Dinner at Sette Osteria

After our tour of the Canaletto exhibit, we had dinner at Sette Osteria in Dupont Circle.

Dinner at Sette Osteria

Carlo, Gina, Betsy, Marina, Grazia

After our tour of the Canaletto exhibit, we had dinner at Sette Osteria in Dupont Circle.

Andrea and Maju

Gina and Betsy

Albuino and Christine

"Canaletto and His Rivals" at the National Gallery

Albuino and Christine

Our Italian Meet-Up met at the National Gallery and toured the fantastic Canaletto exhibit. This exhibit was viewed in only two museums in the world - the National Gallery in London and the National Gallery in Washington. We are so lucky to live here. I tell myself this at least a half a dozen times a day!

beautiful black gondola on view at the entrance to the exhibit

Venice

Green Goddess

We had the most marvelous dinner at the most fantastic restaurant in the French quarter - the Green Goddess.

Location of the Green Goddess in a charming French Quarter alley

Christine with Chef Chris

Cafe du Monde

Yes, I know. New Orleans is not in the DC Metro area but I wanted to share my experience there in this setting.

Of course, we had to go to the illustrious Cafe du Monde. And, of course, we ordered coffee and beignets!

Italian Card Games

Betsy and Carlo were again the gracious hosts for our Italian meet-up, Amici Italiani di Fairfax.

We played one round of Tombola (an Italian version of Bingo).

And the winner of the Tombola competition was: Christine!

Armanda

John

Pina

Pina's Husband

Scrapbooking

Christian and I went to a scrapbooking session. He worked very hard and finished what he had set out to accomplish. I did not! (I was too busy admiring his work.)

Dona Azucena Pupuseria

I was delighted to find a pupuseria in Springfield! After I returned from El Salvador several years ago, I was anxious to find one. My friend Barbara treated me to lunch there after our outing to the Phillips.

We each had three pupusas. I had a cheese, a cheese and zucchini, and a cheese with ayote.



I definitely intend to return for more pupusas in the near future!

I made the mistake of trying to eat the first pupusa with my hands. It was hot!!

Philip Guston's Roma at the Phillips

I took my friend Barbara to the Phillips Collection to see the Roma exhibit. Guston painted these works while in Rome in the early 70s. I was fascinated. They are simple, cartoonish drawings but I truly saw Rome in them.

National Press Building

My friend Gertraud invited me to lunch at the National Press Building. The lunch was absolutely delicious (I had the best vegetarian option ever!) right down to the NPR cupcakes!

NPR Cupcakes

The guest speaker was Vivian Schiller, President and CEO of NPR. Her talk was excellent but that evening she resigned!

Perseus Bayou at Imagination Stage

Marcello and I took Christian and Colin to see a wonderful performance of "Perseus Bayou" at the Imagination Stage in Bethesda. It was the ancient Greek myth of Perseus set in New Orleans.