Travel

Washington D.C.

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Dear Keilah,

You & you alone need to describe here how amazing DC was. You musn't get distracted nor put it off any longer.

They're are great photographs after all. And only you know how much you would like return here & how much it would cost. So post, post, post until you reach photographic perfection & get all the gigs your tired, old heart & starving bank account can desire. Watching New Girl won't pay as much...or at all.

So here it goes,

As soon as my sister and I drove down the green, tree-lined highway into DC with Hamilton blasting through the sound system, I fell in love. It was Monday morning & as in Philly, we had 24hrs to explore America's Government HQ. After breakfast at a cafe for hipsters, we trekked to the Capitol & the surrounding buildings. 

It was hot & humid but nevertheless we strove. Naturally, we spent more time in the Library of Congress than anywhere else. We refused to take the tour so we were able to gawk & wander at our leisure. Thomas Jefferson did a very good job to say the least.

We visited Union Station & basked in it's air conditioning. While we were there we tried Shake Shack for lunch for the first time. I thought it was delicious, my sister, however, was not impressed. We walked, drove & got lost a few times before we had dinner at an establishment that specialized in grilled cheese sandwiches. Mine had apples in it, hers had lobster. We are adults.

The next morning we had to drive back to Philadelphia to catch our fight home but not until we used our jet lag to our advantage. We woke up early & stopped at the Lincoln Memorial. We couldn't help but gleefully boast to each other on our good luck with finding great parking & finding the place nearly empty of pesky tourists. The sky also gave us a beautiful backdrop.

We realized that we had not seen the White House so we high-tailed it there to see what we could see, which wasn't very much since the whole perimeter was blocked off for a military ceremony of sorts. We were annoyed that we couldn't get closer to the Lafayette statue in front of the White House but we quickly got over our disappointment with the busloads of Marines, Navy & Army men in full regalia gathering around where we stood. There's just something irresistible about men in uniform.

So there you have it folks. After all that, we drove to the airport & came back to sunny, dry California. I reported to work the next day & attempted to return to normal life. Before I sign off, I want to thank my sister for her help & company. If it weren't for her, I'd literally be very lost & probably have thrown it all to the wind & stayed over there. I hope you get a nice chuckle out of the hype letter to myself in the beginning of the post. I meant to delete it, but heck, it's my blog after all is it not? That is how I roll.

-K