weekend roundup

I drove into DC this weekend and spent some time with Christa and MV. We started our afternoon with some Mexican on the Hill. There was some creepy Disney artwork and random pinatas, but the food was pretty good. From there we went to Crumbs to get something sweet. I got the chocolate brownie cheesecake cupcake. It was wonderful. Very rich, but extremely delightful. It was starting to rain, but we wanted to do something in DC. We finally decided to go to the American History Museum because they had just gotten some new stuff outside the their Warner Brother's Theater. Sidenote --Christa doesn't really like museums, so she wasn't as into the idea as MV and I}--but she suffered through it. Not much else you can do when it's cold and rainy. We walked through the First Ladies exhibit and the Evolution of American Transportation too. I love, love, love museums.

Michelle Obama's Inaugural gown

Chatting at the bus stop

Hanging out on subway car

covering my hair from the rain...looking ridiculous.

Christa & MV

When we left the museum we walked back to the car {which MV had done some pretty good paralleling to get into} and noticed that his trailer hitch was missing. Someone had stolen it. So random! After this we went back to Christa's apartment and hung out and watched HGTV. We were really into House Hunters on Saturday!  After a while we went to get some sushi at Kyoto on the Hill. It was very, very good and they had some GREAT music playing. I got the Sky Roll, Shrimp Dynamite roll and a ginger salad. I had been wanting some sushi for a while. It definitely satisfied the craving!

After dinner we went back to Christa's and watched Ides of March and Moneyball. Both were movies I had been wanting to see. and I really enjoyed them both. Ides of March is based on a presidential campaign so of course I was into it {and it had George Clooney and Ryan Gosling..whats not to love} It was pretty dark, but very intriguing. Moneyball was a lighter movie. Very different from most of Aaron Sorkin's stuff, but still very good. Sports movies are always fun to watch. It was pretty late when we finished the last movie so I ended up staying the night. Sunday I drove back to Virginia Sunday. Sunday afternoon I worked on my Valentine's cards and watched Gilmore Girls. I really have missed that show. It puts me in such a good mood. I love escaping to Stars Hollow. It reminds me of watching and cooking dinner with my mom on Tuesday nights when I was in high school. It was a Tuesday tradition.

Sunday of course ended with the SUPER BOWL. So proud of ELI and the GIANTS!  I also love watching the commercials and the half time show. This year Madonna didn't really do anything for me. I mean she is a pop legend but I expected a little more from her. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it. {and I totally missed the controversy of MIA, I guess it was just too quick for me} The commercials were lacking to me. I did enjoy the Seinfeld one, the M&M was cute, and the french bulldog winning the race was really cute. I think my favorite was the Clint Eastwood "Halftime in America" Very well written.

Ready for a new week ahead. Happy Monday.