DC day 2

Misty headed to DrupalCon in the morning, and was asked no less than seven times if her company was hiring. Lots of folks looking for work. After she returned, we went to a late breakfast/early lunch at the Waffle Shop, a tiny little breakfast shack across from Ford's Theater, just a few units down from the house where Lincoln died.

After eating, we took the DC Circulator to Georgetown where we picked up some designer cupcakes at the famous Georgetown Cupcake. We ate one over at the Georgetown Park mall and then browsed a few shops on our way out.

Next we took a cab to the United States Botanical Garden, just next to the capital. It has an extensive collection of flowers, tropical plants, cacti, and everything in between. It's set up like a giant greenhouse and is quite warm and humid inside. This was a welcome retreat from the bitter, dry cold air outside. The strangest thing I saw was this Madagascan Octotillo.

After leaving the Botanical Garden, we stopped briefly at the reflecting pool just beyond the Capitol building. It's March here and the pool is completely frozen over. The seagulls landed andway and seemed confused that they weren't floating in water.

For a snack, we went to the cafe inside of the National Museum of the American Indian. It was supposedly native american food themed. I had an "Indian Taco", which was (very tasty) fry bread covered with buffalo chili, tomatos, onions, and cheese. Misty had a plate of chips with beef and a fry bread covered with honey and powdered sugar. We ate a couple more of the so so precious cupcakes and then wandered around the museum exhibits. This museum is quite new, and the exhibits are very well done, telling dozens of stories and display thousands of pieces.

The next Smithsonian Institute buliding down is the National Air and Space Museum, so we decided to see how much of it we could get to before the 5:30pm closing time. These museums are great and free, but they close so dang early! One thing we loved about the Louvre in Paris is that it's open until 9pm.

After returning to the hotel to rest for a bit, we took a cab to Pizzaria Paradiso, for some Italian style pizza. I brought my camera, but had left the memory card in the room, so, no picture for you!