washington weekend

i managed recently to find round trip bus fare to D.C. for $1 (hashtag boltbus VIP), so that meant another trip down to visit my friend emily. we had such a fun weekend. my first order of business was getting a sweet pork salad at cafe rio, but other delicious highlights included thomas sweet ice cream, baked and wired, &pizza, founding farmers (those beignets tho), and bluebuck pancakes at eastern market. my diet starts tomorrow.

i also checked out the library of congress, botanic garden, phillips collection, and hirshhorn museum. all of them are free and pretty great. i was excited at the hirshhorn to see quite a few works i learned about in my feminist art class, including the shirin neshat exhibit and barbara kruger installation. the photo above of the busts is actually "lick and lather" by janine antoni (1993-94), and i was so psyched to see it in person. they are self-portraits made of chocolate and soap and antoni actually licked the chocolate and washed the soap in the bath to wear away the features and comment on femininity and physical appearance. so amazing. i love them.

we went to see everest and pawn sacrifice (i recommend both) and it made me miss when emily and i were roommates and all we did was watch movies together. also she lent me her copy of into thin air by jon krakauer because as soon as we got out of the everest movie i wanted to read it. it's amazing so far.

but my favorite things we did all weekend were definitely visiting the national zoo and riding bikes around at night. i am obsessed with the clouded leopard at the national zoo. it's the prettiest animal i've ever seen and SO CUTE. we rented bikes from the capital bikeshare and rode all around the monuments and the national mall. i hadn't ridden a bike in forever and it was the best. we rode during the day too but nighttime was amazing because the streets and sidewalks were so empty and quiet and the monuments are stunning all lit up. it was so much fun. new york is number one in my heart, but D.C., you are up there. be back soon.