Family vacation

My family visited me last weekend and we had a great time. My dad even said it may be the best family vacation we've ever had, in part, because I already knew where everything was and how to get there so there was no getting lost and frustrated. Also, I made an impeccable schedule to maximize our time and fun.

We went to the zoo, the National Museum of Natural History, the National Gallery of Art and Georgetown Cupcake. They had a hard time believing the cupcakes would be good enough to justify waiting in line for half an hour, but they definitely were. I don't even usually like cupcakes, but Georgetown Cupcakes are an entirely different breed. The only thing better was the cupcake I had at Magnolia Bakery in New York with the girls, which, as you can tell from Megan's blog post, I loved.

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.