seafood galore in dc

Here's another treat from Washington, DC...Captain White Seafood City!

oh yes...jumbo shrimp!!

so good.

the best strawberry lemonade ever!

oh gelato.

I was craving Italian gelato one day in D.C.; so I took a walk to find some.

[pretty perfect : gelato+latte+phone convo with ashley at five o'clock in the evening.  <3 allison]

dolcezza {Dupont Circle, Washington D.C.}

 cranberry apple cider sorbet + sea salt + dulce de leche granizado gelato

...so good

2 delicious brunches in d.c.

I love brunch food...so much in fact that I had two brunches in the same day.  

Back in March, I ran the Rock 'n' Roll USA Half Marathon in Washington D.C. and had a huge appetite after the race!  Sometimes I really surprise myself. 

Busboys & Poets {Mt. Vernon Square, Washington D.C.}  

$5 bloody mary's

 mekhleme: Iraqi "corned beef" hash 
{ground beef, tomato, onions and potatoes; topped with poached eggs}

Chef Art Smith's Art & Soul {Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.}

 sweet tea

 and I got my shrimp and grits! Love it!

founding farmers

Another great meal in D.C.!  I really enjoyed my dinner + co. at Founding Farmers.
{Washington D.C.'s first LEED Gold Certified restaurant}

founding farmers' own blood orange soda + sweet tea

 really awesome cornbread

 fried green tomatoes!

ginger ale + black pepper gnocchi & sausage {with mushrooms, basil, thyme, amaretto cream}

and for dessert...freshly made b baby’s beignets!

peanut butter bacon burger? oh yes!

I loved it here! 

Ted's Bulletin {Capitol Hill/Southeast, Washington D.C.}

drew's peanut butter bacon burger!

{with sesame seed bun + sweet & spicy roma tomato jam}

 heath almond milkshake

homemade blueberry poptart!

bonjour paul!

love PAUL {Penn Quarter, Washington D.C.}
I really wanted to order everything...but sadly I could only fit so much in my stomach.

choco-coco macaroon!

 le flan normand {apple + almond tart}

 veggie quiche

 love the big macarons!

and croissant aux cerises 

from the cherry blossom festival menu

the silver glittery truck

I had several food missions traveling in D.C., including looking for Pepe.
found Chef José Andrés' new food truck!  {L'Enfant, Washington D.C.}

 the non-alcoholic sangria + the Pepito de Ibérico 

yum {seared Ibérico pork + Serrano ham with roasted green peppers + caramelized onions + aioli}

This was the most I've ever spent on a sandwich from a truck...
I had to go all out; when will I ever get another chance to try Pepe, right?

happy spring!

first day of the National Cherry Blossom Festival : celebrating 100 years!

 the Washington Monument

the Jefferson Memorial in the way back

cakes by thiebaud!

I visited the National Gallery of Art {Washington, DC} to see my most favorite painting!

Cakes, 1963 ~Wayne Thiebaud

looks so real, I could eat it!

oh my goooood-ness in dc

an amazing lobster roll 

{Luke's Lobster in Penn Quarter, Washington D.C.}

yum period