08.19.2009: Day Trip to Washington DC

Vince had to go to Washington DC for a business meeting...and I wasn't planning to go with him. Last minute, we decided I better be there as well, just in case as the meeting involved many things I knew of and was working on. So, basically bought a ticket at the airport, and hopped on a plane with no luggage or anything. Great thing, as I have NEVER been to DC before and was soooo excited. Bad thing, I had NO clothes!!! ARGH! So we landed at 10pm...checked into our hotel...ran to Target 10 mins before it closed...spent $100 on clothes & basic essentials! Very cool! After our run thru Target...literally!!!!...we decided to check out the monuments at night. Knowing we were only there for about 24 hours, and had a meeting the next day...didn't give me much time to do the tourist thing!

We spent the next 2 hours walking around the monuments at night. EXTREMELY cool!!! LOVED IT! Highly recommend doing it at night BEFORE you do it during the day! So amazing......!!! Although when I saw Lincoln....all I could think of was Planet of the Apes. Great! Facing the horrible humidity & 3 hours time difference we finally went to bed about 3am....just in time to get up at 6am for the meeting!

After the meeting, we drove around the city...went to Arlington Cemetary....saw JFK's burial place....drove down Embassy Row...had lunch at a really cute little bar/diner place...drove around the monuments during the day....walked Simthsonian Row...went into the Air & Space Musuem.....went to the White House...saw Obama....ok, not really, but we saw his house (the kids all got a kick out of us going to his house!!)....went back to the room to rest before dinner. We stayed on Bolling AFB....which is where Marine One is kept...that is the President's helicopter, for those not savy on their prez knowledge....and Vince saw it landing and quickly going into an unmarked hanger. I tried to take pics later, but there were about 1,000 security cameras everywhere with signs saying DO NOT POINT CAMERAS IN THIS DIRECTION! For fear of being shot, I didn't. All very high security, and very interesting!! DLA...Defense Logistics Agency is HQ'd right there across from our hotel...so was White House Communications....all so cool!! Anyways, love staying on military bases....we always get to see cool things!

Next, we went downtown for dinner. I found a cool restaurant online called Georgia Brown's...high end southern food. OMG! It was AMAZZZZZZZING! One of the BEST meals I have ever had. Unbelievable food, wine, ambiance, music, people, staff, etc!!!! We didn't want to leave, but all the food had been eaten! :( Cannot wait to go back just for the chance to go here again.

So, up at 5am, we flew home. Not much more then 24 hours in the city and we hit everything!!!! it was a crazy trip, but soooooo very fun! I love spontaneous!