Labour Day Weekend - Part I
We remember a lot of laughs, lot of smiles, lot of stories, serious discussions all over good food (at home and outside) and drinks. That summed up our Labour Day Weekend. N’s friends came to visit us over the long weekend. They all met in college back in Albuquerque, and now one of them is still there and the other recently moved to San Francisco. The SFcan came over Friday night and the laughs and talks began! I was feeling ever so drowsy from my last dosage of antibiotics but I fought to stay awake to enjoy the company. I lasted till midnight and hubby and SFcan till 1am!
Saturday morning we picked up the Albqu-an who landed in Baltimore-Washington International airport. N booked us on a tour of the Treasury Department that morning at 11:15am. We barely made it at 11:10am! The Treasury Department is right next to the White House. So, there was a long queue to go to the White House. Ours didn’t have a queue; but we had to wait anyway, till they let us through to get to the gate. Our instructions said to press the button on an intercom o f the treasury building’s gate. We had so much trouble finding the intercom!! And there it was. This small unidentifiable/unlabelled box with a button.
A serious but friendly guard came on over the intercom informing us that the tours were cancelled as the Secretary (Condy Rice) was in the building. But the funny thing was that he couldn’t find the person’s we were to meet name on the list! Meantime the two visiting jokers were cracking up in the background. I swore that the guard wouldn’t let us in because of their behavior! :P There was a video camera staring at us straight!
Later N got a doubt that he might have gotten the dates wrong! He might have booked us for next weekend!
So, with that we headed over to the National Monument, where under the shade we had lunch! Then it was off to the National Air and Space Museum. Then we went to the Natural history museum to see the Hope diamond and a few other exhibits before we decided to walk over to the National Geographic Museum. They had an amazing exhibit, but we came just in time before they closed.
It was such a hot day!! It was supposed to be raining and so we decided to do a lot of indoor stuff. Turned out to be a good thing anyway. Saturday evening was spent at home. I made yummy pav bhajji and N made some scrumptious margaritas. We talked, we laughed, we joked, we discussed through the night. A good part of the evening was spent discussing cell phones!! ;)
Part II - to be continued!
Saturday morning we picked up the Albqu-an who landed in Baltimore-Washington International airport. N booked us on a tour of the Treasury Department that morning at 11:15am. We barely made it at 11:10am! The Treasury Department is right next to the White House. So, there was a long queue to go to the White House. Ours didn’t have a queue; but we had to wait anyway, till they let us through to get to the gate. Our instructions said to press the button on an intercom o f the treasury building’s gate. We had so much trouble finding the intercom!! And there it was. This small unidentifiable/unlabelled box with a button.
A serious but friendly guard came on over the intercom informing us that the tours were cancelled as the Secretary (Condy Rice) was in the building. But the funny thing was that he couldn’t find the person’s we were to meet name on the list! Meantime the two visiting jokers were cracking up in the background. I swore that the guard wouldn’t let us in because of their behavior! :P There was a video camera staring at us straight!
Later N got a doubt that he might have gotten the dates wrong! He might have booked us for next weekend!
So, with that we headed over to the National Monument, where under the shade we had lunch! Then it was off to the National Air and Space Museum. Then we went to the Natural history museum to see the Hope diamond and a few other exhibits before we decided to walk over to the National Geographic Museum. They had an amazing exhibit, but we came just in time before they closed.
It was such a hot day!! It was supposed to be raining and so we decided to do a lot of indoor stuff. Turned out to be a good thing anyway. Saturday evening was spent at home. I made yummy pav bhajji and N made some scrumptious margaritas. We talked, we laughed, we joked, we discussed through the night. A good part of the evening was spent discussing cell phones!! ;)
Part II - to be continued!