The Metro...

These were from our trip to DC back in May. I love the backdrop the Metro creates. It makes for some really fun pics.

 And the very last picture we took in DC...

Kind of fitting, I guess.

Ah, memory lane.

xo

nessa dee

Drum Circle

I should have posted these pictures a month ago. They were from our trip to DC.  On the third day that we were there, we walked back to my brother's apartment through a huge park that sat across the street. We hadn't yet seen the park because it was surrounded by a stone wall that hid most of the park behind it, and it was easier to walk up the sloped streets than the many stairs that lead to green grass and tall trees. But on this night, we were lured to the park by the sound of beating drums...

What we found was a magical place filled with lush gardens, beautiful fountains, people of all shapes and sizes, performers, and, of course, drums.

And no drum circle would be complete without...

 more cowbell.

xo

nessa dee

DC Day 4

DC day 4 took us to Chinatown where we made our way through the crime and punishment museum.

        
 While at the Crime and Punishment Museum, we ran into a few criminals...

had to identify a couple of criminals from this motley crew...

and because of this stunt...
landed our group in jail.

After the C&P Museum, we ate lunch, ran through the sculpture garden, rushed through Museum of Natural History, sent half of our group home, and spent the rest of our day in the National Museum of Art, which was only 20 minutes thanks to our arrival right before the museum closed. Thankfully we had a very helpful guide who directed us to see a DaVinci, and the Impressionists section. I wish we would have had more time to gaze at the beautiful works, but my feet said otherwise.

xo

nessa dee

DC day 3

   

Day 3 in DC took us to the National Aquarium. Basically it was a long hallway in a basement with some fish tanks, but it was on the kids ' list of to-do's, so we obliged.  We saw some interesting fish and had a couple of very happy children. After that, we went to the American History Museum which seemed like three museums on three floors, in one building, The kids had a blast touring the history of transportation on the first floor, and by the time we got to the third floor, we were spent. After visiting the gift shop, we made our way to the National Mall for, you guessed it...ice cream.  A quick ride back on the Metro, some fabulous take out from a place called The Diner, and we called it a day.

Don't worry...only two more days to go. :)

xo

nessa dee