So, it all started out because Nick and Anita decided to come up and see the Cherry Blossoms. For those of you who have not yet met Anita, you are very much to be pitied. She is amazing!! We still cannot figure out what she is doing with Nick, but we will leave that up to Nick to ponder. In the meantime, we are so happy to have met her!
And then Ceil, R, & J decided to join the festivities. J&R biked into the very crowded city. We were all very envious, as we all had to cram - like the proverbial sardine - into the Metro. I like the DC Metro. However, I do not care for everyone's elbows in my back!
We met the crew at the Lincoln. It was a bit chilly. Ceil was wearing flipflops, but I was not brave enough.
You cannot see anything behind Jonathan's head, and since I was trying to take a picture of him it is ok. But it was very crowded all the way down the mall. And you can see little streams of people on all the avenues.
We hiked down to the Jefferson, where we met up with this dubious character. He fought his way out of the Smithsonian Metro to get to us. J & R tried to tell us that since they had never seen the Mason Memorial, it did not exist. Ceil made us walk all the way over to Mason Memorial, just to prove that it was there. We were getting tired at that point and just before the memorial came into view J & R relented, saying that they believed Ceil. Ceil let us stop and go back, but only after admonishing us that we could see the hedge over which was the memorial and we would have to see it on the way back. A shrubbery!!
Somehow the Sensei got cut out of the picture when the obliging tourist took our picture. Most profound apologies to his honourable self. NB: Nick's hat was rather askew. He did decide that he did not want to look quite as punk and moved it more center, see below.
Kissing. It is so pleasant. I did not do the princess-foot-popping thing at first... only after Nick insisted that we keep going for 3 shots worth of kissing. I mean, if you are going to get that many pictures of yourself "making out", you may as well have a little style.
Those trees are so interesting. They are such a DC sign of spring. For more historical info... try Google.
Nick tried to copy the foot-popping-thing, but it was rather silly on him, so I have excluded the shot. This is a much nicer one of him and Anita. Anyone who wants to experience the trauma of the foot-popping-Nick first hand, be forewarned and brace yourself!
After we connected with the Sensei, J had to take R home so she could work on a paper. We walked over to Chinatown to find some dinner. After several aborted efforts, each had a wait of an hour and a half or were closing in five minutes, we finally found a Potbelly's which had a wait of 7 minutes. We were so relieved to sit and eat that we all enjoyed milkshakes. If you have not been to Potbelly's for lunch get online and find the one closest to you and get yourself over there immediately for some great food.
Some of our newest converts to the Love of Potbelly's.
Ceil was trying to make her point, and I was more interested in getting picture of everyone. See the little cookies on the straw? I think it is a very fun idea. Ceil said that if the cookies would not fit on her finger she would not eat them. So, Nick ate it instead. Men will eat anything you know. After dinner Nick and Anita took themselves home to rest. The other four adventurers metro-ed home for some coffee and reclining chairs. In all, a very excellent day!
Pie dough, fold in half, fill with jam, chocolate chips, seal edges. Bake. Top with whipped cream. Enjoy!!
