#Walked, walked, walked all over the Washington DC area. Around the Capitol building, White House, Washington Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, grassy green avenues, thin concrete paths, up and down staircases, marble museum floors, around ancient exhibits, up and down escalators and elevators.
#Spent close to 12 hours cramped in a corner of a rental car to DC and back.
#Drank enough hot chocolate to last WEEKS!
#Ate at this Indian eatery called Indique. Made me wonder how highly we value fairly-okay Indian food in foreign lands.
#Left my camera charger at Atlanta in an unforgiveably non-traveller move and rued endlessly over how silly I could get…:-(
#Left my bag at home and spent the weekend living in borrowed sweaters and like.
#Wore winter wear for the first time. Come on, you never need all that wool in sunny Atlanta. But quite loved the way it looked…:-)
#Learned Padmasadhana and re-discovered that I cannot do Sarvaanghaasana or the shoulder stand. DAMN!
#Drank Starbucks’ peppermint mocha for the first time and quite liked it.
#Took a couple of pics that I’ll post in the coming days.
goofy_duck2004 says:
Hey, next time you visit DC, do let me know. I am in Virginia, close to DC.
November 28, 2005 — 2:56 pm
Lakshmi says:
🙂 Sure thing.
November 28, 2005 — 3:05 pm
goofy_duck2004 says:
Oh…. i forgot to mention…
We drove down to NC to see my BIL’s family. Mostly at home, family time together. But we did catch up on two movies, back to back – Chicken little immediately followed by Legend of Zorro. Had not done this type of thing since college days where we saw 3 movies back-to-back 😛
November 29, 2005 — 6:06 am
Lakshmi says:
Re: Oh…. i forgot to mention…
Sounds like a nice, cosy weekend with family…nothing beats that kind of a weekend!
November 29, 2005 — 8:53 am
arunshanbhag says:
other than the sarvaanghaasana, … and the batteries, and the sweaters, and the car ride, mediocre indian food …
looks like all went well :-))
Wore winter wear for the first time.
Aaargh!
My polo shirts have all been nicely folded and put away … till May 2006.
… loved the way it looked…
Then you’d look good in Boston! … and Montreal! 🙂
November 28, 2005 — 6:32 pm
Lakshmi says:
I’d look good anywhere, Boston or Montreal!!!!
*blushes furiously at this unabashed display of *ego**
Kidding, kidding, kidding!
November 29, 2005 — 8:54 am
arunshanbhag says:
why kidd? Enjoy your self!
I too love those chin high sweaters and other winter accoutrements.
I mean’t BOS coz you’d get to wear it all the time!
Hey, in prep from you Montreal trip check this out. Ofcourse, you’ll need something else too!
🙂
November 30, 2005 — 6:16 am
ruchikapoor says:
If I had to describe my recent experience of DC in a similar number of words (as the first # in your post), I would probably pick the same words as yours, in the same order. My DC trip = me walking.
November 28, 2005 — 7:21 pm
Lakshmi says:
Loved the experience of walking. Great company, fabulous weather, lovely streets, so so relaxed… been a while since I chilled out so much.
November 29, 2005 — 8:55 am
latelyontime says:
I did very unmentionable things…cant even talk about the shopping spree…
November 28, 2005 — 10:30 pm
Lakshmi says:
Shopping spree.. nothing unmentionable about that, I am sure!
November 29, 2005 — 8:55 am
latelyontime says:
I dont think it is the act of shopping but the object under consideration that is unmentionable.
November 29, 2005 — 9:18 pm
tomlinsonian says:
padmasadhana????
It cant be the same padmasana..or is it?
Been a while since i heard those words…
and did you see the smithsonian?? The needle tower mayhaps?
November 28, 2005 — 10:40 pm
Lakshmi says:
Dunno what Padmasadhana you’re referring to but I’m talking about a series of yogaasanaas taught by Art of Living that is referred to as Padmasadhana.
I saw some of the Smithsonian museums. 3 days is too short to see them all…:-(
Visited a new museum called the International Spy Museum. Was interesting in parts though we paid $14 as entry fees. Expensive as compared to the free entry for the Smithsonians.
Went up the obelisk-shaped Washington Memorial too.
November 29, 2005 — 8:58 am
srusrid says:
Don’t tell me you were in washington last weekend!!!!!!
i was too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 29, 2005 — 1:34 pm
Lakshmi says:
🙂 Was thinking of you over the weekend. Didn’t you make the trip to DC with hubby some months back?
November 29, 2005 — 1:48 pm
srusrid says:
no re..that was a year ago 🙂
i came there with pa and ma…we should have met up!!!
November 29, 2005 — 2:20 pm
Lakshmi says:
Well, we missed each other in NY and now DC too…:-(
November 30, 2005 — 1:44 pm
Anonymous says:
wow! that’s more productive than being stuck in a lab 😀
Bharat
December 2, 2005 — 5:11 pm
Anonymous says:
yo locks. still waiting for mail ID
Bharat
December 2, 2005 — 5:12 pm