After living in Washington, DC for 2 1/2 years (and interning there for several summers) returning for the weekend was quite the treat. I felt like I had never left! It was packed with seeing old friends, but I didn’t feel like I overbooked myself, which I often do when I’m trying to see a lot of people. There was great eating and GREAT catching up conversations and lots of trying not to freeze my a** off (unsuccessfully). Also, I apologize for the poor quality of my photos. My nice camera was actually stolen before I left for China, and my new replacement is in the mail.
On Thursday, my colleague and I zipped from Harrisburg to DC on a scenic snowy drive. In the evening after grabbing a quick dinner, I fell asleep on my little from my sorority, Alice, (who we all just call Little Alice). Up at 5am the next day (womp womp) I took advantage of Alice’s amazing apartment gym and the Le Pain Quotidien across the street for an awesome goat cheese and wild mushroom omelet. I love that they put a little salad with their eggs instead of breakfast potatoes! Friday I spent most of the day in the office and caught up with many of my DC colleagues.
Nothing like the classic view from the office of the frozen Potomac and Georgetown!
In the evening, I headed to a girls dinner at Hank’s Oyster Bar, which was actually our Plan B but I love this place! I enjoyed the clam chowder (unpictured) and these candy-like brussels sprouts. Afterwards, Paige, Elise and I shivered our way back to Paige’s for wine and impromptu FaceTime sessions.
Wine. blankets, and pajamas
Saturday morning I was cooked this deliciously perfect breakfast by Paige, and then we went to a wonderful yoga class at the Studio DC. The class was PACKED because everyone wanted to get some hot yoga in and escape the freeeezing weather outside!
Nothing better than a home cooked meal while on the road - even something as simple as this!
I then took myself to get a hair cut and ate Sweetgreen (yesss!!!) in the salon chair. I tried a new salad of theirs I hadn’t seen before called the “Rad Thai” which I highly recommend. Arugula, mixed greens, cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, shrimp, spicy sunflower seeds and a cashew dressing.
Normal to eat salad while getting a haircut? Or gross?
After that, Little Alice and I went to see the Theory of Everything and I sipped on an almond milk latte to stay warm. Loved Eddie Redmayne’s performance! We then got dolled up and went out on a date to Bar Charley. We split something called the “winter vegetable tartare” which was a bunch of lightly cooked wintry vegetables and lots of parmesan. We also had (two) glasses of the most delicious mulled wine each! For my entree, I had the flounder, which came with a brown butter sauce and some broccolini. Sorry for the gross-looking picture - very low lighting! This is totally a “Someone Needs to Tell Martha Stewart Her Food Tweets are Disgusting” situation.
Floundouski with some broccoli, butternut squash and brown butter!
After dinner, we celebrated some fellow sorority sisters’ birthdays at Local 16 and I got to catch up with so many people. The birthday party couldn’t have come at a better weekend in that regard!
Sunday morning I took advantage of Little Alice’s gym again before heading out to brunch with these lovely ladies. I know that it looks like we are eating in a train car, but I highly recommend Sixth Engine. Fun ambiance! We all had omelettes and unlimited coffee.
Cheers to caffeine
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The socializing continued, and Little Alice and I met up with Marisa (in from Boston) and Leslie (in from Hagerstown, MD) in Dupont Circle. It was quite the DC Phi Mu (my sorority) reunion!
Many generations of our sorority family
Picked up a kale salad from Chop’t, and now I’m thoroughly enjoying my upgrade on this 6-hour flight on my way back to the other Washington - Washington State - for work. Looking forward to sipping some red wine while catching up on blogging. What a wonderful weekend, and so enjoyed recapping that all for you!
Thanks for stopping by! 
