SPRINGTIME HAS SENT ME INTO THE GREAT OUTDOORS AND AWAY FROM MY JOURNAL. THE PAST TWO WEEKS WERE FILLED WITH ADVENTURES AND FOOD AND THE UNFURLING BEAUTY OF THE THE SPRING EQUINOX.
OUR ROAD TRIP TO WASHINGTON AND PHILADELPHIA WAS MANY HOURS OF DRIVING BUT, HEY, WE LOVE THAT BEST.
ON OUR FIIRST DAY,WE DROVE NEAR ANTIETAM AS THE LAST VESTIGES OF LIGHT WERE DIMMING. WE HURRIEDLY SET UP CAMP AND BUILT A NICE FIRE FOR WARMING OURSELVES AND DINNER. WFS OPENED A BOTTLE OF WINE AND WE WERE SETTLING IN...PLOP, THEN ANOTHER PLOP, AND THEN, THE RAIN CAME DOWN IN TORRENTS. WE TOOK SHELTER IN THE DUCKIE EXPRESS AND READ OUR BOOKS, SIPPED SOME WINE AND FELL ASLEEP IN SWEET OBLIVION. HOW BAD CAN THAT BE?
THE MORNING BROUGHT A MISTY RAIN AND GREY SKIES AS WE FOLLOWED THE POTOMAC RIVER TO THE ANTIETAM BATTLE FIELD. IT SEEMED SUCH A SUITABLE DAY FOR SEEING SUCH A SOMBER PLACE. AFTER ALL, THIS SIGHT HOLDS THE BLOOD OF MANY YOUNG MEN SACRIFICED FOR A NOBLE CAUSE...IF ONE CAN BELIEVE KILLING AND HATRED CAN BE NOBLE.
WE TOOK THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED AND DRIFTED TOWARD FREDERICK, MARYLAND FOR LUNCH. WE FOUND A VERY HIP, SOPHISTICATED RESTAURANT AND I HAD A STRIPPED BASS, FINISHED IN A SWEET HOT MIXTURE , SERVED OVER CREAMY MASHED POTATOES THAT WILL LINGER IN MY MEMORY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. WE HURRIED INTO DC FOR THE CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL AND OUR BLACK TIE BIRTHDAY PARTY...BIG FUN!
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WE GRABBED SOME COFFEE AND AND NY TIMES AND HEADED ON TO PHILLY. WE MADE A BRIEF DETOUR TO GET WFS A FIVE GUYS BURGER. I READ OBAMA EATS AT FIVE GUYS, SO.....DON'T GO OUT OF YOUR WAY, UNLESS YOU'RE ADDICTED TO ROAD FOOD...MOI, I DON'T EAT THE STUFF, EVEN FOR OBAMA
WE HAD AN EARLY DINNER IN PHILADELPHIA...WE WALKED OVER TWO MILES THROUGH CONSTITUTION SQUARE TO BUDDAKAN. STEVEN STARR HAS RESTAURANTS DOTTED ALL THROUGH THE CITY, THEY ARE DESTINATIONS AND VERY FLASHY...HOWEVER, I WILL SAY, THE TWO WE'VE VISITED HAVE PRODUCED EXCELLENT FOOD...WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE ABOUT THAT? WHEN WE EMERGED, A CHILL HAD FALLEN OVER THE CITY, COLIN AND AUDREY GRABBED A CAB BUT WFS, CHRISTOPHER AND I BRAVED THE ELEMENTS AND WALKED BACK THROUGH AN ALMOST ABANDONED CITY...PHILLY, THE NITTY, GRITTY CITY IS BEAUTIFUL AT NIGHT. THE VIEW YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO IS FROM C,C AND A'S THRID FLOOR DECK OF THEIR HOME IN CENTER CITY~~
MONDAY WE MADE A MAD DASH BACK ACROSS THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE, ARRIVING HOME SAFE AND SOUND. SARAH DOESN'T DO MARATHON DRIVES BUT WITH MY IPHONE AND SCRABBLE GAMES, I MADE IT..
WE'VE HAD A FEW NIGHTS OUT HERE IN OUR FAIR CITY...211 ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT HAS BECOME A FAVORITE WEEKLY EXPERIENCE FOR US..ALL WINES ARE HALF PRICE AND A 10% DISCOUNT IS AFFORDED THROUGH INTERNET RESERVATIONS...THIS MAKES DINNER AT ONE OF LOUISVILLE'S BEST FINE DINING SPOTS A BARGAIN.
I MUST MENTIONED OUR NEW, EXCITING AND VERY COOL DINING SPOT AND ```THE``` PLACE TO SEE AND BE SEEN, WILTSHIRE ON MARKET...WITH LOVELY FACES EVERYWHERE, DEAREST TARI, THE FAIREST OF ALL, IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF WILTSHIRE...MY OLD AND VERY DEAR FRIEND, JASON IS THERE, BRINGING HIS PERSONAL VIBE TO THE PLACE AND SUSAN(OWNER) IS HANDS ON AND VERY WELCOMING. WILTSHIRE WILL BE THE PLACE TO BE THIS SPRING AND SUMMER, I GUARANTEE!
SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BLOGGER UNPLUGS FOR A WHILE? YOU GET A DOUBLE DOSE~~~~~~
2 comments:
I so love your travelogues. If I contribute a froggie to the duckie kingdom can I tag along some time?
Bad girl for not telling me you were headed to Buddakan! Stephen's assistant is a friend and I would have had you VIP'd to bits.
didn't know it until we headed out the door...CP made reservations at the last minute...we also went to Tangerine the last time...I think Tangerine might be better but they deliver~~~~~
Road trip this summer, I swear~~~~~
under what stars would you like to sleep???
with Dan, WFs and I?
I want to VIP to the bits in YOUR city~well, Philly, too.
Know anyone in Santa Fe?
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