My fellow intern, Kelley, went back home last week. Her internship was only for a 7 week period. We decided to make the most of her last day and get milkshakes and good food. I wish she was staying longer. She's always so happy, positive, and fun to talk to throughout the work day. She'll be in Provo this summer though; we already planned a day in August to go to our favorite Chilean restaurant.
A few metro stops away from where I live, lies the best homemade pretzels. A few of my friends and I went to The Pretzel Bakery and spent $2 on delicious pretzels.
The Pretzel Bakery had a signature Hot Chocolate called Hotella. It's what it sounds like, a combination of Hot Chocolate and Nutella. I'm not exaggerating when I say it was the best Hot Chocolate.
My cinnamon sugar pretzel.
And yet again, here's another picture of food I've eaten recently. Maybe I should just make a food blog since it consumes most of my posts. Food is obviously a big part of my life in DC and I can't hide it. After work last week a group of my friends and I went to Ted Bulletin's. They are famous for their homemade poptarts and milkshakes so that's what we had.
My to die for Oreo Milkshake.
Matt and I were suppose to go on our long run for the week last Thursday. Thursday ended up being a snow day, yes they have snow days in DC, so no one had work. Thinking that it would still be a good idea to do our long run in a blizzard, we headed out. We made it about 2 miles and had to stop because we couldn't see anything, and because the snow was getting deep. It was the weirdest experience being in the city during a blizzard though. There was no one on the streets, and it was just silent as the big snowflakes fell from the sky. I took this picture while we were on our run. You can see the iced over lake, the bridge, and fog. You would never know that right behind that fog is a big city.
Everyone in the Washington Seminar group went to Valley Forge/Philadelphia this weekend as part of our Political Science class. Valley forge was a pretty area with a cool sunset.
After our tour around Valley Forge, we thought we would top off our day with some sledding on this hill. Ten minutes into sledding, one of the girls in our group was laying at the bottom of the hill yelling for someone to call an ambulance. She went off a hidden jump and landed flat on her back. Her immediate thoughts were that she was paralyzed as she couldn't move her legs. It turns out she fractured her lower back. It was an eventful evening. She was in the hospital the rest of the weekend and left with a back brace. I was so impressed with how calm she was through the whole thing and how she kept a positive attitude. If I was in this situation I'm sure I'd be a wreck.
All day Saturday was spent in Philadelphia. We went to some neat places like Independence Hall, the Constitution Center, Christ's Church, and the Liberty Bell. History is rad.
The Constitution Center had life size statues of the founding fathers. They may seem stiff, but they were actually quite flirtatious.
This one made me dance with him. I was feeling tired, but, after a few minutes of begging me to dance, I couldn't say no.
For lunch we went to an indoor market. It was HUGE and very crowded. It had just about any and every type of food you could think of. My favorite was the Amish donuts. You could see the Amish women making the donuts from scratch as you waited in line. I bought three. I don't know if I can ever have a normal donut again after trying these ones. I'm now on a hunt to find an Amish cookbook.
Philadelphia
Gettin chilly in Philly with these sillies.
