Teddy Roosevelt Island

The weather was gorgeous so I decided that I wanted to make a trip to Theodore Roosevelt Island. It was kind of pretty. Lots of nature in the middle of the river. While walking around we even saw some deer.

Taste of Georgetown

We headed down to the Taste of Georgetown. There isn't actually a Metro stop in Georgetown so we got off at the Dupont Circle stop and walked down to Georgetown. We stopped at a few of the stores along the way. The food was delicious! And the wine was pretty good. The wine tastings were free. Megan wanted to try each one. After we were done tasting, we walked to the Foggy Bottom Metro. By the time we made it back home we were exhausted.

The Renaissance Faire

October 7, 2006

We took off for the Maryland Renaissance Faire. It was a long trip there. According to the directions it was supposed to be roughly an hour. The last 5 miles or so took a couple of hours. The faire was pretty fun. Good food. It didn't seem as big as the ones I've been to in Wisconsin and Texas, but still good. They seemed to have a lot of activieis for younger kids, pony rides, swings, etc.

The National Book Festival

September 30, 2006

The National Book Festival was held down on the national mall. We headed downtown to check it out. Unfortunately we didn't get there early enough to get the free bag, but we did pick up some free reading mats from Target that can also be used for a checkers game (complete with pieces). We got enough to send to the nephew and a couple of his friends. It was kind of fun, but it might have been more fun with a kid. They had the magic school bus and charachters from other PBS shows. You could get your picture taken with the characters and put them into a little book to take home. For adults they had some author talks and author signings. I didn't actually know any of the authors they had this year, so that part wasn't too exciting.

After we finished walking around the book fair, we headed over to the WWII monument. It goes nicely with the other memorials in the area.