We’re in DC!
I wasn’t going to blog until we got back, but I’ve changed my mind because I’m having such a great time. We got here late this afternoon, took the Metro into the city, and met up with Jarvis, one of the most down-to-earth and best-dressed guys we know. No, make that the most down-to-earth, best-dressed guy we know. Which cannot be an easy combination to pull off. He teaches and writes up here, has the Metro lines memorized, and generally spends his days being awesome, as far as we can tell.
We ate at Chipotle (because it’s Jesse’s all-time favorite—but he has agreed that all other meals will be new and exciting and decidedly not at restaurants we can eat at in North Carolina) in a neighborhood that made me just happy to be alive. The air was brisk but not too cold, and we were surrounded by Indian restaurants, Japanese restaurants, a shop selling breezy, floppy clothes and bellydancing skirts. We talked writing, Star Trek, politics, weather, beach towns. Then we walked the Mall, saw the monuments all lit up and gorgeous, and I felt a little surge of patriotism. How can you not, when walking up marble steps, a brightly lit Lincoln seated and serene looking down at you? I nearly wanted to cry, it was so lovely.
Now we’re back at the hotel, and I’m showered and ready to relax. Jesse is playing a little toy electric guitar. We can hear traffic outside the window, but it isn’t bothersome. It’s actually rather soothing, a constant hum, a reminder that we are in a place with unlimited possibilities, that the vacation is just beginning.
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Well precious you are truly all grown up. Gwynn just gave me your blog and I’ve been reading all night. It’s 4:45 a.m. and my old eyes are very tired.
I am enjoying every word, every adventure. You are truly an amazing young women and I love you very, very much.
Mom Aggie
What excitement! I need a tour guide like that.
Yay for vacation! How exciting and wonderful. I’ve been to D.C. once, but it was when I was 10 and came with my school’s safety patrols, so I have only the vaguest remembrances. I look forward to your descriptions!
Eating new food is a great idea. The perfect way to experience the cosmopolitan and worldly city. But every now and then, eating something from home is a nice way to stave off the home sickness.
Mom Aggie! I miss you! I’m glad you found the blog…
Sabrina–I told Jesse if he wanted to go back to school and get a PhD in art history, I’d be cool with that.
Oh Zea, you simply must go again! I think you would love it even more now, especially with all your law school experiences.
It depends on our budgetary possibilities when the time comes, but if we can, I am thinking that maybe Seth and I will take a trip to D.C. for our wedding anniversary this coming spring. I’ll have to time it just right, but I am dying to see t cherry blossoms in bloom and to see the city again, and this time, through adult eyes.
Thanks for the inspiration!