Another beautiful weekend!

Hello friends, family, and internet stalkers!

Just another great day in the city - today I decided to return my phone calls while sitting on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Its sunny and about 80 degrees - absolutely gorgeous! After the phone calls I walked along the reflecting pool towards the WWII memorial and eventually on past the Washington Monument. It was neat to see all the families from all over the world visiting the memorials. You know, there's really nothing super-significant about Washington DC, historically-speaking. Its just a place where we decided to put all of the memorials. It lacks the feeling of hallowed-ground, the feeling that I've gotten at Gettysburg, Boston, etc. But the monuments are still pretty impressive, especially when viewed at night. A few weeks ago, Dan, Drew, Zach and I went to see them after dark, and they're really beautiful.

After the Washington Monument I stopped in at the Smithsonian visitor center to orient myself and to find out where the art museum was. I took the Metro a few blocks north to the Portrait Gallery. Lots of cool portraits of important people, it was fun going through and mentally travelling back to AP US History class to recall just exactly who these people were and why they were important enough to warrant a giant portrait.

I went to Trader Joe's on the way back to buy some lunch and some wine. They didn't even card me :( Oh well, I guess that's just part of being a grown-up.

So here I am, in front of my computer eating sushi and drinking red wine (I may regret the combination later...). I get to use my new President's Dinner glass though, and that makes the $4 buck chuck from Trader Joe's taste just a little better.

More on the Pres. Dinner at a later date, its certainly an interesting story, but as for right now, I'm going to enlighten Stephen as to the events of my fantastic day. Hope your Saturday is as sunny as mine!

Love,

Jess