mischief in our nation’s capitol.

last month, matt & i had the pleasure of piling into a car with a couple of our friends from college and road-tripping up to DC for a little reunion with these two. the last time i was in DC i was however old you are when you’re in 8th grade- needless to say, it was time for a grown-up trip! we had a great time biking all over the city and reliving so much history with close friends. we didn’t actually take many pictures at all- we were so busy taking it all in ourselves! but, here are a few of our favorites from the ones we did take, starting with an image that was brazenly illegal (there were signs everywhere)- can matt get arrested if the secret service reads this blog post? if so, i’m totally kidding, folks!!

we planned our trip around the famous cherry blossoms- only to have them bud, bloom & fall a month early this year. BUT! we found this lone, beautiful tree and took full advantage, tourist-style:

we rode these bikes from sun-up to sun-down and into the late-night, it was so easy to get around (and only sometimes totally dangerous!)!

clearly, matt chooses the images for blog posts. i have GOT to start taking better pics of him so that we start to approach 50/50 blog visibility.

check it out! no more boot! still not back to running but thank goodness i didn’t have to wear that boot around dc- that would have been way dangerous on those bikes… also, this shop i’m standing across from was my favorite little spot in alexandria- the hour– stop in if you’re ever in the area!

there maaay not have been any cherry blossoms at this year’s cherry blossom festival but there were still fireworks on the river! and we do NOT miss fireworks. :)

sometimes the bike lanes were in the middle of traffic! awesome views. terrifying whenever we needed to turn. overall, win.

we love DC!