Last week was sort of a slow week after the event we had had the previous weekend. So, by the time Friday afternoon rolled around, I needed it to be the weekend so desperately that the minutes seemed to tick by. On Friday night, Dan and I went to our favorite Chinese place in Rosslyn (which always provides the guarantee of enough leftovers for a second meal!) and then went to see Moneyball at the Avalon Theater in Chevy Chase. I had never been to the Avalon before, and it is a really beautiful old theater that, after having been closed for some time, was able to re-open thanks to popular demand about ten years ago. Being that we are both big-time baseball fans, we really loved the movie (I was even able to overlook my dislike of Brad Pitt), and I was positively beaming towards the end of the movie when Billy Beane travels to Fenway to meet with John Henry prior to the fateful 2003 season (effing Aaron Boone). I really do miss New England, as well as the chance to visit America's Most Beloved Ballpark once or twice a year. Anyway, after the movie, we went to this ADORABLE diner just down the block from the theater that was straight out of the 1950s and got milkshakes. It felt reminiscent of a high school date night...mostly because the majority of the people there were high schoolers haha. It was the perfect way to spend what I called our 11 monthiversary (I honestly can't believe it has been so long! Time flies when you're having fun!)!
On Saturday, we headed down to the Sculpture Garden to go ice skating (despite my impression that ice skating merely lasted for the Christmas season, the rink is actually open until March!). Dan said that he would probably be a little rusty, since he hadn't skated in three years or so. Well...he completely wiped the floor (er, ice) with me, and I went just a few months ago! I couldn't believe his modesty. We somehow avoided getting sideswiped by a guy who had no business being on the ice (seriously, he wiped out each time he moved!) and, thanks to a nice catch on Dan's part, we were fall-free!
We figured out that neither of us had ever been to the National Archives so, since we were mere steps away, we hopped on over there...and lasted about 15 minutes. The Archives are not all that extensive, and our attention spans were certainly not helped by our aching legs. After I made a quick hot chocolate run (my body really couldn't keep heat in if it tried), we headed home and said our goodbyes until the Super Bowl party that Dan and his roommates were having, and I was left to contemplate all of the fun DC things we had done within the first 24 hours of the weekend's start. Go us!!!
On Saturday night, we went out to Adams Morgan (more specifically, to our favorite bar there, Brass Monkey) for LOTS and LOTS of dancing. It was fantastic, exactly what I needed (although, by the end of the night, with the combination of skating for 1.5 hours, running for nearly an hour and dancing for God knows how many hours, my legs were crying), and it was a great night out with friends!
On Sunday, Molly and I went to Mass in Georgetown, followed by brunch at, you guessed it, Tombs (we had initially decided on Chadwicks, but then both confessed that we both really wanted coffee cake!). After running some errands, I headed over to Dan's for some football (which we all know I love...not. I did argue to him, though, that for a girl, that's not bad, given that I love every other major sport, which he agreed with) and food (more specifically, cake! (and guac...and chips...and veggie crisps)). It was the perfect end to the week (other than the fact that all of those insufferable New York fans have yet another reason to be insufferable), and, on the bus ride home, I actually ran into one of my old roommates, who is still a very close friend, so that made my trip home feel a lot shorter!
I hope everyone is having a very happy Monday! With the blue, blue sky that I can look out on from my office, I wish I was playing outside right now :(
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