Our Nation's Capital

Last weekend I went to DC with two friends of mine; KP I've known since 6th grade and KJ since 1st.  We met up with another friend from high school, JS. 

KPis great at picking up one weekend and traveling.  She comes and goes very freely unlike me.  She told KJ and I of her plans to visit DC, where she used to live and still has a lot of family.  We hopped on board and booked our flight.  For me, this was huge.  No over thinking, no second guessing, no changing my mind.  Flight booked. 

How could this trip be anything but a ton of fun?  I've known KJ for what seems like forever.  He is hilarious and always fun to be around.  KP and I are friends again after a little blip in high school (irrational teenage angst and all my fault). And JA is wonderful and fun!

I had not been on a plane since 8th grade when we ironically went to DC for a class trip.  Yes. Hi my name is Jennifer and I don't fly.  It's not even that I don't fly, I just haven't.   

I thought the flight was bumpy.  It was a super small plane, real tight fit.  But when I mentioned that to KJ and KP they both looked at me like really? So maybe I was a little off.  I don't like taking off.  You go so fast and then you can feel the plane dip a little bit when the wheels come off the ground.  Really? Who likes that...well KP does apparently! Landing wasn't as bad, at that point I was ready to get off the plane and go play! 

I won't go through the play by play because quite frankly I think I'll leave stuff out.  On account of all the alcohol. 

JS was an excellent host!  Excellent! I can't say that enough.  He made dinner reservations, although he did miss them Saturday night, but never the less, he did make them for us.  We ate so much good food! We passed our dishes around the table and then our signature cocktails that we ordered, or "fancy" beers.  Every one's was delicious. 

I'm not sure who we thought we were, but after shots, dancing and a hit off the hookah at a lovely Ethiopian bar, we all saw 4am.  Saturday morning came real early!  JS had reservations for us at a great brunch place.  It was actually the bottom floor of one of the dance bars we went to just hours before.  Bottomless mimosa and bloody mary's, you can't beat it. 

Saturday, after we gathered ourselves and gained some strength from some good food we went to a local beer garden, then a couple of others.  They were all local adorable places.  I'm sure KJ and JS would not use the word adorable, but they were! Saturday night, another great dinner and drinks at a roof top bar!

 

No standing allowed in this bar.  Great pistachios!

 

Sunday we decided to go and see some actual sights.  Although JS currently lives there, KP used to live there and we all visited in 8th grade together it's nice to see the White House and a view of the monuments. 

We had yet another wonderful brunch at this place downtown.  Drinks and food at the bar, best seat in the house!  The bar was so pretty with all the colors and the sunshine coming through the windows!

 

We ended up at the roof top of the Washington Hotel.  Apparently it's a popular spot to look out at all the sights!  They weren't kidding! One bar and we could see it all!  That's my kind of sight-seeing!

 

 

KP is a great storyteller, she told us all about the history of The Washington Hotel and who bought it out and when.  She pointed out all the monuments (from our cozy seats at the bar) and gave a little blurb about each of them.  Although not always prompted, she gave us a lot of good historically accurate information! We ended our trip at yep, you guessed it, another bar/pub! The only one we went to the whole time that had your basic Miller Light.  Fancy cocktail to my right and two beers to my left! "Anyone want to try my miller light? No?"

 

 

The flight home was very different.  It was 7:45pm, I was exhausted, a little buzzed and took an excellent 30 minute nap after we took off.  Woke up to the sweet lady smiling beside me, most likely because I was snoring a little.  It was a pretty quiet drive back into town, I think we were super tired!

 

All in all we had an amazing time! KJ is a trooper for waiting on two women in the hotel to get ready, JS is a fantastic DC host if you are ever in the area and more trips were planned!