cathedral, Georgetown, and maybe the air and space museum. Plus, we still haven't seen the Jefferson memorial except from a distance. I hear there is some good church state stuff in there.
well thanks for reading this far. More to come later.
peace
chrisaho
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