We love showing off the city we currently call home. Washington DC has so many awesome places to check out, but we want to show you how to see them on shorter time frames. The National Mall in DC is over 2 miles long with well over 40 sights/ attractions. It is easy to get […]
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National Mall West Side: Weekend Walks With Locals
Washington DC is in phase 1 of reopening. Who else is ready for phase 2? I am excited to step inside of a museum, eat at a restaurant, and be able to decide if I want to stay home or go out. The lack of tourists at places is something to take advantage of . […]
Weekend in DC: Capitol Hill Walk
Phase one for lifting quarantine restrictions are well underway. Some shops are open again for curbside pick up, and some restaurants have opened patio or rooftop seating. Parks are filling up while people use social distancing rules to picnic. We are enjoying walking through Capitol Hill looking for what is opening up in DC and […]
Capitol Hill Neighborhood Guide
Washington DC has some of the best museums and most impactful memorials in the country. While each of these sites are a “must see”, we recommend taking some time to venture away from the hustle and bustle of the National Mall and off the beaten path. The Capital Hill neighborhood is the place Dustin and […]
Springtime in DC: Long Walks & Social Distancing
Springtime in DC this year looks so different from years past. I never would have imagined that we would be writing about a pandemic that would cause me to be furloughed, and the world to be in quarantine. I keep asking myself ow is this real… Life Now The feeling here in DC, like much […]
Holidays in DC Spending time with Family
The end of the year (2019) passed by almost in a blur. How is it 2020 already?? One of my favorite times of year are the holidays in DC. From November to January 1st the holiday spirit makes this city feel magical. See our previous post about our wandering around the city during the holidays […]
National Museum of African American History
After waiting over a year and a half after moving to the DC area, we were FINALLY able to visit the National Museum of African American History I have been patiently (kind of) waiting to find a good time to visit this specific Smithsonian Museum. Between the crazy amount of tourists at certain times of […]
A Quick Visit to Mount Vernon
One of my favorite things about living in DC is people we love come and visit this place we call home. I love that we now live in a place filled with so much history and things to do that people want to visit our home. It gives us a chance to revisit some places […]
Summer in Washington DC- Hot but worth it
We have been checking things off the DC bucket listen between the craziness of our work schedules. Trying to blog about those things we have done has proven challenging. For example, I went to bed at 6 pm the other night and crashed hard. We love our jobs, and our day to day life here. […]
Cherry Blossom 2019… The Reality
Weekend 1 of visiting the cherry blossoms ended with us just across the street from the Tidal Basin and just across the street from the festivities. We did not make it inside…Of course the walk to the main even is still beautiful, but after being herded like cattle in a very narrow walkway; as a […]
