Washington, DC

Last two nights in DC! We decided to live it up by going first for Ethiopian Food. Unfortunately,
I forgot to take a picture of that meal, but believe me when I say it was delicioso. We found a little
hole in the wall place in a not so safe part of the city, but the walk through empty parking lots and
dilapidated buildings (and believe it feels like there aren't many of these in DC) was worth it. We
had the vegetarian platter.

Afterwards, we drove a bit for some Gelato. The lovely thing about DC is that there are monuments everywhere. Yes, I've said it. I LIKE monuments. They're cute to look at, and keep some artists employed.

The next day at work, I had the pleasure to run into an award given to the Public Charter School I was at. They teach English as a Second Language to adults. This is a snippet of their award.

Yes, you read that right. It does say AMERICANIZATION SCHOOL. Good grief, people.... I no longer remember what year this award was given. But since the school was founded in 1996... Well.

Regardless we finished DC with a bang, by going out to eat some El Salvadorean food. DC has one of the biggest El Salvadorean communities in the States! We went to El Rinconcito II, near Columbia Heights. I had the pupusas and rice platter. And a Corona. The refried/pureed beans were perfect.

Go Gophers!

So, this will be a bit delayed, what with me trying to get used to doing this regularly, so bear with me.

Went to Minnesota in March, specifically Annandale, Elk River and Minneapolis/St. Paul. It was a great trip! Started by a visit to a State Park after the first day of work, where we did some hiking.

On our day off, we headed to Minneapolis, stopping by the home of the Minnesota Gophers and having Breakfast at Al's Breakfast - this little hole in the wall type place


I ordered the Hashbrowns, Egg omelette, orange juice and toast combo. Food porn:


There was a lot of walking in the city after that. For dinner, we went to this Ethiopian/Asian fusion place, T's. Had some awesome dumplings for appetizers.


followed by REALLY spicy vegetarian noodles


The next day after work we drove to St. Paul and had dinner at Heartland bar. The appetizer wasn't that great, but the fish (I don't remember what kind anymore) was pretty tasty.


Finally, on our last night in Minneapolis we met up with my good friend Dawn and before drinks had dinner at "It's all Greek to me". I had the vegetarian sampler. Pretty good, but also very cheesy, so I had to limit myself.


And then on our very last day there, passed by the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Pretty awesome stuff, like this one:


Minnesota was, as Matt would say, very real.