Archive for July 27th, 2004

2004 July 27th

Where Have I Been?

Filed under: Washington, D.C., Life

[White House]All four of you out there might have noticed that I haven’t been posting lately, and there is an obvious reason (excuse) for that, I have been super busy these past few weeks. I’ve been traveling (Penn State) and entertaining. Last weekend my parents came down to visit on their way to Virginia Beach. I took them to the new Smithsonian Air & Space Museum by Dulles. It is very cool place, and I wish I had more time to explore. I forgot to take my camera, but luckily I borrowed my Dad’s to take some pics of the SR-71 Blackbird and Enola Gay in five megapixel glory. As soon as my parents manage to figure out how to email pictures, I will have to post a few here. We also went out to dinner (mmm, Maryland crab) with my Aunt and Uncle, who I hadn’t seen in forever.

[Honest Abe Lincoln Memorial]This past weekend John and Tom drove down, and Andy stopped on his way back from Myrtle Beach to visit for a couple days. Friday night was just a chill and play cards night after John and Tom showed up. Saturday was a big day of exploring D.C. We took the Metro in around 3 p.m. and went on a massive sightseeing tour starting out at the National Mall. In all we saw:

  • Capitol Building
  • Washington Monument
  • Rubble of construction that is Pennsylvania Avenue
  • Front of the White House
  • Back of the White House
  • Reflecting Pond
  • Lincoln Memorial
  • The little bit of the Vietnam Memorial that wasn’t fenced off
  • Korean War Memorial
  • The new World War II memorial
  • The liquor store across the street from the American Bar Association (how fitting?)
  • The 2 miles of sidewalk between downtown and Georgetown
  • Old Glory Restaurant
  • More sidewalk up and down M Street NW
  • The Third Edition Restaurant (where Erin and some of her friends met up with us)
  • Rhino Bar

Needless to say, we were all exhausted by the end of the night, so we slept in ’til noon, had a steak dinner with pototoes and green beans, and my friends were on their way back to PA.

Somewhere in between those two weekends, I did a little work to put food on the plate.

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