Heading towards Georgetown, we start to feel a bit odd....it's been almost a year. Our dear friends, Betsy and Ed, have graciously lent us their home while they are in Europe and we have a full plate of dinners, lunches, brunches, teas, coffees and drinks all laid out. But, I wonder, can you go home again?
Fortunately the answer is yes! After spending two days at a College Park, MD RV resort, Cherry Hill Park, (cherryhillpark.com), packing two weeks worth of clothes and getting Tor ready to put in storage for that time we drive into town and finally exhale!
We get to spend a couple of days with our hosts before they take off. Try out a new M Street Mediteranean
restaurant called Morso (no website yet) and it's a terrific if you're into small plates which we are. Had a variety of good dishes, but the hands down winner is called a Lamb Pide....in essence a lamb pizza on flat bread....wonderful.
Went back to what used to be my favorite DC restaurant, The Source, (wolfgangpuck.com) Wolfgang Puck's sleek eatery in The Newseum. Again we opt for small plates in the bar. The Tuna Tartare "cones" are still unbelievable....however, everything else has been notched way down. The former Kobe sliders are now made of undistinguished ground beef and cooked beyond belief. We all agree we wouldn't go back again....this is not an inexpensive place and mediocre just isn't good enough.
My birthday falls during this time and Rick makes a wonderful brunch which we eat in the garden. Then "Skype" (my new favorite thing) with Kelly, Chip and Ian while we open presents. I have followed Kelly's tradition of putting all bows in her hair...not particulary attractive at this age, but always gets on laugh!
Spend the day at the rejeuvenated American History Museum and are meeting friends for drinks at their place before we go out to some new hot place in the West End. Or at least that's what I thought! Rick and Cecelia have cooked up a surprise dinner party and what a treat to see my good friends after such a long time.
Spend the next days in a total Bacchanalian revelry....party on! What fun. What a treat to just walk all over town.....hitting the familar hangouts like Martin's Tavern (martins-tavern.com) The Georgetown Waterfront Park is as special as ever.....and so glad to see the incredible granite markers finally unveiled and made "skateboarder" safe.
Our time here is growing to a close and exhilaration mixed in with a sizable amount of fear begins to set in. We are heading to Wilmington, NC to look at property. We have been there several times and have thought this might be a place where we would consider settling down. We are now about to begin our next Great Adventure!
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