As much as I love Bolt Bus for its reasonable prices and mostly reasonable service, sometimes...sometimes traffic just happens on the Friday of a holiday weekend. And buses leave NYC twenty minutes late and are then hit by a car on the congested highways, resulting in a little "let's pull over and file the accident report" time. Poor Judy. But you know what? She finally made it!! We celebrated her arrival and the generally gorgeous weather by heading down the street to a patio and immediately ordering both red wine and chocolate cake (commonly known remedies to travel weariness).
Saturday morning dawned a little cloudy, so we waited it out with a combination of (1) sleeping in, which you can never have too much of, (2) cinnamon rolls, courtesy of the Pillsbury Dough Boy and entirely delicious, and (3) copious amounts of coffee (the last of my coffee of the month coffee! I'm a little saddened by this) before heading a couple of blocks over to the National Portrait Gallery and American Art Museum for some culture and air conditioning. Have I mentioned how much I love that I live just a few blocks from this place? I think I have. It's one of my favorite places in the city. The Lincoln inaugural exhibit has now been replaced by something slightly less fascinating, which is a little disappointing, but they have so many interesting exhibits and the fantastic courtyard. Love it. We worked our way through the Presidential portraits...
...marveled at natural wonders...
The Grand Canyon is THIS BIG!!
...and also made it over to the modern and contemporary exhibits, which included some bright and enlightening Texas time.
After a stop at Legal Sea Foods for lunch and a D-list (or possibly lower - what's below D-list?) celebrity sighting in the form of Tennille, former Hell's Kitchen contestant now heading the kitchen at that particular location of a chain seafood restaurant, we started our cherry blossom journey. The Tidal Basin is the place to be with cherry blossoms in every direction as far as the eye can see, and while it was bound to be mobbed with hordes of people, we knew we wanted to brave it for the photo ops.
We managed to survive the crazy-busy Metro ride to the Smithsonian stop...and proceeded to enjoy the beauty. Yes, there's a part of me that knows I've done this before, several times, and fought the crowds and agonized over the massive amounts of people and general craziness of the entire event...but it really is beautiful. Judy and I had a fantastic time taking in the fluffy blossoms and finding the perfect location for a blossom glamour shots.
After working our way through Blossom Central and walking walking walking, we slowly made our way back home (with a minor stop at H&M along the way, of course) and promptly proceeded to fall asleep upon reaching the living room. All of that walking walking walking is exhausting! Not wanting to get all exciting again, we ordered a pizza from Matchbox and headed out to pick it up. And proceeded to take in one of the better fireworks shows I've seen as we paused at the corner of 6th and H to take in the fireworks show, apparently associated with the Cherry Blossom Festival, that I had no idea was happening. So pretty! Couch + pizza + wine + An Education + good conversation with a good friend = a pretty great laid-back Saturday night.
Happy Easter! Sunday we took part in one of my favorite Easter traditions of late...EATING. Also respectably known as Easter brunch. We headed over to Georgetown for a tasty brunch at Clyde's and did a little shopping and a little partaking of frozen yogurt in a lovely park before heading over to the massive parking lot at 10th & H to drop off one NYCer for her bus back home. Even though I'd rather she stay awhile.
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