Where do I begin?
We actually arrived in D.C. at a reasonable time on Friday, right around 8:30 pm. We had planned to just pay for parking all weekend, because I have spent too many of my precious hours searching for parking in that city, that I will never, ever get back. But, as we were driving to the parking garage, there were several FREE spots along the road... SCORE!
We headed to my best friend's apartment and freshened up. Then we went just a block down from her place to get dinner. Didi (my friend) suggested Tortilla Coast, since it had good food and was really convenient to her place.
We started with the standard chips, salsa, and an order of their fresh made guacamole.
Didi and I also ordered some sparkling sangria, which was awesome.
I ended up getting the veggie enchiladas which were topped with avocado and full of sauteed squash, zuchinni, and beans.
After dinner, we headed to a nearby bar where we each had 1 drink before heading home. The bar we went to had an incredible beer list, so I got a brown ale, which was great.
My bff has always been in shape, but she has been doing yoga for a while now and this chick is seriously buff. She is hot stuff! I might need to start incorporating a little yoga into my life after seeing what it has done for her.
Saturday morning, Didi and I got up and did a running tour of her neighborhood in D.C. Mike wanted to join, but since he packed himself for the weekend, he had forgotten any running clothes, so he stayed behind and showered. The weather was the perfect temperature, but it was quite foggy. The run felt great, but my pictures only came out so so. I was just so glad for a change in scenery. I barely noticed that 3.5 miles had gone by, since I had so much to take in of my surroundings.
Of course we also ran by Didi's neighbor's house.. who happens to be Mr. Obama himself...
After our run, we came back to the apartment, showered and got ready for the day. Mike and I then headed to Northern Virginia, to my sister's house, where she was throwing an incredible party for a very handsome 2 year old.
My sister had made quite the food spread and everything was so adorable!
My other nephew was also there, and so was my little princess niece... always acting out some Rapunzel scene.
I had a plateful of the delicious party food, which was really tasty.
We could only stay at the party for a few hours, because we had to be back in DC for an engagement party for another friend of mine. I didn't get any pictures on my iPhone of the engagement party, but it was a lot of fun. We had a great night with friends, catching up and celebrating a very happy couple.
The entire party headed to get a casual dinner afterward, so I ended up having Mexican 2 days in a row. Luckily, the second night, Mike got me grilled veggie and chicken tacos, which I ended up just eating everything out of the taco shell. It just seemed to taste better that way.
We had a few more drinks, hung out with more friends, had a late night cheeseburger, and then finally headed to bed around 2 am. We slept in pretty late (gasp... 9 am) on Sunday, grabbed breakfast with my family and then headed home to our pups. We spent the entire afternoon and evening on the couch, until we made a spaghetti dinner and headed to bed very early. What a busy, but fun weekend.
When we woke up this morning, we saw that a flock of flamingos had made their way to our front yard. Our church does this every year, and you have the opportunity to buy "flamingo insurance" so that your house doesn't get hit, but we forgot to ever buy any. Which meant this:
I secretly sort of love them, and want to keep them. :)
Have a great week!
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