Comments (5) You absolutely must try a south Indian dosa with coconut chutney and sour rasam soup. Dosas are crispy sourdough tasting XXXXXXL crapes made from rice and lentils. You tear off a little piece and scoop some soup and chutney. Yum!
Kate’s dosa at Amma Vegetarian Kitchen in Georgetown, DC.
Kate was sick and did not want to Thursday adventure with me. That said I really didn’t want to adventure myself. I was feeling extra lazy and Kate had to kick me off the computer and throw me out the house. It was sunny but not particularly warm so I decided to head for the great outdoors. I landed a short 15 miles outside D.C. at the Great Fall National Park, a small park overlapping the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park.
My first thought after getting out of the car, was, “really, 15 minutes from D.C.?” After 6 months of living in the city and working in a strip mall I had all but forgotten nature. I was flabbergasted to find such natural beauty only 15 minutes from my house! As soon as I arrived I was greeted by two friendly Canadian Geese who walked right up to me as I took their pictures. My other amazing animal encounter was seeing my first real in the wild woodpecker (a Red-crowned woodpecker to be exact). I didn’t have much time to get a nice shot, but at least I’ve got some proof! Also, I snapped a few shots of a bird of prey (still trying to identify it). The falls were actually quite impressive. There was a long boardwalk that took you to an overlook of the falls.
When I got home Kate was feeling a little better. To end the day we made Alice Water’s simple six ingredient free-form apple tart (apples, butter, sugar, flour, water and salt). It was tasty and we ate almost the entire tart before going to bed (Kate finished it for breakfast this morning).
With Kate in school and me working afternoon shifts it’s hard to find time to do something together. Serendipitously, Thursdays are more or less free for both of us and so we’ve decided to take a little adventure every Thursday. Today we went to the National Geographic headquarters in downtown D.C. to see a show on the Terra Cotta Warriors Horses. On display were around 15 soldiers, one horse and a boat-load of artifacts unearthed with the soldiers. These are but a few of the over 8,000 soldiers buried in the tomb complex of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor to unite (through bloody war) and rule all of China.
The show was amazing. The soldiers were so intricate and each one unique. If you are in D.C. before the show ends in April you should go!
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There is not much better in life than getting a snow day from work…except when you get a second snow day!!! Let it snow. Let it snow. Let it snow!!!!
These are hard questions. They’re not going to be resolved through a tweet or through some online internet poll.
Kate and I got to see our little niece June in action for the first time this evening. Got to love those web cams! She is so cute and we hope she doesn’t grow another inch until we get to see her for reals!
We have decided this year instead of giving gifts we were going to start an interior decorating at birthing centers business.
We are very proud that our couch could be a part of welcoming June Ransom into the world.
We are also proud that we hooked Laura & Jesse up with our amazing midwife-tastic friend Briana. She is amazing. And so is Laura (see above & below)! What a champion!! Whole thing wrapped up in under 5 hours AT HOME!!
Welcome, welcome little miss Junie!!
(Neil has been wandering around all morning singing “Junie, Junie, we hope to see you soon-ie.” True story.)
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