DC (Part 2)

Res took a day off of work and we went on a big bike cruise around DC. We started the day at the Florida Ave Grill, a greasy spoon soul food diner that did not disappoint. When Kate and I said yes to butter on our grits we did not realize that it meant a ladle full of melted butter... glad we are moving into a country with socialized medicine. Here we are, almost bursting with food.

We biked to the National Arboretum and saw a cool display with lots of Bonsai trees

We biked around a bit more then ended up at Res's house for a break. Then we ate dinner at an El Salvadorian place complete with a Mariachi band.

Oh and did I mention that we went to the bar called "The Big Hunt." Yes, it was called "The Big Hunt" It was a good dive bar with, of course, Big Buck Hunter.

In the Adams Morgan neighborhood we saw bluegrass music and continued with our theme of ridiculous bar names. The bar the band was at was called the Madams Organ (a clever play on the neighborhood name....)

DC (Part 1)

Res works at a bike shop which means he has extra bikes! The weather was nice enough to bike around, and Res's old clunker cruisers did the trick. We biked from his house along a creek and ended up at the Lincoln Memorial. The authorities didn't seem to mind that we rode bike around in the pedestrian mall area of DC and that made it a breeze to get around.


After visiting the Museum of the American Indian (very cool) and the Air and Space Museum (also cool) we stumbled upon the capitol building and lots of protesters who were against the health care bill... luckily they we just finishing up their whining (ahem, sorry, right to organize....).

This fellow has "Live Free or Die Hard" on the back of his truck, not sure if he is in favor or against the bill or just really pumped about the Bruce Willis movie.

And glad to see that after a hard day of protesting AGAINST health care reform these protesters are happy to stuff their faces with lots of calories, fat, saturated fat, corn syrup, cholesterol, etc..... ahhh FREEDOM! (sarcasm).

Now to de-stress... a monkey at the DC zoo, a very cool zoo.