Our first day in DC

The trip to DC was a great success – even if I had to remind myself (and everyone around me) that I was “just going with the flow.” It’s hard for us borderline obsessive-compulsives to not have a trip planned out to the nth degree. Harder still to do this with a diabetic child who I have to keep from consuming gluten. In a city that I haven’t toured in more than 30 years. (I’m not counting the trip with my sister this summer as that was totally spent within the hotel for the entire convention!)

Luckily, my brudder had a great suggestion for a hotel near the Capitol Building — the Phoenix Park Hotel had a fantastic “Summer Sizzling Special” that turned this rather chi-chi $900/night stunner into a $99/night bargain.

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Off for a weekend trip to DC

We were originally going to head to Sturbridge Village tonight with The Hubster’s brother’s family, but the weather has once again decided to mess with our plans. (Thanks, TS Danny!)

Instead, we’ve decided to head a different direction early tomorrow morning and join up in Washington, D.C.

Thanks to my brudder, we’ve got a great centrally-located hotel lined up and will spend the rainy weekend haunting the fabulous museums there.

I’ll come back with pictures!