staycation of sorts: 2 of 2

On Saturday night, we walked around some more, and it was a lot cooler with the sun down.

We went to a lovely Italian restaurant in Dupont Circle. The waiters were really from Italy and they were the nicest servers I've ever had at a restaurant. I ordered something with rigatoni, a tomato cream sauce, mushrooms and Italian sausage. Glorious. Tim ordered some type of calamari stew.

                                     


There was a band of brass players playing on the street, most of whom were young kids. They were really talented.

                                   

Then we walked down to the White House and monuments. They were so pretty at  night. The World War II memorial was especially lovely with all of its water and such. It was a nice respite from the heat because we dipped our feet in the water.

                                     

                                     

Other random detail: this is the shower in the hotel we stayed at. The tile was so pretty. I love that aqua color.

We didn't have such high expectations for our little trip; after all, we've been to D.C. many times before and we live only an hour away. But, it was a wonderful time spent.