Washington DC, Day 2-3
DC is full of runners. I see them every where, no matter the time of day.
It’s making me sad. I really wanted to run here.
I just got done charging another classmate’s 405 (she forgot her charger), then I showed her a bunch of little tricks in the settings. We brought our 405. It will be used for WALKING. LAME-O.
Anyway.
Steven arrived here on Monday night and spent Tuesday exploring the Mall…
The White House
The Washington Monument & Reflecting Pool
The Lincoln Memorial
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Capitol
… while I was in class. My evenings have been more focused on the “culinary” side of DC – both good and bad.
Last night, we visited Sticky Fingers, an all-vegan bakery. There must be places like this in Chicago too! I just need to find them.
Sticky Fingers
We got a chocolate chip cookie, an oatmeal raisin cookie, a brownie with nuts, a brownie without nuts, and a white cupcake with strawberry frosting. I had a migraine and only ate part of the chocolate chip cookie (Steven ate some and the nut brownie). It tasted really buttery. I am looking forward to trying some of the other treats while I am here.
Vegan Bakery Selection
After we went to Sticky Fingers, we had to stop and get custard for my coworker who claims to not like any sweets except ice cream. WEIRD!
I don’t know how these food bloggers do it. Whenever I take a picture of my food, my coworker is asking why I am doing it (none of my coworkers know I have a website), so I tell her it’s to show to my mom. I can’t imagine taking pictures of every meal and having people constantly ask me that. Well, I can’t imagine taking pictures of my every meal for A LOT of reasons.
I feel like I have been all over DC and have a really good feel for the layout of the city, but I wish this wasn’t such an artificial trip. I think I would (obviously) enjoy it more if I was here on holiday, rather than business. At least I get to live vicariously through Steven!
Themocracy
When I go to D.C., I always think it has such a weird, empty feel to it. I guess because it’s SO busy during the day and kind of quiet at night.
Sticky Fingers sounds good, though weirdly sexual. I’m glad you could find some tasty vegan things while you were on the East Coast.
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I think Bleeding Heart is one of the vegan bakeries in Chicago…?
Woah, I just got back from DC on Tuesday! Wish I would have known you were there – we could have met up for lunch or something! Where are/were you staying? Your pics are awesome – we went to a lot of those places on Monday….wonder if we crossed paths?!?
The woman who opened Sticky Fingers is a University of Maryland dietetics graduate! She came to my class to explain about her bakery to demonstrate different things you can do after graduation. And she brought some samples! 🙂 They were CRAZY sweet…I couldn’t finish my cookie, and I can put back cookies like no other.
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How beautiful!! Great pictures.
I’ve never been to D.C. and totally want to. These pictures reinforce why….there’s just SO much to see!!
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I love DC 🙂 Great pics– and I’ll have to check out Sticky Fingers next time I’m there!
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Yay for D.C. and vegan bakeries. My bro actually just moved there a few days ago, I can’t wait to go visit!
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More awesome pics. And you found a vegan bakery. That smile on your face gave it away.
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