Friday, we walked down King Street to the water and had dinner at Murphy's Irish Pub. Honestly, it was not all that bad, but the Key West Fire Dept. was doing a bar hop so it got really busy and really noisy really really fast. All of them were wearing kilts, leis, and a lot of them had Fireman hats on.
Saturday, we walked down to Starbucks and then headed right to the Metro to go to Metro Center. One of her goals was to visit an H&M, and mine was to go to Madame Tussaud's. Coincidentally, they were in the same building together right next to our stop!
In case you've never heard of it, Madame Tussaud's is a wax museum. It is in a lot of cities, but each location has their own statues - they're all completely different. Lacey and I had a great time! We sat with Lincoln, said HI to some of the old presidents, cuddled up onto a few celebrities, posed with J.Lo, boo'd the Jonas Brothers, had a laugh with Elton John, walked straight past Katie Couric, and kissed Johnny Depp at the end!
BON VOYAGE!
Too slow.
She looks a lot better as wax.
The Rock!
"Ohhh Julia."
It's Ok, George. Not everyone has to like you.
Photo bop!!
I met the Obamas!
That's what you call love
Respect my authoritah!
Johhny!
You got nothin' on me, J.Lo!
and our personal favorite...
Mom, this is for you!
Lots and lots of fun! Afterward, we shopped at H&M. Lacey got a few really really adorable dresses! Here's my shirt I got:
We ate at the Hard Rock Cafe (yummmmmm) for lunch. Of course Lacey went to set down her purse next to the window by our table and BAM! it fell about 3 feet down the window onto a display ledge. HA! Unfortunately, our waiter was kind of grody. Lacey said his nails were super short, his teeth were kind of messed up, and his eyes looked like there were no pupils in them! The food was delicioso, though! As we were walking down the street, we found a street vender who was selling my new purse:
I'm not so into showing off brand names like this, but it's exactly what I've been looking for! It's such a pain to have to hold onto my purse while I'm riding the Metro and walking everywhere, so getting a purse that goes over my shoulder was a must! Lacey tried to help bargain the price for me...key word: tried...
Lacey: How much for the purse?
Man: $35.
Me: Oh.
Man: How much you want it for?
Lacey: $25.
Man: $30.
Lacey: Court, do you have a 5?
Me: I have a 20.
Lacey: Ok, $35 it is.
HAHA! Fail! Epic fail! Totally worth it though! After being in DC, we headed back to King Street to eat dinner. We ended up eating at Two Nineteen, only a couple blocks away from the Harbor area. I tried my first snail...was actually pretty good!...but the texture killed me! Haha! It's like a mushroom. but an animal. We enjoyed a couple steaks, mashed potatoes, and tasty wine! Then we walked down to the water, where the man was playing his glasses!
So far, he's been playing every single Saturday for three weeks...I'm thinking he's there every weekend! I might go listen more often! He's amazing. Absolutely amazing. Lacey got a great video of him playing, but I can't seem to save it onto my computer. Oh well! Afterward, we ran across a krumping contest! Just imagine America's Best Dance Crew without the breakdancing moves, quieter music, and a bunch of teenagers. It actually was a blast to watch!
I don't quite understand it...seems a bit angry to me, but it was so much fun to watch!
Sunday, I actually woke up later than I thought I would. Lacey actually had to come in and get me out of bed! I dreamt I moved to Buckingham, Alamaba, to live with a host family. In their family was a man, his wife, the grandpa, and five little babies (about the size and age of all my little nieces and nephew). The house was right on the ocean, but it was the Cherokee house. Strange. I walked down to the beach, only to find a ton and a ton of ships riding in to the shore. It seemed odd to me that nobody was questioning this. The Grandpa explained to me that they drive in to shore because a cruise ship has to pass. So then a huge cruise ship went by. Out in the distance I could see a tornado forming above the water. Everyone said to go inside, so I followed. Then, as I was in the Dining Room, a tornado was forming in our Family Room. I instantly grabbed all the babies, a blanket from the Living Room, and lined them up under the Dining Room Table away from the storm. The blanket was to keep the glass from hitting them, in case the windows blew out. The Grandpa leaned down to see me laying next to all the babies, and he thought I was crazy for being so concerned about the storm. He thought it was nothing - I was worried, though.
A cup of coffee woke me up, and we headed to Pentagon City Mall. We ate at Johnny Rockets (yummmmm), and walked around the mall for hours. We didn't buy too much, but it was a lot of fun to search the stores. I got Ava a ribbon dancer (remember those?) from Claire's, and a card from Papyrus. Then we went back down to King Street, and ended up visiting a few Vintage Clothing stores and boutiques that we didn't see the day before. I got:
Vintage green dress
Square neck black shirt
Charlotte Russe pink top for $8!
Clarks heels (comfy comfy!) and two pair of Nine West shoes from their Outlet store. (Buy one get one half off!)
Honestly, I wouldn't've gotten so many pairs of shoes had I not worn my new black flats for two weeks straight at my new job! Now I have lots of options for every outfit! After shopping, we cooked a frozen pizza from Trader Joe's and enjoyed some wine before heading straight to sleep.
Lacey left this morning before I went to work, and I actually got a lot accomplished today. I'm working on a few material boards to present to clients tomorrow, and I had my first KGD staff meeting today! It was actually very interesting! I learned about everything new that's happening in the firm, got to see our new website, and saw pictures of the projects that are currently being worked on. Then we all ate pizza together in the Conference Room! It was really really good pizza, too. A very tomato-y sauce and misc. toppings...kind of reminded me of NY Pizza. Or at least the pizza that used to be in the Cburg mall way back when the first food court existed!
Tonight, I just searched for apartments and potential places where I could live in two months...nothing is turning up. But good news is that if all else fails, I could stay at my current place as long as I get a roommate to live with me. It's the cheapest option right now. ...Rhianna just started her hair dryer...at 12am? Oh yeah. I guess that's one thing I don't like about this place: the walls seem like their paper thin and some parts of the townhouse make me think it's going to collapse any second! We'll have to see...maybe I'll land a job at KGD that will help me find a nicer apartment to live in in August!
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