Goodbye!!

So I've been thinking a lot lately about what I want to do with this little piece of my life. I love my blog but lately it's barely breathing and BIG changes are coming and with that I simply just don't have the time it seems to update anymore and when I do it's overwhelming. I'm not going to shut the blog down because I love my little blog that I started 7 years ago but maybe I'll just update here and there.

Love you friends....and see you sometime in the future! Until next time I'll have a cold Sea Dog with my favorite golden retriever, Charlee B!

Quick Trip to DC

Last Friday morning I flew up to visit my little brother, Jack in Washington, DC. My Dad and little sister, Maggie also flew in from Kentucky where I met them at the airport to take the train into DC. Maggie is getting ready to leave for Australia soon so it was great to visit with her as well! The train in from Baltimore will go as far as New York and Boston so we were on the short trip into DC.

We met Jack at Union Station which is right near his apartment and his apartment looks like something out of a magazine in Manhattan. Floor to ceiling windows and the view of the city is just incredible. He has 6 other roommates and they all get along great! At the top of the building is a pool and grill area. There are lots of large dogs that live in the city and especially his high rise.

We went to Georgetown that night for dinner at Martin's Tavern which is famous for serving presidents from Richard Nixon to JFK and LBJ. Jack stopped in booth #3 to take a picture where JFK proposed to Jackie where the booth is now known as the "proposal booth."

 

 

Georgetown had absolutely the BEST shopping so after dinner we shopped around a good bit. And in DC much like NY, you walk everywhere.

The next morning Maggie and I got up early and went for a long run. Miss Maggie played collegiate soccer so her idea of running and mine (jogging) are somewhat different. She runs so fast! After breakfast, we all started out the day walking around the city. I bet we walked 7-10 miles that day just sightseeing. There were so many runners and dogs and I just loved it. It was my type of place.

 

Most everything was closed because of the government shut down but it was still neat to see all the sites.



Union Station which was near our hotel and Jack's apartment.



In front of the Russell Senate Office Building where Jack works for Mitch McConnell. 

 

 

 

The most powerful piece of land in America.



 

 

 

Miss Maggie and Jack! And you won't see a picture of me because I didn't change out of my running gear since it was in the high 90's! 

 

DC was such a pretty city! The grass and flowers were simply gorgeous.

And even the Secret Service police were not too shabby! 

FBI offices. 

We ate lunch at Jack's favorite Texas restaurant for lunch and then we headed back over to Georgetown to do some more shopping.  

 

We went to dinner that night at a pizzeria called, "Red Rocks" which is another of Jack's favorites. It was delicious! All in all, I'm very proud of Jack. He's doing BIG things at such a young age and we joke that he'll be the next president.

 

Thanks Dad, Maggie and Jack for such a great trip!