January has been kind of rough, right?
It's not just me and my thin, grew-up-in-California skin is it? I mean, it's been COLD outside, right? That was a lot of snow and ice, right? And, if I recall the last ten winters I've spent in this District, February is always our coldest month. We always get our city-shuts-down snow storm in February, and it's always impossibly, bitterly cold in February which makes me mad every year because spring is in sight. So we're not even to the worst of it, despite how frozen my toes got on Inauguration Day.
But now, I have a plan for getting through it.
Because my most glorious, impromptu and inexpensive Saturday was not over yet, after the hairballs and the ackee. Oh, no. We then proceeded south, into the warm, tropical, humid embrace of the US Botanic Garden.
The Botanic Garden is free. And warm. And beautiful. And there are copious benches in all of these free, warm, beautiful rooms. Are you picking up what I'm putting down? Why am I not reading in the Botanic Garden all the time?!
I could peel off layers and be comfortable in a t-shirt. I could change into flip flops. I could spend the whole afternoon there and catch up on issues of the New Yorker and overdue library books. I could break a sweat. This is very exciting to me.
But don't tell anyone my secret, OK? I want to ensure that I have some bench space to myself once February hits.
The Boyfriend took some great pictures during our visit. Enjoy!
PS - I finally got around to updating the DC365 City Guide -- so check out the link on right to find something to do no matter what your mood or location!
1 comments:
You forgot to mention that the USBG also smells like Mold with a hint of Urine. Thats why I stick to the desert area.
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