Weekend in DC

Well, it may be back to the grind, I may be tired, but I had a fantastic weekend in DC. Getting there wasn't so easy though... I left bright and early Friday morning and was a little worried since we'd gotten somewhere between 4 and 6 inches of snow overnight. Things are ok at first but they have to de-ice the plane which took about half an hour. So we're sitting there on the runway, they've finished de-icing and then the captain comes on and says that there's a problem with the engine and we have to go back to the gate. More time passes and then they make the announcement that we're going to have to change planes and that there's room for everyone on the next flight. Wrong, there isn't room for everyone so I end up on the 10:25am flight despite the fact that I should have been on the 6:40am flight. Ok, not that big a deal, I'd rather they find an engine problem on the ground than in the air. Some people get all hyper about the situation and, sure, I'd have liked not to have been delayed, but what can you do? No point in getting all excited. Finally got to Reagan though it took another hour to get my bag, which did make me a little worried...

Headed over to CUA and met Cara for lunch, caught up on tons of stuff and had a great time. She had to go to work so Shannon came and picked me up and we went to her place and just chilled for a while. Then it was down to the Front Page in DuPont for happy hour. Shannon and I met up with Cara and Lindsey there, drank quite a lot and just generally had a lot of fun. From there Cara, Shannon and I went to the Big Hunt, drank more, decided it would be a good idea to actually eat something instead of just drinking all night. Sadly we were home by 11pm, though I suppose that isn't too bad since we started drinking at 6pm. Here are a few pics of the fun:




Yeah, it was definitely a lot of fun:) Saturday Shannon and I headed over to Pentagon City to do some shopping. We were actually both really good and didn't get anything for ourselves, just did some Christmas shopping for other people. Honestly, it's extremely unusual that the two of us made it out of there without having spent money on ourselves. Go us. Later on we went over to her yoga studio for a holiday party. Nothing too exciting there, then we went to Cleveland Park for dinner, had drinks at Aroma, a very cute but very expensive martini bar. We then headed over to the Reef in Adams Morgan. The place was packed, way more crowded than I've ever seen it, but it was so fun. I got asked out, Shannon got a call from a guy who asked for her number on Friday, we almost witnessed a fight, and had drinks bought for us--definitely a good night:) Sunday was pretty low-key, had brunch on U Street and basically just hung out till it was time for me to go back to Reagan. Luckily my flight back was not nearly as eventful as my flight to DC. It was sad to leave after having such a fun weekend, but also kinda good to get home.

So, now it's back to the usual stuff, work is work, I've got to finish my Christmas shopping and all that good stuff. I can't believe Christmas is so soon! Anyways, it was a great weekend overall, I definitely miss Shannon, Cara and Lindsey and I'll have to go back and visit again before too long:)
Ciao,
Sasha