Afternoon Tea in Peacock Alley at the Willard

The Venerable Willard Hotel
(President Ulysses S. Grant held meetings in the lobby of this hotel with people seeking favors and thus the new verb "to lobby" entered the English lexicon.)

The Lobby of the Willard decked out for the holidays

The DCDC Group: Jodi, Synthia, Christine
Jodi and Synthia are enjoying a cup of Ginger Twist
Christine opted for the Willard Blend

Afternoon Tea began with fruit in a chocolate sleigh
(Secret: We all greedily ate the sleighs when we finished the fruit!)

A delightful array of delectable sandwiches, tasty scones, and scrumptious mini-desserts

Having afternoon tea was an exquisite experience! Our sitting began at 2. We sipped, we nibbled, we talked. Then Synthia at a certain point looked at her watch. "My goodness," she exclaimed. "It's 4:30!" As they say, "Time flies when you are having fun!"

Carol's Birthday: Proof and Hide/Seek

Sons of Norway Christmas Party

Breakfast with St. Nicholas

Norwegian Party in Class

Our engaging Norwegian teacher Knut and his son at our end-of-class party

Norwegian cheeses and flatbread

Norwegian almond cake, lefse with butter and cinnamon, rice pudding, and other delicious food.

Nicole, Andres, and George

Jennifer looks over the delicious spread

George enjoys Solo, a Norwegian orange soda

Thanksgiving #3

We celebrated Thanksgiving a third time with our dear friends George and Dal. They treated us to a fabulous meal at Finemondo in the District.

I had ravioli stuffed with pumpkin and Amaretto crumbs with sage and butter sauce. Yum!

Andrea and I shared a slice of torta di ricotta. It was definitely not the torta di ricotta that we enjoyed in Italy.

Thanksgiving #2

We celebrated Thanksgiving a second time with our dear friend Dona. We had a delightful lunch at the Italian restaurant in Shirlington Village, Extra Virgin. Sorry but no photos of the food. I remembered to take my camera, of course, but I left the chip on my computer at home.

Chris and Dona

Dona and Andrea
(Oh, Dorothy!!)