my journey, destination unknown
On Wednesday, the friend we had planning to meet for breakfast canceled on us, so I posted the need for a museum on my Facebook. Our canceling friend’s coworker emailed me with an idea for an outing, so we decided to try it! After taking care of domestic and work tasks, we headed out across…
At Christmastime in the past, Rob has taken Camille, then both girls to go see The Nutcracker at the Atlanta Ballet. This year, I read an article in The Washington Post about The Nutcracker at the Kennedy Center and thought that sounded like lots of fun! Rob found out that The Nutcracker there was sold…
After I worked some and caught up some on my other pursuits, the girls and I headed out to go to the National Museum of American History. Our plan was to visit the exhibit on American Wars, to supplement what Camille has been doing in history and then visit the transportation exhibit. But, I knew…
Even after our very late night last night, the girls and I were up early, in the car and on our way before 6am. We dropped the car at the car place, took the bus and checked in. We mailed our Netflix movie and a check at the post office and went through security. The…
I’ve been feeling quite unhappy lately about how little we’ve been getting out and about in Atlanta lately. Especially in these economic hard times, I think that we should be doing all we can to support the arts, music and museum in Atlanta, but I’m having a hard time balancing everything. We used to go…
Today was the big day…. The Jefferson Fellows (of who one is) were officially welcomed at the State Department. Condoleezza Rice was supposed to participate in the ceremony but supposedly had to go to the UN to attend a speech by the King of Saudi Arabia about religious tolerance or some such thing. Huh. The…
Today the whole family headed out to visit the Hirshhorn Museum. It had something for everyone! Before going in the girls took a spin on the carousel outside the Smithsonian Castle. It spins super fast and Chloe thinks it is the greatest! As we walked into the museum, we enjoyed watching the fountain right in…
As most of the family went to bed quite late, we slowly pulled ourselves together and headed out. After stopping in at Starbucks we walked to the car, parked on a distant street. Chloe had been talking about how she would love to see a cave, so when I brought up “Skyline Drive” as an…
After a late night arrival, everyone was slow to get going on Saturday morning. Rob ran out for bagels while the rest of us picked up and got ready for the day. We decided to drive over to Alexandria and visit the riverfront and the Torpedo Factory. Rob and I had gone there back when…
On Monday, the girls and I decided to head out for a walk around Georgetown. The bridge over Rock Creek and into Georgetown is only a couple of blocks from the apartment. The girls were impressed by the “Old Georgetown” sign. We made the first left after crossing over and walked along the C&O Canal….
The weather was so gorgeous, I couldn’t stand the thought of going to the aquarium in Baltimore, which is what Chloe really wants to do. Instead, we headed out across the Bay Bridge to the Eastern Shore. We stopped in St. Michaels, a place I remember I enjoyed visiting. It was a bit windy, so…
Saturday morning, the rest of the family slept in. By the time all were awake and had eaten their breakfast bagels, it was almost 11am! Rob went to wrangle the car from its luxury and we headed out to Maryland. He and the girls joined me in the information center, where I picked up the…
On the advice of a friend, today we opted to visit the US Botanic Garden. Rob and I had visited there years ago when we lived in Maryland, and I loved it. I can’t pass by a flower without taking its picture. With film and developing costs, that was quite prohibitive, but these days with…
Well, not quite, but that’s how it feels! The girls and I drove up yesterday, after going to the post office and library. For a telecommuter, I think I have an awfully long commute. Today we headed down to The Mall to go to The National Museum of the American Indian. As one of the…
Rob came home from DC for the weekend. While we didn’t have the weekend we had originally planned, we did have some fall fun! I was worried that we would end up spending the whole weekend “taking care of stuff,” and I really didn’t want that to happen. After taking care of a bunch of…
For our final full day in DC on this trip, Camille really wanted to go to the National Postal Museum. Located off The Mall across the street from Union Station, this a museum we have been to a number of times when in DC for an XMKids Rumpus room show. I could tell there was…
We had a slow start to the day — I spent the morning working and the girls did a little bit of homeschooling (once they woke up). Then we headed out to the “suburbs” to go to the National Zoo. Note that this is tongue-in-cheek, even more ridiculous than someone in midtown Atlanta saying that…
Living in the city is NOISY! Firetrucks, helicopters, beeping horns, and even a marching band in the alley between our apartment and the Ritz next door (we went out to see and it looked like an Indian wedding or some celebration that involved lots of drums…). Last night I chose to sleep with the windows…
We arrived in DC on Friday morning. Thankfully, there is a driveway at the apartment building, since there is no parking on the street during the week. We unloaded the car from there, then moved it. To the Ritz next door. Yes, the car has five star accommodations while we live in grad student quality….
The girls and I are home again from DC. We are unpacked and just about caught up on most things, though I do have a large to-do list for work waiting for me to tackle it. Helping Rob move to DC was a bit surreal. It felt like helping a kid go off to college….