A great friend of mine invited me to attend a pre-screening of the documentary, Arabia 3D, in the Museum of Natural History. While on my lunch break from work, I visited House of Kabob in Dupont. The above plate was only $7.10!! So much food, no waiting for it to be given to me, it tasted great and it was cheap. This place is def a winner in my book.

Anyways after work, I met up with my friend at the museum and I enjoyed the film. It was excellent! I felt as  though I visited it myself. The sand seemed as if it was right within reach. The effects, graphics, transitions, entire cinematography was on point. The material was informative yet entertaining, the artist definitely achieved his goal. Go see it, if you can!

After the film and our great middle eastern dinner (gotta keep the theme goin!) we took the good ol 70 bus uptown. Remember my previous gripes about this damn bus? There was a nut case in front of me and one behind me. The one in front happens to be the woman in the center background of my photo above. These two young innocent ladies in the photo sat between her and I. below is the dialogue that ensued:
Chick to the left is chick 1 and one to the right is chick 2. The crazy lady is Elmo.

Chick 1 goes on about the bus driver flirting with her...Chick 2 jokingly tells her to tap that, chick 1 of course laughs and is like hell no. Elmo enters the scene.

Elmo: "blababababwehdefhugfybbendkhdxlhefgwefnkg!! aaaagbiwegfkeuberkygfnkegflkgurgfbkuhk!!!!"(shouting gibberish like the tasmanian devil at Chick1)
Chick1: "oh my god why the fuck did i come on this bus?"
Elmo looks at her in utter disgust and says: "bdfgksnufkufgtdkjrg.mldhhk,jkhik!!! dukfhkdnhgdfhkjgfj,vhkjmhrjk!!! dkufhukjgjrfhnfgdfkjgdngkgjjh!!! dgfefghkm,hjltjkjbkm,!!!"
Chick 2, my friend and I laugh sooo hard we couldn't breathe.
Chick1: "can we move to the back?"
Chick2: "no! we gotta stay here"
Chick1: "oh c'mon! we can take the train, look there's the stop!"
Elmo: "bsdlfhefihnukfthfkyvuk!!!! dkfgrukngteruvhrklhrhl!!"
Crazy man sittin behind me: "Yall done did it now! she put the ghost on you!"
(Crazy man continues talking foolishness but we were laughing so hard, its inaudible at this point)
Chick2: "no, the bus gets us much closer than the train, you know that"
Elmo: "wkehnrjchgtcjhvjvvhm,jghkghm,kjhmfkjnmkjhbghmhhk,jhmgjhfjhg,jhmjmjmjjgjfgnbghjn,jb,j" 
Chick1: "come oooonnn!"
Chick2: "nope" (struggling to keep a stern voice)
Elmo: "kfugdufgnughrihvlimvhill!!!!" "dfugkhfgvkfjngkhn!!" "kdugfberhgejgefgrejgnrmgrngbrjgbmjgrnmgru!" "kuehnukwehncrhjrghrkrmgk,hm,kfhgmfjnrgvjhfkjghfmkjhkghghmfkghkhnkfnhmkfhkvhkmhvrihthrth!!!"
We are all in stitches laughing so damn hard!!
Chick1: "wtf! I'm one of the only 3 white people on this bus AND i'm standing while everyone's sitting. Fuckin Elmo over here hates me and everyone's staring. So fucking transparent. Its just a big fuckin show!"
We all laugh sooooo much harder at this point!! Tears are streaming down my face now. She notices, laughs and fans my face for me to get some air.
Elmo: "bdfuwrngfukcr,hmu!!" "eurnhfu,jnh!"
The Chicks start saying a photo needs to be snapped. In between laughs, I tell em I got it and pull my phone out to snap the photo you see above.

We finally calm down and Elmo exits stage right err I mean gets off the bus. The chicks and I talk and realize we are all from New England and they tell me they want to start a blog about DC life. I told em I already have one and they will def get featured next! Hopefully they see this! I don't even know if this post captures the hilarity but hey I tried!

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, I took a stroll with some friends through downtown to the Sculpture Garden

 We have arrived!!

 The photo above is a giant spider...its not showing up as well due to shadows cast by the trees

 This is of whatever you think its of...

 This is the cafe at the Garden, clearly a work of art itself

That concludes the trip! In addition to the sculptures, there is a cafe and ice skating available to enjoy.

Crazy title huh? Yup I know. Life is so interesting sometimes, so entertaining...its just too good to be  scripted. I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried.

MY WEEKEND WAS EPIC!!

Friday after work, I strolled through China Town and discovered Pho DC, a vietnamese bar and restaurant that makes a slammin pho soup!! I ate my heart out! You already know my greedy ass was in bliss. The service was awesome too! Everyone was so polite and it def helps that both the bartenders were hot!... If only I had my hair done that day... smdh.  Then I mosied on home and collapsed in bed.

 The top photo is of the bowl they give you with onions, peppers and mint you can add to the soup below.

 Pho Ga is a Vietnamese soup that has noodles, chicken, cilantro, scallion and whatever else you want. You can add mushrooms, mint, lemon, pepper, onions, its all up to you.


Saturday I watched people march to the White House for Egypt. My horrible attempt to get a photo of it is below...

Then after work I went to (drum roll please) GAY MILITARY RUMBA NIGHT AT COBALT! lol! Well to be fair, Cobalt is a gay club/lounge in Dupont Circle soooo its always gay night but unbeknownst to me before I entered it was military night as well. So there were topless buff men in camouflage pants n combat boots with war paint on their faces (sooo sexy!!) There was a drag queen show as well, they did the Beyonce better than Beyonce herself! I tried to capture some of it on my phone too but im short sooo we'll see how that goes when I upload the video here. If no video gets loaded, then u know I failed miserably. And yes the rumba element...there was latin night on the 3rd floor (theres 4 floors there). I tried but between my heels, two left feet and the crowded dancefloor it wasn't happening but it was comical at least! lol! Lucky for me, they switched to reggae for a lil bit then I went down to the second floor and enjoyed the pop and techno. After dancing til my feet hurt I limped to the metro just in time to see the drunken exodus of people catching the last trains for the night. Lots of staggering, stumbling, passing out, a lil vomit and the whole dupont station platform singing "everybody! shots shots shots shots..." (u know the song) and two guys having a dance off! Im talkin pulled off their coats and everything! did the lawn mower and all. It was hilarious! Of course my phone was dead by then so I couldn't record it (booo!! yea I know I suck).

Btw, it would be nice if lil walls or curtains were put up by the urinals...I felt really awkward using the men's room. (there's no ladies room in gay bars, go figure!). But I survived after quickly tip toeing to the nearest stall with my hand over my eyes.

Thats it for now folks!! Talk to ya later! Enjoy the rough videos below...

 

 

So much time has gone by guys! Sorry! So much has happened...I don't even know where to start. Heres a quick rundown of the adventures I remember...
 
hmmm lets see...there was the Halloween celebration. My girls and I dressed as Disney Princesses and had a photo shoot by the Smithsonian Castle in addition to a beer run in Georgetown.

Imagine five seemingly normal young women walking into the museum then re emerging as what you see above! We looked like we were about to sing its a small world lol! In fact tourists kept asking what time our performance was! lol! That was a hilarious day! Detangling wigs on the train, undressing in the museum, trying not to fall in the fountain,and getting rushed out of the bushes by a rent a cop...yea good times.

Of course there was the John Stewart Rally. It was amazing! Soooooooo many people everywhere!...I'm speaking as if I attended the rally! lol! Hey, hey don't get your panties in a bunch! I planned to go but ended up getting called into work last minute.  But I did get to experience tidbits of it-the rallyers (sp?) and I got up close and personal on the overcrowded train. Saw lots of costumes-people dressed as cows, crayons, even saw a lego costume.  A viking ship playing techno music drove down Pennsylvania Ave too. At work, (restaurant job downtown) there was a line of people waiting 45 mins to get onto our 45 minute waiting list. Luckily the bar is near the door so those waiting enjoyed a fear/sanity party while waiting to be seated. We played the rally on the televisions and everyone just drank beer and hung out. I almost lost my voice shouting names on the list (we have no mics or buzzers) so I could seat people but was saved by a customer who let me borrow his megaphone. I loved using that thing! Def a memorable day.

Thanksgiving was awesome! My friends and I had a potluck dinner. Food for ddaaaaayyyyysssssss!!!! Laughter til my belly and face hurt. Jokes all night. Yea I have the coolest friends in the world. By the way the top photo is a section of our bountiful spread and the bottom is the baking pan I used as tupperware and my large cup of soup. I brought it all home and ate for almost a week :)

White Elephant Party- well, the thanksgiving potluck was so nice we had to do it twice!  oooh wait a sec...i was so caught up in the evening I forgot to take pics of this one! lol! oh well, just know that a great time was had by all ten of us. It was our first time playing white elephant and the presents ranged from a harmonica to a  crayon shaped piggy bank to body souffle and a book "joy of sex". lol! quite a range huh?



Well, that's all for now folks!

As you already know I love DC though I hate it sometimes...overall I love it. I also love my fellow man so whenever I get a chance, I do community service. Two recent activities included participating in the Aids Walk. I got to join my fellow Bison (u knoooowwww!!), raise funds and walk for a great cause. It was pretty fun and I definitely look forward to next year. We got there pretty early in the morning, and were greeted by many smiling faces. We warmed up with the "DC Cowboys?" I think they are called...and grooved to some great music then walked our hearts out. There were many cheerleaders along the way to keep us pumped and at the end we were entertained by dance performances. Although we had a blast, we do hope that HIV/AIDS gets stomped out.

I also had the honor of assisting at an after school program- after they finished their homework, we played games like pictionary and mancala :) I also served them supper. It was an awesome experience! I totally love kids and as you already konw-im a kid magnet so this totally worked well.

I absolutely love this!! It totally sums up my daily metro ordeal. hahaha!!