Tagged: D.C. trip 2009

Walking to Singapore Bistro

Walking to Singapore Bistro

Actual date: August 12, 2009

This trip was the first that we had pre-planned around good food.  In the past we might’ve made mental notes of a few places we wanted to go to, but this time we planned every single meal.  We didn’t want to waste a single meal by just going to eat somewhere close to wherever we were when we started getting hungry.  We didn’t completely succeed in that effort, but that’s a story for another post.  We tried to plan restaurants to go with activities, and since Singapore Bistro sounded like a good place to eat and is close to Susie’s office we chose it for our first meal. » Continue Reading…


Way too early

Way too early

Actual date: August 12, 2009

Day one of our 2009 D.C. trip, and we’re on our way!  We woke up at 5:30 a.m., which is much too early for us, but the only non-stop flight to D.C. is at 8 a.m. so we did what we had to do. » Continue Reading…

The family and I got back from our week-long family vacation to D.C. last night.  Is there any doubt what’s coming next?  A travelogue, of course!  I had briefly considered keeping a semi-live travelogue by doing daily posts, but I didn’t have a laptop with a color-calibrated screen with me (yeah, I’m that picky about my pictures, even family vacation snaps), and after the 1st day I quickly realized I’d be adding yet another to-do item to an already packed vacation, so that idea quickly went out the window.

Look for many posts about our D.C. trip in the coming days and maybe weeks if it drags on that long.  Lots to report back about–such a fun trip!