FoodFash

Adventure Begins in the Kitchen

More Touristness

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Meeting Emily for a weekday lunch today was so much fun! Even though 99% of me wanted to peer pressure her into skipping work and heading over to the Anthro accessory store with me for the remainder of the afternoon… Having the ability to lunch date with a long-time bestie and go back to the hotel for an extended nap was exactly what I needed.

But before that, I had a very touristy morning with my co-workers. We started out at the White House.

Walked over to the Ford’s Theatre.

Followed that up with a solid dose of documentation at the Archives.

And ended the morning at the Air and Space Museum. It was four hours of American history overload!

Have you ever been to DC? What is your favorite site to see?

Cheers!

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Through a series of unwelcomed metro events came a very welcomed perfect timing.  As I was coming out of the elevator at the Eastern Market metro, Emily was walking towards me.  I immediately chatted her ear off while we rushed home to freshen up for dinner.

We were ravenously hungry when we sat at our Brasserie Beck table, but naturally opened up the wine menu first.  Something sparkly was most definitely a priority when meeting up with this bestie.  And having an intense, out of town work week only fueled that fire.

I ordered the Fricassee of Mushrooms, that was unknowingly swimming in cream, and the In House Cured Salmon.  It didn’t even cross my mind to complain about the dairy, I was starved and it was secretly welcome.  Em helped me sop up my plate with the massive amounts of sourdough stacked in a basked on the table.

She and B ordered everything else on the menu.  Kidding.  Well, half kidding. They feasted on two variations of mussels, sweetbreads, and beef tar tar.  And since I had already lost my dairy battle, I sampled some of each.

I’m off to explore some DC-ness!  Happy weekend!

Almost Home, For A Bit

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The 5:25 flight from DC to Tampa is a toughie because you’re not hungry when you’re boarding the plane but mid-way through the flight you know you’ll be STARVING.

Being home to both a Five Guys and Cinnabon, this US Airways terminal has to be of the most caloric of terminals.  I walked towards California Tortilla, hoping there was something modifiable.  Much to my surprise, there was a no-meato burrito with a vegan stamp in parenthesis.  I’ll have one of those please!

Next, I marched on over to get a water and a magazine where I tossed in a last minute purchase of black licorice.  Gross?  You say gross, I say the acquired taste of kid that didn’t like to share and saw the value of a black jelly bean.

I tucked the no-meato under my seat and closed my eyes.  I woke up at quarter til 7, happily unwrapped my dinner, and shortly thereafter prepared for landing at home.

Less than two days till Healthy Living Summit!!!

District Delivery

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I think that some people – scratch that – most people look forward to expensed meals on business trips.  I don’t.  Don’t get me wrong, I heart the free-ness, but after an already extended day with co-workers…  I wanted to eat my last meal of the day in a business-free zone.
And maybe I also wanted to eat an entire pizza with a side of hummus, plopped smack dab in the middle of a king sized hotel bed, in a judgement-free zone.  Is that so wrong??