Visiting Christa in DC

On the Saturday after Cape May, I headed down to DC to hang out with Christa while she was there as a summer intern. We squeezed so much fun into 24 hours! It's crazy. Our first stop was this great Mexican restaurant called Oyamel. They were having a squash blossom festival and all of the food was outstanding - especially the mole sauce. Yum!

Then we did a little museum hopping and I searched all over the Smithsonian Museum of American Art and finally found their brand new Art-o-Mat machine! It's a real beauty. Both Christa and I got some art. After enjoying that museum, we headed to the Native American Museum and after that we decided to head to Nationals Park to see the Phillies play the Nationals.

We didn't have tickets and ended up getting Standing Room Only for $10, which was fine. But after 6 innings of that we were ready to either sit or leave. We found a sweet couple heading out and asked if we could take their seats, so for the next inning we got to enjoy the game from some great seats. It was funny because there were more Phillies fans in the stadium than Nationals fans. I found out later that a Phillies fan blog had declared this game as their road trip game, so lots of Phillies fans made the trip down. It was a fun night.

On Sunday morning we headed down to the Eastern Market and had a great time wandering the stalls and doing a little shopping. They have everything from antiques to artists to fruits and veggies. My two favorite booths were the pickle guy and the peeler guy. Christa and I enjoyed some great pickles - Old Bay! - and both walked away with amazing peelers. It was a great morning.

After the market I dropped Christa off at her house and headed home. Traffic was a little tricky (as always around DC), but overall it was totally worth the trip. I stopped at Mom and Dad's for dinner and then headed up to Princeton. It was a great way to top off my week of vacation.