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Our Weekend in DC

Memorable Moments from our “stay-cation”

  • Stumbling into the National Garden to waste an hour before the VOA tour.
  • The VOA tour. Seriously, you should go if you haven’t been. So interesting.
  • Touching a “sensitive plant” and watching its leaves curl up, then feeling bad for touching it.
  • Chasing pigeons on the walk to our hotel from metro… every day.
  • Splitting a fantastic vegan empanada at Julia’s empanadas.
  • Getting coffee and baked goods at Sticky Fingers Vegan Bakery.
  • The employee at Sticky Fingers remarking on the cleverness of mine and Michael’s shirts. PS: they were extremely clever because we are awesome.
  • Downing a bottle of fantastic dry champagne
  • Trying umeshu and eating unripened ume plum. Yum!
  • A fantastic show at Bohemian Caverns.

Every time Michael and I spend time in DC, we talk about moving to the city, walking everywhere and getting in shape, having access to museums and concerts and theater. I would miss driving, though. And I don’t think I’m stylish or athletic enough to live in the city. And I would miss cows.

Well, the cat had a bath so now she’s trying to cuddle with me because she’s cold. Poor stinky darling.

This was written by Kara. Posted on Monday, September 1, 2008, at 7:24 pm. Filed under Outings, Personal. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

5 Comments

  1. Ickle EI wrote:

    Wow, you had a stay-cation?! neat…
    NOw to read the next 19 sentences…

    Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 11:22 pm | Permalink
  2. Dankoozy wrote:

    I had to google to find out what a stay-cation actually was

    Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 7:51 am | Permalink
  3. Michael wrote:

    Ickle EI: What kind of name is that? How about IcEIkle, pronounced “icicle”? That’ll have the ladies swarming to your door.

    Also, shouldn’t you be in bed? This blog contains content completely unsuitable for children, such as the following ASCII-art butt:

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    (Heh, heh, ASCII.)

    Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 9:01 am | Permalink
  4. Michael wrote:

    Ooh, also, fun fact (via Wikipedia):

    The word “staycation” is a portmanteau of stay (meaning stay-at-home) and vacation. The term “daycation” is also sometimes used. The word “staycation” may have been coined by Canadian comedian Brent Butt. The term is central to the plot of an episode of Butt’s hit Canadian television comedy series Corner Gas. In the episode “Mail Fraud,” Butt’s character, who owns a gas station in the small town of Dog River, sends postcards to family and friends which appear to be from various exotic locales. In reality, however, he is actually on “staycation” in a field across the street. The episode originally aired in October 2005.

    Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 9:06 am | Permalink
  5. Kara wrote:

    Not ASCII, but nearly as funny:


    Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 11:03 am | Permalink

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