It was awesome....and we were excited to get out in it and enjoy our day. (*typically this does not sound like us. We are usually weanies when it comes to cold weather*)
Here are some of the more interesting shots outside the hotel. We were thankful that the car rental company had a brush and a window scraper in the trunk. Little did we know that we were going to need it!
Our original plans for today were to go back to Baltimore and see all the things that we couldn't see the other day. However, the snow put a big change in our plans. Since most of the snow was in the direction we wanted to drive......we opted to go back and spend the day in D.C. since we could get around the city all day by just riding on the subway. We certainly didn't want to be out driving in something we weren't used to.
So off to the subway station we went. First stop: to finish the Smithsonian Museum of American History. We still didn't finish it......but we did spend a couple of more hours taking goofy pictures of each other!
Of course, we started to get hungry again. The night before at the Garbage concert we had been talking with a girl who recommended the "best" pizza in D.C. to us. So after researching where it was......we hopped on the subway and went to have pizza for lunch.
Our pizza stop for the day was a New Haven style pizza shop. It is a thinner crust baked in deck ovens which gives it that char burning on the edges (personally, I love it). After a hard decision of what we should try we opted for 1/2 meatball and 1/2 New Haven White Style with clams. We spent time talking with the manager about "the business" and finally our creation arrived.
It really was different eating clams on a pizza, but I have to admit it was pretty darn delicious. Of course, Pizza Zone style would be to add a few more toppings and then it would be incredibly awesome!
We got on the subway with no real plan, but eventually ended up in D.C. Chinatown. We have discovered that the Chinatown's in any city are always a great source for buying the cheesy souvenirs that you have to take back to everybody. This one was no different.
The weather wasn't really bad, just snow and rain mixed.....but we made the decision to find something to do inside. We ended up at the National Geographic Museum which had an exhibit on treasures recovered from a sunken pirate ship. Personally, I loved it. I have a fascination with sunken ships for some reason.
After this, we decided to head back to the hotel. We were trying to beat the rush hour on the subway and needed to take a break and eat a small snack. We ended up buying a couple of beers and a bag of chips and heading back to the hotel room where we would plan that night's adventures.
Whenever we travel to the east coast, we always try to find Wise Potato Chips. Paul introduced those to me during our trip to Boston one year and I have to say they are THE BEST POTATO CHIPS IN THE WORLD. Well, the D.C. area didn't have them, but we did find some RED HOT UTZ chips that were so incredibly delicious. We seriously should have brought some bags back with us.
After spending an hour or two relaxing in the hotel room and eating those awesome chips.....Paul found us some live music in Arlington, Virginia. Guess where we went.......off to the subway of course! We were lucky and the bar was only a couple of blocks from the subway in Virginia. Have I mentioned how much I love the D.C. subway? It seriously is always convenient to wherever we wanted to go.
Club Iota was a small hole-in-the-wall bar that was featuring 3 live bands on this night. We settled down, ordered a beer, ate some awesome sandwiches with pastrami and corned beef, and listened to some live music.
After a couple of hours, it was time to head back to the hotel since the plan was to get up early and head for Philadelphia. Bedtime was once again about midnight......but we seriously had an awesome day!
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