Wednesday, November 14, 2007

A DC lovesong

DC rocks. I've only been here for 24 hours, but I've definitely fallen in love with this city. We're staying at the Aaron Shipman House, an historic bed & breakfast in the Logan Circle neighborhood. The three-story house is filled with beautiful Art Deco prints, and there are homemade chocolate chip cookies set out for guests each night. Sweet!

Today we got up early to make the 8 am breakfast call (which we are skipping Thursday due to this morning's excessively long tirade against Costco that kept us trapped at the table long after we were finished with our meal) and then spent the day doing ultra-touristy things, including visiting monuments and Smithsonian museums. We even caught a 3-D IMAX film at the Natural History Museum theatre. Hope you enjoy our non-traditional take on photographing Our Nation's landmarks.



But the crowning glory of the day was the dinner we had at Dukem, an Ethiopian restaurant about six blocks from the b & b. The food was delicious and about halfway through dinner a band started playing traditional music and three performers did traditional dances. It was such an unexpected treat that literally brought tears to our eyes.

Tomorrow we'll explore the zoo and get on the road for the very last leg of our road trip. Can't believe it's almost over...

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