An afternoon in Georgetown

Spending some time in the old neighborhood

This weekend was my turn travel, so I came to see Brendan in Washington D.C., . Today we decided to go to Georgetown to see a movie, eat at Booeymongers and walk around our old neighboorhood.

Booeymongers is a small sandwich shop in Georgetown that all Georgetown students hold dear. Many times when I come to see Brendan we go to Booeys and relive a small but good part of our student life (both Brendan and I went to Georgetown for undergrad).

* Booeymongers in Georgetown, Washington D.C.*

Brendan and I still order the same sandwiches we did when in college. I got the "pita pan", I just love that sanwich!

* The "pita pan": whole wheat pita filled with muesnter cheese, avocado, alfalfa sprouts, tomatoes, broccoli, spinach and mushrooms*

After eating at Booeys we went to see the movie "Up", which was really fun and cute, and then we went for a walk around Georgetown before heading back to the apartment.

* The C&O Canal*

* Georgetown houses that Brenan and I dream about*

Right before reaching the apartment we made a detour to get some frozen yogurt from Tangy Sweet! I picked raspberries, blueberries and captain crunch for my toppings. It was so refreshing and absolutely perfect for a warm summer night like this one.

Hope you are having a good weekend!

Hanami in Washington, D.C.

* The Washington Monument hiding behind the sakura*

No "kanpai" in Washington, D.C.

In 1912, the city of Tokyo presented the people of Washington, D.C. with a gift of 3,000 cherry trees. Most were planted around the Tidal Basing in the National Mall. Washington is at its most beautiful during the few days in which the cherry trees are in bloom, so Brendan and I decided to go for a little Hanami (flower viewing) in the Nation's Capital.

As we were walking and admiring the sakura and the monuments, I remembered something my friend Yoshiko told me when we visited Japan. That in Japan is very common to drink during hanami. The majority of cities in the U.S. prohibit alcohol consumption in public areas, so our hanami in Washington, D.C. was pretty dry.

* The Jefferson Memorial*

It would have been great to enjoy a little bit of sake while walking the Tidal Basin, which brings me to the following observation from our visit to Japan. On our first day in Tokyo, Brendan and I were happily surprised when wen found little "juice" boxes containing sake at most convenient stores. We loved the idea of having single-serving, accessible, transportable alcohol containers (I loved that most of them came with their own little straw! So cute.). We made a point to try as many as we could during our trip.



I will be the first to admit that none of them were the best-tasting sake I ever had, but I am not going to complain (considering that during college I drank some of the most cheap, horrid beers the United States has ever produced). The one that became our staple drink during the trip was "One Cup Ozeki". The big one was for Brendan, the small one was for me.