Trip to Washington

A few weeks ago I joined my husband in Washington DC. He was there for work and when finished he took a little vacation time. I still can't believe we lived 4 hours from Washington DC for 8 years (?) and never went.

I had the first day to myself so I walked from our hotel in the DuPont Circle area to the White House. It was a beautiful day, not too hot, not too cold. Rain was expected so I took an umbrella.

Loved, loved all the cute shops and boutiques. It was early so I planned to stop on my way back.

I came up to Lafayette Square and stopped to take pictures before approaching the White House. It is so pretty, smaller than I thought. I headed for G Street to find the Macy's Store. Every city, I have to look. For some reason I found nothing to buy, can you even imagine? I was also looking  for a fabric store my sister had told me about but when I came out of Macy's it was starting to sprinkle so I headed back to the hotel.

I stopped at a cupcake store and the cutest boutique, lou lou,  at 1601 Connecticut Ave. It was handbags and accessories. I found the most wonderful rhinestone peace sign. It was a find.

The next day it was suppose to rain so we decided to spend the day indoors doing the museums. We started with the Smithsonian -Natural History and on to American History. What fun. Lots of walking and Julia Child's kitchen, what is not to love. After lunch the rain had tapered off so we headed back toward the hotel and Madame Tussuad. I had never been and thought it would be a hoot. It was.

Walking down 12th street toward Tussuads, we passed the Old Post Office. Curious we saw a sign that said there was a tower. 12th floor, intrigued, let's try it. OMG what a trip. These photos are what you see from up there. It was amazing.

Down in the lobby of the building there was this little shop that took photos of us shaking hands with Obama. They looked so real. What fun. On to Tussauds.  Lots of walking this day.

The wax figures gave me the creeps, took me a while to warm up to them, I guess I expected them to speak or something.  Johnny Depp looked so real and of course George Clooney was my favorite.

We did all the tourist stuff for a couple of days. We ate in outside Cafe's and walked for miles. We only had one day of real rain. I can now cross DC off my list for now.