Union Market in DC

I didn't really know about this place until we went to Crafty Bastards. It reminded me of a smaller version of Eataly in NYC. I would like to go back there again and buy some meats and things. We didn't buy anything today since Saurabh is out all of next week for his conference and staff retreat. 

Delicious and Pretty Cappuccinos 

Crafty Bastards - Day 1

 The back

Water colour on paper and then put on wood - We bought this one! :)

After lunch at Malgudi with Chris and Louise we headed to Union Market for the Crafty Bastards annual craft fair. I have wanted to go to this for years but we have never ended up going. The stuff was very interesting and really unique. Definitely not items we have seen elsewhere. 

Stereophonics

Stereophonics at the 930 club! A fantastic concert! :)

Watson Adventures' Murder at the National Gallery Scavenger Hunt

With Jess and Adam in town, it was the perfect opportunity to do this Murder Mystery Scavenger Hunt that I have now been wanting to do for a couple of years. We got to the National Gallery of Art a little before 2PM (the meeting time) and collected at the designated area. The rep from Watson Adventures came wearing her Watson Adventures' hat, collected everyone and explained the rules before we were given 2 hours to solve a bunch of clues and figure out who the murderer was and what the reason was. 

It was SO much fun! So glad we did it, and would love to do it again!

Too bad we didn't take any photos, but yay for Google images! :)

Ginevra de' Benci Painting - 2 sided painting of Leonardo Da Vinci - the only Da Vinci painting in the US

The left image is from the NGA website, and the right one from Google Images

Jess and Adam Visit DC

Jess and Adam came this weekend to DC from Dover to spend some time with us! It was great to see them! On Saturday night, we braved the stupid rain and went for a Scavenger Hunt to the National Gallery and then later for dinner at Sakuramen (our current favourite ramen place). The bulgogi buns and pork buns are sooo good!! And all the ramen is delicious and can get really spicy if that is what you'd like it to be...or not, if you don't want it to be :). 

Bell

Smita and I went to the NG museum for BELL - a one man play on Alexander Graham Bell by Jim Lehrer. The National Geographic Society turns 125 this year and is celebrating their second president, Alexander Bell. 

The play was excellently written by Jim Lehrer and peformed by Rick Foucheux. The play is focuses more on Bell's other invention while covering the phone too. 

Great performance! 

Photo courtesy Google images

Bobby's Burger Palace

Please don't go here. While the burger isn't terrible, there are a number of places in DC with muchhhh better and cheaper burgers. Totally wasn't worth the visit, especially being Iron Chef, Bobby Flay's restaurant. 

Disappointed.

Also, because I was feeling hot, I asked them to turn the temperature down on the air conditioner and they said it wasn't working. That just bothered me more. 

Russel Brand - Messiah Complex

After watching this hilarious clip, and seeing that Russel Brand was coming to DC at the Warner Theatre, I had to buy tickets. 

Though he came 30 minutes late due to bad weather, he was hilarious and entertained us for the entire 2 hours! 

Warner Theatre is so beautiful!

Potted Potter

The Golden Snitch part was my favourite! I wish google had a photo from the performance we went to

We went for Potted Potter today - a 70 minute parody on the synopsis of all the 7 Potter books. The show was hilarious and had me in tears. 

Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner perform this 2 man parody with many props and just do a wonderful job! In 2005 they were commissioned to create a 5-minute street show recapping the plot of the first 5 Potter books, for performance to queues of fans waiting for the midnight release of the sixth book. In 2006, Potted Potter is born as a street show and into an hour long performance in which the first six books are parodied. After touring the U.K. in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011, they start touring North America in 2012. 

The performance started out okay, but it just kept getting funnier. The audience participation was fun and the little girls they brought on stage from the audience to be the seekers, in the audience quidditch game, were just adorable. Both were in witch robes! The audience was split into two teams - Gryffindor and Slytherin and had to punch around the quaffle trying to get it through the high goal post. It was just hilarious. Then Jefferson Turner came out as a golden snitch while the seekers tried to catch him. The. Best. Part. Ever! 

This snake was just hilarious! :D

Photos courtesy Google images

Uhhhh...We bought a car!