Christmas Eve

The Corcoran with George

George and I went to the John Singer Sargeant exhibit at the Corcoran Museum of Art. This exhibit focused on Sargeant's seascapes.

George with a lion in front of the museum

After viewing the exhibit, we went to Potbelly's for lunch. He had a sandwich and I had a veggie salad.

George warily enters Potbelly. It is not exactly his cup of tea.

my veggie salad

Obama, of course, lives only a block away from this Potbelly. He has probably been here.

Eating Thai with Stephanie

My colleague Stephanie and I had a delightful lunch at the Thai restaurant in Shirlington Village.

We started out with vegetarian spring rolls.

Stephanie is very good with chopsticks.

She had

I had the usual, pad thai.

Lunch at National Airport

I met my old friend Jill at National Airport just before she flew back to Minneapolis. We lunched at TGIFriday's. We had a chance to catch up quickly before she took off.

Founding Farmers

Chris, Denny, and Kay - a mini-mini Washburn High School '59 class reunion

We had a fantastic dinner at the Founding Farmers restaurant in Washington, DC near the GWU campus.

We began our meal with flatbread and corn bread.

Flatbread with brie, onion jam, and

the best cornbread anywhere in the world!

Kay had X, mashed potatoes, and French green beans.

Denny had salmon, mashed potatoes, and French green beans.

Chris had a "nice little salad" - a Farmer's Salad with greens, olives, parmesan cheese, croutons, and lots of dates.

It was Denny's birthday. Here he is blowing out the candle on his delicious Apple Crisp dessert.

Christmas Revels: Italian Renaissance

Christian enjoyed going to the theater with the Amici Italiani di Fairfax Meet-Up.

It was a wonderful program with music and dance from the Italian Renaissance. Lucio and his wife enjoyed it.

Meet-Up Chair Carlo takes a photo of member Dona.

Dona, Carlo, and Betsy in their seats at Lisner Auditorium on the GWU campus.

Gingerbread House Disaster!

We tried to make a gingerbread house but an earthquake destroyed it!

Sons of Norway Christmas Bazaar

The Washington Sons of Norway lodge held its annual Christmas bazaar. I volunteered and was assigned the fabrics table. Here I am, enjoying myself!



Carla Danziger was signing copies of her wonderful mystery, Hidden Falls.

Pancake Breakfast with St. Nick

We enjoyed a delicious pancake breakfast and then St. Nick arrived!

Christian and St. Nick

Colin and St. Nick

DCDC at the Redwood in Bethesda

The DCDC met at the Redwood Restaurant in Bethesda (Bethesda Row) for a delicious organic meal and delightful conversation.

Mary

Jodi

Christine

Butternut Squash Soup with Spiced Pumpkin Seeds

Monument to Daguerre

Daguerre was the Frenchman who invented photography. The first photograph was a daguerreotype.

Dona and Christine

Andrea and Christine

Dona and Andrea

Lunch at Ella's

We have formed the Siamo Romani Dinner Club. We plan to try a different Italian restaurant in DC every month.

Chris and Dona

Andrea Chris Dona

Andrea Ready to Eat

eggplant and ricotta rolls

calamari

Beet and orange salad

Butternut squash tortellini
with sage butter sauce and crumbled Amaretti

fettuccine

crisp wafer with lemon cream and strawberry sauce

homemade ice cream - butter pecan and chocolate - with an almond cookie

Grand Army of the Republic

This monument is dedicated to the GAR, the organization for the Union Veterans of the Civil War. I have two great-grandfathers who were Union soldiers, Fred Walters and Thomas McGarry.

Library of Congress

Rick, Carla, Marilyn, Christine, Burt

My Sons of Norway Genealogy Interest Group went to the Library of Congress. We met in front of the Madison Building.

We went inside to register for our Reader cards.

Then we went to the Jefferson Building for a session with a researcher in the Genealogy Reference Room. The session was tailor-made for us and dealt with Norwegian genealogy.

The Library of Congress is across the street from the US Capitol.