Hello: Cherry Blossoms

What a surprise!  The talk of the town these last couple weeks was the warm weather and the early blooming of the cherry blossoms down on the Tidal Basin.  Having not seen them for years because of school, this year they were a must see for me.

Hello: Spring!

It's the SPRING again!!!  :D

Happy Valentine's

Valentine's Day this year came on a cold and blustery day for me.  Luckily I'm a huge homebody so staying in was the perfect way to celebrate with Andrew.

Local Eats: Georgetown Cupcake!

Finally got the chance to visit Georgetown Cupcake and try out their famous/delicious/famously delicious cupcakes a couple weeks ago.  While the trek down to Georgetown was fairly complicated (driving to the Metro station, Metroing in, and then taking a bus) and the shop was the one store in DC that had a line snaking out the door...

Local Eats: Pie-tanza

Oh the perks of working!  Recently, I had the opportunity to score some great deals on local restaurants through our employee discounts... and boy was it a great buy.  Andrew and I were craving some thin-crust pizza since moving away from school and one of our favorite places for thin-crust pizza: Monical's.  (Wow, do we love our chain restaurants.  Exhibits A and B.)