On our last full day in D.C., we met with our friend Nano for ramen at Daikaya in Chinatown! We really enjoyed exploring this neighborhood, even though it was smaller than we expected. Afterward, we headed to the Eastern Market neighborhood where we explored the market a bit, stopped by the famous Capitol Hill book store and took more photos of the beautiful[...]

We woke up exhausted from our jam-packed day with the cherry blossoms, so on our second day, we ended up sleeping in. Around 11 am we took the metro to Rosslyn station, then hopped on a bus to Georgetown. This charming neighborhood is known for having cobblestone streets, colonial-style houses and fashion stores! I had visited Georgetown before on one of the[...]

After spending 3 hours enjoying the magical cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin we walked around the city, had a morning pick-me-up at Compass Coffee. We went to see the pink lanterns at CityCenterDC and ate avocado toasts at Fruitive. Then balanced it out by trying the famous cereal milk soft serve (meh) and crack pie (YUM!) at Milk Bar. Afterward, we headed[...]

Last year in April my friend Katie and I met up in Washington DC for the National Cherry Blossom Festival! We both lived in Japan for 6 years and knew we needed a little hanami (flower viewing) time to make up for missing our first Japanese spring. She's currently in the Norfolk area and drove almost 3 hours, while I'm in Coastal North Carolina and drove abo[...]

To soften the blow of missing our first Japanese spring my friend Katie and I met up in D.C. for the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Both of us lived in Japan for 6 years and moved back stateside in the fall of 2018. We stayed at my aunt's house in Virginia and took the metro into the city first thing in the morning. We arrived at the Smithsonian station a[...]