This is actually what Oakley wrote in her letter home from camp today. Hello, my dear family. How do you fare? Hopefully you are doing well, enjoying a calm and carefree summer day with a loyal and loving dane named Zeus lying faithfully at your side. Although the outside environment …
Yesterday I had a fascinating conversation with Oakley. Often she’s quiet and reserved, like a normal 14 year old, and I do well to get a couple of words out of her. And that’s on a good day. But not yesterday. Yesterday was a great day. Yesterday she wanted to …
The unanimous choice for our last meal: brunch at Market Lunch at the Eastern Market. The Bluebucks made Oakley happy and silly. She’ll fight you for them! We didn’t realize what a popular brunch spot this is on Saturday mornings but it was worth the wait. The Crabcake Benedict was …
After cutting out of the long line at the Capitol, we ubered to Georgetown University – only because there’s no Metro stop at Georgetown. Following Brian’s advice (after all, he’s a proud Hoya who went there for both undergrad and law school), we ate lunch at Booeymonger. It’s a deli …
Changing of the Guard Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Memorial Amphitheater Inside the Robert E. Lee House Slave quarters at the Robert E. Lee House John F. Kennedy Gravesite The real 1903 Wright Flyer reminded us of the …
Refreshed and rejuvenated after a lovely lunch, we “museumed on”. Next up? The American History Museum and the Natural History Museum. Yep, both. In one afternoon. How’d we do it? There’s an app for that! The free Smithsonian app provides a highlights section complete with location, details, and pictures of …
Wednesday morning began with a tour of the National Archives. I highly recommend making online reservations for the two hour guided tour because for a mere $1.50 each you get to enter earlier and thereby skip the lines to see the Charters of Freedom. Well worth it. Cameras aren’t allowed …
It was a lovely spring afternoon, so we decided to rent bikes to tour the National Mall and memorial parks. Along with all the other tourists! It took us three stops at bike rentals before we found bikes. We rode them all over! Without a doubt, this is the ideal …