Warm weekend in D.C.

The weather was beautiful this weekend, 70ish both Saturday and Sunday. Scott was here for a few days and he and I spent as much time as we could outside.

Friday night we went to Legal Seafoods in Chinatown for a late dinner. The food was good - a wide variety of seafood and Asian inspired dishes, and the atmosphere was nice, but unfortunately our table was practically in the kitchen, despite our having made a reservation.

Saturday we spent the entire day at the National Museum of Natural History. We saw the special exhibit, "Orchids Through Darwin's Eyes," and ate lunch in the Fossil Cafe.

Sunday we packed a lunch and had a picnic on the National Mall. There were so many people out walking their dogs and playing with their kids, and because it's March, school
groups are everywhere throughout the city.

We walked to the National Archives and on the way we found an outdoor ice skating rink at the National Gallery of Art. It was odd to see people ice skating outside in the 69 degree weather.


We also saw the Navy Memorial and found Michigan on the world map and later had dinner in Georgetown at Papa Razzi.

Valentine's weekend

This weekend was Scott's first visit to Washington and I was his tour guide. There is so much to do and see here that one weekend is not nearly enough time. Fortunately the weather was pretty nice and it didn't rain as forecasted.

We had dinner Friday night at a Chinese restaurant in Georgetown. The food was great but we ordered way too much.

Saturday was busy. We went to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and Library of Congress. We walked around Capitol Hill and saw the Capitol, Supreme Court and the National Mall. Later we had dinner at Lebanese Taverna, another great meal and not too expensive. It was the closest thing we've found to Taboon yet.

We spent most of Sunday at the National Zoo. It was busy and we saw almost everything there was to see, including the giant panda habitat, the invertebrates exhibit and the cheetah conservation station.