U. S. Capital Visitor Center

Our friends from upstate NY wanted to visit the Capitol, but we did not get passes for a tour, so we decided to check out the new visitor center. We huffed it around the back side of the U. S. Capitol and entered through the new underground entrance. You can tell over $400 million was spent, and the exhibits were great. While not allowed to take photos for some reason, the exhibits were very well done. While lacking an interactive quality, the use of LCD screens to highlight milestones in legislation, the model of capital hill development and Capital Complex was really cool. From farmland, to grassless land, the transformation was remarkable. We unfortunately got ejected before we had time to explore the entire exhibit, so be sure to give atleast an hour and come before 3 pm if you want to catch a tour. It is best to get a reserved ticket, and last tour leaves at 3:20 so come early.

Old Ebbitt Grill

When first discovering this local and tourist destination spot, I had a great experience. They have the largest chicken wings I have had in DC and very reasonable pricing.

Second visit, the food was over salted and I have not been back in close to a year.

The third visit tonight was with some out of town friends. They own the bed and breakfast we stay at when visiting the family upstate NY. They were on the way back from visiting their youngest son in Florida and stopped by to check out the inn where my partner works. A day of sightseeing in DC is not complete without a visit to the grill, so we headed back tonight.

The wings were great as remembered, the salads were enormous, entrees superb, and desserts tasty. Everyone was happily stuffed and comments on the historical decor were plenty.

My confidence in the quality of food has been restored and I will certainly not wait as long to visit again. 🙂

WordPress blog app

So at dinner tonight a friend told me that there was an iPhone app for wordpress blogs. I thought it was great, but then realized that I host my blog and don’t use wordpress.com.

I downloaded the app when I got home and was pleasantly surprised at the configuration screen when I was prompted for blog address :). I entered in my web address along with password and viola, I am writing this on my iPhone now!!!

In the past I had tried to login from my iPhone, but safari had crashed on load of the management page. I tried to configure “posting via email,” but my web host apparently blocked the necessary ports and I was nit successful. So, be ready for more posts :). Now all I need is for tmobile to get the iPhone so I can get a data plan and post anywhere!

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