NYC via DC 2012

We woke up a little late and had a complimentary breakfast at the hotel. Since we were late the eggs seemed a little cold. So then we started walking to the Court House stop in the Metro. We took the Orange line two stops to Foggy Bottom in DC.. Walking straight down to the Memorials, we started across the Memorial Bridge but decided to jay walk to the other side at the half way point. As we got close to the Lincoln Memorial some jogger who saw us when we started across the bridge commented to us as he was disappointed we did not make it all the way to the other side. Looking back, we should have finished the bridge. Lincoln Memorial is still cool after all these years. A bunch of groups of school children started showing up, so we took a few snapshots and moved on. There was alot of construction for the reflecting pool, looked like alot of jobs were created here. Passed the Korean Memorial on the way to the World War 2 Memorial. Glad we got to see this one again, last time it was really crowded with some ceremony going on. Next I wanted to get a few classic pictures of me and the Washington Monument. Still not open from the Earthquake. About time for lunch and we went to a place outside at the Patio W Hotel (J&G Steakhouse).  We had a few Mojitos and I had one of the club sandwiches and Penny had the Grilled Shrimp Salad. Both were good and the drinks were nice sitting out on the patio watching people walk by.  After lunch we start walking towards Ford's Theatre, on the way we saw a place that served Yogurt by weight, so we had to try that out.  It was good but maybe next time we should split one...  We skipped going in the Ford's Theater as their was a long line for it.  We headed to the National Mall to take a break under a tree.  Time to head back to the hotel to clean up and get ready for our ride to Maryland.  We hopped on the Orange to Red line to Silver Springs exit.  I called David, my Ex Co-worker, on the way but it still took him a while to come by and pick us up.  He took us over to his house way out there.  We hung out with his wife and 3 kids.  One of them Graduated on this day and they had leftover pizza and cake.  We ended up hanging out over out his place chatting until late.  He brought us back to the Silver Springs exit and we proceeded to take the trains back to Arlington Court Suites since it was late.  Next time we want to go back to that W Hotel Terrace Bar for the nighttime view of the Monuments...