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Washington, D.C. 2019 {Day 3}

Sunday was our last day in D.C.  Since we had cancelled our breakfast reservations the night before, we went to a little place down the street from our hotel called Bread and Chocolate.  Sunday was really a nasty weather day.  It was suppose to rain/sleet/snow, and we did in fact see all three, thought it was mostly rain.  

We had timed passes for 11:00 at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.  I had been to this museum, but it had been over 20 years before.


After the museum, we hopped in a taxi and went and had lunch.  We didn't really have any lunch plans, so we went to PJ Clarke's which I had been to before, and knew was decent, and also located close to the White House.  After lunch, we walked in the rain (with a dab of snow mixed in), through Lafayette Park, so we could get a close up look at the White House.  After that, we walked to the National Museum of American History.  I had been several times before, but my thoughts about this visit is:  They have a TON of stuff not on display anymore.  Do we really need a full room dedicated to the ruby slippers?  Put out more stuff!

They had a temporary exhibit with a Handmaid's Tale costume.
 Those ruby slippers.  Look at them!  They get a whole room!
Temporarily, they also had the Scarecrow's hat and Glinda the Good Witch's wand
 After that museum, we went to the National Portrait Gallery.  This was a stop I was wanting to make, as I hadn't been before.  I wanted to see the Presidential portraits, but first...The Supreme Ladies!
 The original Lansdowne portrait of Washington.
There are like 5 copies out there (one at the White House), but the Portrait Gallery has the original.
 JFK
 The newest additions...


After this museum, we took a taxi to Georgetown where we window shopped in the rain and bought a round of cupcakes to bring home.  Then we went and got ready for dinner.  For dinner, we had reservations at Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab.  I had eaten here in Chicago back in September and thought it was good.  Lisa was sold once she saw that they had steak tar tare on the menu.  It's one of her favorites and not served many places these days.

The next morning we didn't have time to really do or see anything, so we had breakfast reservations at the restaurant in our hotel.  Its the Blue Duck Tavern, and is a Michelin Star restaurant.  I had read this was where "all the power brokers in DC have breakfast".  We walked in and there were really not many people there, but as we were having breakfast, in walked Ms. Valerie Jarrett and sat at the very next table to us!  I was flipping out!  I totally eavesdropped on every word she said!

That's a wrap on Washington, D.C. 2019!

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