Best Day of the Year!

This picture conveys how happy I am. Today. 

Andrew doesn't look quite that happy today. He looks a lot less happy. 

Today is the best day of the whole year. Why? Because today is the day the sports world stands still. Its the day after the all-star baseball game, and so there is no baseball. Football season hasn't started, no football, no basketball, no hockey. I love it. That makes today my most favorite day of the year. I've heard rumors of another no-sports day, the day after the NBA all-star game. So I will wait with baited breath...for the next best day of the year. 

*Andrew, for some reason, looks more bald in this picture than he actually is. Just so you know. (He made me write that.)

I cannot contain...

.... my excitement.

I haven't been able to sleep or eat or think about anything else. My life has been taken over, yet again. How many more times must I go through this? Where will I be Wednesday night? That's right, and for all you suckers who live on the west coast, I will be drooling a full two hours ahead of you. TWO HOURS. 

I pity you.  Sweet dreams Harry. 

How American are we??

How much more American can you get? Its the 4th of July, and we were here in DC. And we had an utterly fabulous weekend. 

We went to a baseball game, had apple pie and fried chicken (which was gross, the chicken not the pie) (and okay I didn't make either one of them. I'm a slacker I know.) We went to Mount Vernon, and to top it off we watched fireworks, whilst lounging on the National Mall...with 500,000 other people. What could be more American? 

The following sequence of photos is not in order. 

Here's a little taste of the firework show. Just a little sampling.

If I was an awesome blogger you would get an edited video of the fireworks, set to some very American music. While I am awesome, I am not an awesome blogger, so those pictures are all you are going to get. 

We sat on the grass on the west side of the Washington Monument. And you could look across the road and the reflecting pond and see how many people were sitting on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. 

Earlier that day, we ran down to Georgetown an attended a dog parade. Which was awesome. 

I am going to go ahead and say that it is going to be the highlight of the entire summer. I don't think there is anything that could trump a dog parade. Unless of course I got my own dog.

Uncle Same led the parade. 

Meet Dante, he is a Sheltie. And I wanted to take him home with me.

I don't know these guys' names, so I will call them.... Thunder and Yukon.

I don't know his name either, but he was really cute, because he wanted lots of treats.

This little ones name is Bowie, and he is a fat papillon. Super cute, he loved us.

Look at the ballerina. She's darling.

Treats for the parade participants were donated by the Dog Store on Wisconsin.  The dogs loved them! And I loved the parade. 

Next up we have the Nats baseball game.

During the 4th inning, there is a race between the presidents...and its hilarious. 

TJ, Washington, Abe and Teddy. Teddy never wins, but he can moonwalk. 

Look how dedicated to baseball I am. 

Me cheering on the home team.  

Quite honestly I don't know if the Nationals won or lost, but I do know that if you go to a Nationals game, and you want a funnel cake, you should get in line early....Andrew still owes me. 

Olde Towne, and a day on the bay.

Its time. Time for a real update. And that's it. A real update. 

So here we go....

Old Towne Alexandria. One of our favs. There is a fabulous latin eatery called Cafe Salsa and they do one heck of a brunch. The breakfast burrito is to die for. But that's not what this picture is. These are the docks in Alexandria. Lovely.

One day when we were down at the docks and there was a company that saves parrots. And for a donation to the cause, one could hold a number of birds and get a picture taken. I mostly did this to gross out my Mum. She hates birds, although I was only kidding when I told the birdman that I wanted to hold ten birds. He however took me seriously. Those birds were a lot heavier than you would think. The one on my head is Oscar, and it was his first time.

Mum this one is for you.

Next up, we have Annapolis and the Chesapeake. 

Someone forgot to take the camera, so all we have are subpar photos taken with the phone. I blame Andrew, he blames me. We all know who is right. 

We took a ferry ride around the little harbor. And it was great. I love boat rides. We love the navy, and we love all you can eat crab. Delicious. 

We rented bikes and rode around town. I love bikes, especially ones with baskets. 

I would especially love a bike of my own with a basket and a bell. Does Andrew know this? Yes. Does he care? Apparently not. 

Andrew's favorite thing: eating here.  

And this turkey sandwich. Andrew loves his turkey sandwiches. And I will admit this one does look delicious. And as I recall it was. 

We also walked around the Naval Academy, and saw were John Paul Jones was buried. Whose grave/crypt it supposedly like Napolean's in Paris, so it's like we were there. Again. 

And did you know that Annapolis was at one point the capital of the United States? Well now you do. 

Only Me

So the only one who saw the white next to the new background was me. Why? I believe it was because of my parent's widescreen monitor. Sorry for wasting everyone's time with that pointless post. My apologies.