Whoosh-ing through March

I knew it had been a while since my last post, over a month!  Since then when I went to get my stitches out I ended up passing out from either the pain [which wasn't too much], or the anxiety of having the stitches out.  It was a "fun" day at the after hours care-not!.  I've managed to squeeze in a physical and had my eyes checked, and make a trip to see Andrew in DC.   I figured I might was well do a March in review post before its April.   I had a great time with Andrew, and hadn't realized that it had been almost 17 years since I had been to DC as a tourist.  It was a great weekend and Andrew is becoming quite the DC area host!  I had a late flight out of Atlanta and arrived at his place around 8 pm.  We hadn't planned a jam packed schedule, and since Saturday was not a "great" weather day, so we limited our outside time.  We were going to go to the Renwick Gallery, but when we arrived it was closed for an exhibit installation-definitely a place to visit next time.  We decided to walked from Pennsylvania Ave to Dupont Circle where I visited a LYS-Looped Yarns.  Such helpful folks, and I totally plan to visit them again next time I'm in DC.  Our next stop was for brunch- so good- complete with mimosas and belini's [no photos of any of these stops].

Our next visit was to the Hillwood Estate- this was such a neat place, and I hope to go back and tour the gardens.    Here are a few photos from Marjorie Merriweather Post's collection of French and Russian porcelains and "artifacts".  Such a fascinating lady!

Yes, these ARE Faberge eggs-goodness so much to look at.  We walked a different route back to the Metro and ended up passing several embassies and consulate homes which was pretty cool.  Next time I'm going to take a lot more photos.

 We decided to take a short break at Union Station-this is Andrew's stop when he commutes to work.

Once we were back at Andrew's apartment; there was knitting-I'm on the first sleeve of Beckett, and we weatched re-runs of The Office.  Cocoa needed some snuggle time with her Granny!

Andrew bought me a bottle of prosecco-what a thoughtful boy, and I showed him how to open it.
Sunday started with brunch at Scion and a carafe of mimosas!  This place was much better than Saturday's brunch location, and it will definitely be my go to place when we are in Silver Spring again.  It's just 2 stops from Andrew's apartment on the Metro.  
What better way to burn off brunch calories than exploring central DC.  Our fist stop was at the Smithsonian-I wanted to see Julia Child's kitchen.  They had a video playing of some of her demonstrations-she was such an amazing and funny person.

As we came around the corner I saw one of Mr. Roger's sweaters. It wasn't until after his death that I read somewhere that his mother made all his sweaters-so cool!  This sweater was amazing and such fine craftsmanship.

After the Smithsonian we walked along the Mall and past the Washington Memorial then onto the Lincoln Memorial.

 a rare Andrew photo!  The view of the Washington Monument from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

 There was a wreath laying at the Korean War Veterans Memorial-I had seen this memorial before in the evening, and wanted to make sure I got to see it in the daylight.  So moving.

 Next, we headed to the National Law Enforcement Officers memorial.  We visited this site in 2001, and sadly more names have been added since then.

Our last stop was to a pub across the street from Andrew's office.  This building is where he works and just to the left is Union Station.  We enjoyed a snack at the pub and a beverage before we headed back to Andrew's apartment.  I can't wait to come back and see some of the other things that DC has to offer.

I feel very blessed to have the chance to spend some time with Andrew, and hopefully it won't be too long before the next visit.