Serendipitous

I had no idea there was a Serendipity in DC until about a month ago. Did you know there were any outside of New York?? Naturally, upon discovering this juicy tidbit, me and my lovely VT ladies, Erin and Narae, decided to meet up for some frozen hot chocolate deliciousness.  It's located right across the street from my favorite gold-domed Gringott's bank, so I've walked by it multiple times but never noticed!  Georgetown is just so ridiculously charming and it was surprisingly not crowded which made it even better.  It was so rich and yummy, but even between the three of us, we couldn't finish it...

Ice Skating in the Sculpture Garden

Last week we took the Youth from our ward ice skating at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. It was so much fun and everything seemed to fall into place; the rain cleared up and the rink wasn't crowded at all.  It's located right on the mall with the National Archvies as a backdrop across Constitution Avenue, and the Washington monument and Capitol Dome glowing in the distance. The kids all seemed to have a great time and I completely fell in love with the rink.

Valentines in Alexandria

Saturday, Brody and I took the yellow line out to Alexandria, VA to do a little exploring. Even though the temperature was in the 30's, the sun was out and it was so nice to get outside!  The George Washington Masonic Memorial is right off the King Street stop and sits on a hill overlooking the river.  The architecture is kind of crazy (the top reminds me of a beehive) and inside there were lots of different kinds of meeting rooms and halls. Afterwards we came back to the city to celebrate our Valentine's dinner at The Hamilton, capping it off with a walk home from the restaurant by the White House, where there were all kinds of strange trailers and constructiony-looking things. I'm thinking it was a movie set....?  It was a lovely day!!!

Long Weekend

Happy Friday everyone! We are hoping to take some time for a little adventure in Old Town over the long weekend

And if I may...you should take a moment to see the 2012 World Press Photo award winners here.  They are beautiful and horrific and enlightening.

Photo via bayleehart.com

Paperman

Brody & Lindsey Ride the Metro

...and sometimes it's boring

But we entertain ourselves :)

Thoughts on a Thursday

...Even though I'm finishing this post on a Friday:

• That sweet, sweet senesation of knowing that tomorrow is Saturday and you get to sleep in.
• When you and your friends walk two miles in the cold on your lunch break just for a Georgetown cupcake. Worth it.
• That awkard moment when someone with questionable fashion compliments something you're wearing and you immediately re-examine your whole outfit.
• Anytime you get to wear jeans to work.
• That moment when you sell something on ebay and actually make money on it, so you mentally start going through all your belongings to see what else you can part with.
• Getting Amazon packages :)

Bon weekend everyone!

Still Alive

Sorry for the lack of posts, but we've both been sickies over here. I'm pretty sure I had the flu because it completely knocked me out the weekend before this past one--I was in bed from Friday night to Monday night, feeling like a 900-year-old woman with brittle bones, a sore throat, and congestion. Brody has had a sporatic cough since around Christmas that had just been dry and wheezy that recently turned not so dry. On top of that, he had nine job interviews on Saturday, and I was co-hosting a baby shower that morning.  So it's been lots of fun lately, but I think we are finally on the mend :)

The Super Bowl was quite entertaining since we were rooting for different teams.  Normally, my interest in  is more attuned to the ads than the game itself.  This year, however, I had a weirdly personal interest, (which was particularly good timing, seeing how underwhelming the ads were).  I went to high school with Haloti Ngata and was in the dorms with Dennis Pitta at BYU.  Both of whom actually played yesterday for the Ravens.  It was weird.  And Brody has been a 49ers fan since the days of Steve Young so he was a little upset at the refs in that last quarter but took the defeat in stride.

Meanwhile I've been daydreaming about spring and summer and scheming to plan an actual vacation! And the fact that the groundhog didn't see his shadow, i.e. early spring, just makes me hopeful.