Touristas

My niece and my brother came to town last weekend. My niece is 14 and this was the first time she'd been to DC. My brother has been her a few times and is pretty good with directions. Even messed up DC directions.

As happens when family, friends etc come to town. I did a lot of walking around and visiting places I only go when family, friends etc come to town.

Why is that? Why don't I take outings to see the Jefferson Monument on random Saturday afternoons? How come I don't go and get myself Astronaut ice cream for dessert on Tuesdays? Don't you think it's odd that you live in a city you don't really see unless you are showing it to someone else? We went to all the monuments, had a rock star tour of the Pentagon, they saw the Capitol and we went to the National Aquarium (no, not the one in Baltimore - that one is supposedly awesome. We went to the one in the basement of the Commerce Dept. Let's just say, I think PetSmart has a better selection of fish.). I even took them to Dupont Circle and we put our feet in the fountain.

It's nice to see my city. I do love DC. I kind of think I should get out more. I think I would, but there are just too many tourists wandering around.