Vacationing with the Woodrow Wilson Bridge

Immediately following the 70s bash, we headed to the Washington Harbor (again) for a security conference Danny had to attend for work. I, of course, served my role there as Danny's "arm candy." Turning 40 has made me realize there are not many years left of that job for me. Before you know it, I'll be the "walker candy".


The keynote speaker was John Ashcroft. Hail all things conservative!

I had hoped to spend the entire time there hanging out at the pool reading a new book Danny had gotten me for my birthday. Well, that never happened. Instead I spent a considerable amount of time with the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, both intentionally and unintentionally. There is a trail from the Gaylord Hotel across the bridge to Old Town Alexandria. It is 3 miles one way. I walked it 3 times which is a total of 18 miles. The other time, I spend almost an hr on it in stop and go "rush" hour traffic. Uggghhhhh.........hate DC traffic. Will NEVER live there again.

Anyway, the first day I got to spend an afternoon with my friend Kelly. She is a designer and we use to work together at the Freer and Sackler. We use to "slug" to work together and have some great "slug" stories. After having her son Warren, she decided to stay home full time and couldn't be happier! It was so fun catching up and remembering old times at FSG and being grateful for the current state of our lives!

The second day my gorgeous friend Christine aka "Fuji" came to the Harbor to meet me for lunch. She is a friend I hung out with at Immanuel. She works for the Christian Embassy (Campus Crusade for Christ) in DC. Again, was such a treat to catch up with her and even do a little shopping. Got myself a dark gold purse :) Fuji got me all caught up on the happenings at Immanuel. So much can happen in 3 short years! Whew! Since Fuji is 1/2 white and 1/2 Japanese, I like to say that when we hang out, we make 1 white person and 1 Asian person. Its a hapa thing, you wouldn't understand :P

The last night we were there we had dinner with his boss and family. That day Danny won a Flip video camera from a Cisco session. GO DULIN!!! On our way home, we stopped in Springfield to have lunch with Michael and Cory. It was good to come home to an empty house and no more activity.