Diggin' Dupont

*A.S. (In my head, I see this as being the opposite of P.S. Antescript?) I believe that I love this city. Never in my life have I been told that I am pretty or cute so much. Today, my cashier at the grocery store told me that I have a beautiful smile. Which just made me smile wider.

I would like to start this blogpost off with a claim. I claim that I will be in bed, tucked in, hugging my fat dolphin and ready to go to sleep by 12:00 a.m. I’m volunteering for 4 hours tomorrow with some rambunctious little ones in the sun…and I feel as if a LOT of energy will be necessary for that playtime.

In order to stockpile a good amount of bubbly, fun-loving, bursting-at-my-seams energy, I spent today checking out some local hotspots in the Dupont Circle area of the District.

My lovely day began by putting my three-day-free pass to the Ritz Carlton fitness club (The Sports Club LA/Washington) to good use. Ashamedly, I will admit that I skipped my free use yesterday. But my feet hurt after the 6 hours of walking I did at the National Holocaust Museum.



Here I am, unabashedly adorable with raccoon eyes (thank you, tight goggles), after swimming 20 laps in the curiously small lap pool. I can tell you now that I will not be purchasing a membership to the Sports Club LA. Why not?

Well, I refuse to pay $145 a month for a mediocre gymnasium with a sub-standard pool (AKA not Olympic-sized and not large enough to hold its membership). Oh, by the way, $145 is the cheapest membership and doesn’t include use of the squash courts.

I then went home and made a delicious lunch. I tried adding something new to my typical turkey-and-lettuce sandwich: raspberry preserves. Delicious.



Yet, though it was delicious, about 2 hours later I decided that I was ravenous (probably all of the calories burned at the gym, which I knew that I would no longer return to and therefore decided that I needed to put it to good use for the last day I had with it).

So I went to a place that has been recommended to me by a few people called Kramerbooks & More. It is not only a bookstore, but also a bar and a café. Apparently, the “literati” hang out here and purchase slightly overpriced food. I understand why, though, because the food was absolutely delicious.



I got this crazy pizza with mushrooms and delicious herbs. I feel as if it was crazy because it was a pizza on matzo. I have never before had a matzah pizza. (Apparently, you can spell this word 2 ways, according to a quick Google search I prefer matzah, but my computer yells at me when I type it that way).

I also had an impulse book buy, since I was in a bookstore, and purchased a huge book about King Henry VIII’s 6 wives. A review will be following, I’m sure. In about 3 years, when I’ve finished law school so I have time to read the book.

After my second lunch, I met the amazing girl who lives in the apartment one floor below me, Ashley. She pointed out a few of the good hotspots in Dupont that I will have to try out, and then took me to Maddy’s Bar and Grille for a drink. I told the bartender to give me something fruity, and he gave me something called a “weed peach.” To me, this sounds sketchy, but it tasted delicious, so I didn’t question it.

I also realized just how lucky of a girl I am. I don’t KNOW know many people in D.C. yet, but I have a few old friends that have moved here before me and sort of know their way around. One of these fabulous friends is Brenna. She and I met up after my weed peach experience and went to a cute yogurt place called Mr. Yogato.



There are quite a few ways to get discounts at Mr. Yogato’s. You can answer some trivia (and risk adding 10% to your bill if you answer the question incorrectly), impress someone with your Seinfeld knowledge, get your face stamped, and more.

Brenna and I chose to stamp our faces.



Luckily, it is summer and boiling in D.C. during this heat wave, so we soon sweat the stamps off. 

We also got to re-live childhood for a bit at Mr. Yogato’s, because the establishment provides some fun games for yogurt-lovers to play! It took some time, but we finally remembered how to play “Guess Who,” and ventured to try a new game, Pictureka, which was fun. And yet quite challenging for 2 law school students.



Overall, I enjoyed a peaceful, calm day which allowed me to appreciate some of the smaller things in life that really made me smile.

Here is some happiness for today:



He looks like he’s eating my head, but really he’s just giving me a fond nudge.



Saw those on the street and instantaneously fell in love with that child.