Ben & I spent this past weekend in D.C. There's nothing like cold weather to get you into the Christmas spirit. On Thursday night, we headed to the White House lawn and listened to carolers around the National Christmas Tree (I didn't even know that we had a Natn'l. Christmas Tree) before meeting up with Niki, Brett & Dennis for dinner at Lauriol Plaza (Bill Clinton's favorite restaurant) for the best Mexican food in town. On Friday, Niki showed us around Old Town Alexandria. It is the cutest place I've ever seen! I now know why Niki loves living there so much. Mac & Julie took us to Mt. Vernon on Saturday. We toured "The General's" house, hung out with camels and payed our respects to George before calling it a day. Did I mention that we got in free? Julie is so sneaky :) We picked up cupcakes after dinner and met back up with Niki for a competitive night of CLUE (as in the board game). Niki and Julie had our number. The rest of us didn't stand a chance, even with our complicated strategies. We had a birthday brunch for Ben (Happy B-day Babe) on Sunday, before heading back home. It was a wonderful weekend. Thanks Niki, Mac & Julie for showing us a GREAT time! We love you guys.
The National Christmas Tree. It's surrounded by 56 others
(1 for each state & territory + the Dist. of Columbia)
At Pasta Mia they make you wait outside (in the bitter cold) until they open at 6:30. The guys held our spot while we waited in Starbucks. Totally worth it.
Here's Ben trying to make his selection at Georgetown Cupcake.
He got 2.
3 comments:
Awww...I miss Niki! Looks like y'all had a blast. :)
wow...HOW FUN!!! Glad u got to spend time with Niki...that tree is beautiful :0) Cant wait 2 c y'all tomm...
yay! it was so fun to see y'all. And I love that you got a knock in on Ben for getting 2 cupcakes, ha! and you are quite the loving wife to remember his bday and post it on your blog hehehehe Hope he liked his gift. Mac was super jealous! hopefully we'll all get to hang out again soon. With Addi!
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