Adventures in D.C. ♥: i found god on the corner of first and amistad

Oh my god, i haven't updated in almost a week!
Its been too long my friend.

Well, since my last update i will give you the highlights.
Work has been lovely, i have researched programs to run wit the Kids among many other fun things.

Friday i went out with my Braddock Station neighbors to King St. which is the local downtown and it is a pretty happening place here in Alexandria. We had a good time, and coincidentally i went out with 2 Western Mass kids. Rachel is from Springfield and she is the very first person i met when moving in. Glenn is also from the 413 and wows the women with his dance moves. I have met alot of Mass people while down here. All of the other kids are great but i had to discuss my w-mass kids. I knew Brendan was cool when i saw him with a Boston hat. Here is a group pic:

While i was on the shuttle bus of doom the other day, i was chatting with a Women because i make friends on public transit and while i was talking about where i was from, another couple asked where i was from. When i told them the Berkshires (sorry N.A. but people don't know about you) they told me they were from Pittsfield. Small world kids, small world.

You may be asking yourself "Steph what is the shuttle of doom?". Well, lemme tell ya. They decided to do track maintenance this week on the blue and yellow lines. Now you may also be asking yourself "Steph, why didn't you use another line?" Well, lemme tell ya... the blue and yellow are the only ones that come into Virginia where i live. When my roomies and I went into the city we had to take the metro to a certain stop, get off take a shuttle and then hop back on the shuttle. 3 days of this was enough.
Here a picture of one of my roommates Sabrina in anger at the shuttle situation:

Carrying on with my weekend..Saturday we went to the Smithsonian American Indian museum, African American art and Asian art. They were fantastic, we went to eat in the Mitsitam cafe in the American Indian cafe and it was sooo good. They have a bunch of different dishes from different parts of the Americas and its cafeteria style so you can get whatever you'd like. Its kind of pricey though, so bring some cash. But it was gooooood. Then Saturday evening we hung out with our Braddock neighborly friends and had some laughs. Here are some of my faves from Saturday:

Sunday i went to Pentagon City mall with Sabrina. It is a very dangerous thing that i know where a mall is now. Then that night we met up with Audrey & Fransisco in the city to have dinner at an Italian place called Luigi's. It was a nice and relaxing day.

Monday i did homework (lameee), went to best buy to get ink because i didn't feel like a metro/shuttle ride to deal with staples rewards lady. Then we held a dinner party for our new friends in the apartment. It was really nice to get everyone together to enjoy some food and laughs. It was a good day off. But i would have expected President's Day to be a bigger deal here, since ya know the President lives here. But ohh well.