Happy Friday! Randy and I spent last weekend traveling to Washington, D.C. for an extended business trip turned weekend getaway. This town is full of memories after Randy lived up here during my last couple semesters of college and I was fortunate enough to be able to visit him at least once a month, #deltababy. Since we have already tackled all of the major sights to see in D.C. over the years, we spent our weekend trying out new places and revisiting old favorites around the different neighborhoods we know and love.
GEORGETOWN
My favorite things about Georgetown are the lavish shopping and insanely gorgeous homes, #goals. In typical Trish fashion, I had our Uber drop us off at the Greenworks Floral Boutique so that I could get the gram in front of a bright pink flower shop (pictured above). In my defense, it was only a couple of blocks away from where we were planning to eat lunch and we were also able to take in all the pretty houses on our way down to M street.
We ate lunch at one of our long time favorites, Pizzeria Paradiso, where we both proceeded to eat our entire pizzas with zero shame. After lunch we walked from M Street down to the Georgetown Waterfront to enjoy some afternoon sunshine and watch the rowers fly down the Potomac River.
DUPONT CIRCLE
We stayed at the Kimpton Topaz Hotel in the Dupont Circle Area. I highly recommend Kimptons across the board, and some of the perks at this hotel included huge rooms, free breakfast and not just one but two free happy hours nightly. I would recommend this hotel if you are trying to get some sleep because our street was surprisingly quiet and I slept like a baby.
We ate the most amazing brunch ever right next door to our hotel at the Tabard Inn. After starting out with a couple rounds of Bellinis and the Tabard Donuts, I indulged on the Chicken & Waffles while Randy thoroughly enjoyed the Eggs Benedict.
We also ventured a little bit north of Dupont into the Adam’s Morgan neighborhood to have lunch at one of my favorite Mexican restaurants Loriol Plaza. As if we didn’t have enough to eat, we then went up the street to Tryst Coffeehouse for lattes and dessert. Randy used to live in AdMo a few years back so it’s always fun to go back and visit because pretty much nothing has changed.
LOGAN CIRCLE
Logan Circle might be one of my new favorite areas of town as it’s the perfect mix of city life with that neighborhood feel. Fun fact, Logan Circle is actually the last remaining residential traffic circle in the city so that’s what I think makes this area so charming. During our visit, we were actually following a list of places to go out on 14th Street recommended by my favorite D.C. blogger, Sweet Tea with Madi. From Madi’s list of recommendations, we only made it to Barcelona Wine Bar and Pearl Dive, where I actually ended up running into her and meeting her which was cool, #fangirl.
We also ventured to check out the Distract Wharf which was packed as expected since the weather was so beautiful on Saturday. We concluded our weekend adventures by spending a relaxing Easter in Alexandria, VA with family. If you have any recommendations for our next D.C. trip, please let me know in the comments!
xoxo,
Trish
