It looks like I have a few days to catch up on! Thursday I had my weekly day off work and also no seminar! I decided to focus my energies on doing some minor exploring and ventured out to Whole Foods nearby to gather some key ingredients for recipes I plan to make. I saw a slightly different part of the city which was a nice change and got the ingredients I was looking for. Of course I made my mandatory stop at Starbucks as a reward for my successful shopping trip and got a chance to catch up on the phone with my amazing roommates back in Los Angeles. My current roommate and I took a trip out to Pentagon City to go shopping which was a nice drive to see something different than the immediate surrounding area and we ended the night with a run to Sprinkles in Georgetown!
I happened to also have this Friday off of work because my three person seminar was scheduled for late morning and two of my three bosses were going to be out of the office so they allowed me the day off! Woo hoo! Most of my friends were still in their internships however but I did some reading for my seminar and simply had a relaxing day. In the evening I went with some friends to Nando's for dinner which was great! I plan to go back very soon. Afterwards we went to Adams Morgan to check out the best night spots and walked right past my family's favorite Ethiopian restaurant, Meskerem! I am planning to take a group of friends there sometime soon and when my family comes to visit I am sure a meal there is going to be mandatory. It was a fun night of dancing and meeting some new people in the UCDC program.
The main event for Saturday was visiting Georgetown. My roommate Cristina and I rode the Metrobus there which leaves from a stop less than half a mile away from where we live. We first took a visit to the campus of Georgetown University and studiously took a look at the library where we can conduct our research when our paper writing gets into full swing. The campus was beautiful but in many ways UCLA continues to be one of the most amazing looking campuses I have ever seen. We continued to M Street where most of the shops are located and stopped by a local coffee shop called Saxby's to literally get a taste of the local flavor. It was pretty good but didn't stand up against my favorite (and Daniel's) coffee place in the Seattle area. On M street we ate lunch at the famous Dean and Deluca's. I had a very tasty turkey and avocado sandwich there! We did some shopping and bought some souvenirs. I cooked my first labor intensive dinner but not without setting off the fire alarm. The end product turned out pretty well but through experience I can say that the "easy" level of difficulty should probably be reassessed. I baked some cookies to finish off the night and that went off without a hitch! My apartment has been in a baking frenzy as of late--four batches of cookies (we already polished off a whole tub of cookie dough) and plans to make a crumb cake tomorrow!
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| Playing chess on the Georgetown Campus with an esteemed Professor |
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| Excitedly holding up a sandwich and displaying my Saxby's coffee! |
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| My dinner--the finished product! |
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