View from our window... #16

Hi!  Sorry it's been a while...

We spent the Fourth of July on the roof of our building... enjoy the view!

View from our window... #15

Wanted to share an incredible sunrise. 

Previously on Love-Food-Adventure:
Our Wedding... The Reception
Dinner at home... Honey and Beer Chili

And I've got travel on the mind... This post from Apartment Therapy on traveling lightly has some really great tips and ideas.  Check it out here.

View from our window... #14

Not quite our window... view from the White House...

Previously on Love-Food-Adventure:
The Wrenns visit DC & Notre Dame plays Maryland
Turkey Time - Thanksgiving 2011
Our First Christmas Card 
White House Christmas Tour

And this is totally random, but very fun... here is What Happens When You Give Kids Thousands of Stickers

White House Christmas Tour

I hope you haven't completely moved on from Christmas... Or at least, I hope you'll enjoy this little taste of DC holidays.  Back in December, John and I had an incredible opportunity to take a tour of the White House with my good friend Morgan.  What was especially cool is we got to see the White House in all its Christmas splendor!  Sparkling trees, beautiful flowers, wreaths and ornaments, and even the White House Gingerbread House.  It was gorgeous and we had such a nice time, so big thanks to Morgan for the invite!

 

The Wrenns visit DC & Notre Dame plays Maryland

And we had a wonderful time!  Over Veteran's Day weekend, we enjoyed some delicious food, saw the Irish win, and enjoyed a really nice weekend here in DC. 

Enjoying some sliders and sides at Harry's Smokehouse

Notre Dame Pep Rally

 

Concert on the Steps

Notre Dame vs. Maryland at Fedex Field

Notre Dame Band

National Gallery of Art

View from our window... #13

December in DC...

Last Week on Love-Food-Adventure:
Our Wedding... On Allure Bridals

View from our window... #11

pretty sunrise

Last week on Love-Food-Adventure: 
Fall in Michigan - Mom's Birthday and GVSU Football
Dinner Out... Old Ebbitt Grill  
Our Wedding... The Ceremony  
Lovely Things... April's Adornments

 

 

Dinner Out... Old Ebbitt Grill

Twice in the last month, we've taken guests to Old Ebbitt Grill in Washington, DC.  This is a special place to John and I as we went on one of our first dates here.  It is a particularly special place for me as this restaurant introduced me to Diet Coke with Lime in 2003 ;) ! 

The restaurant was busy on a weekend evening and we had a wonderful time with great food and fantastic company.

 

1: Autumn Duck Penne - Maple Leaf duck, butternut squash, kale, dried cranberries,
roasted red onions and pumpkin butter sauce,
2&3: Cannelloni de Casa - house-made pasta stuffed with spinach,
mortadella ham and three cheeses baked in a cream sauce

Peanut Butter Pie - roasted peanut and chocolate chip crust filled with peanut butter mousse

Pumpkin Ravioli - roasted butternut squash, arugula, glazed Black Mission figs and brown butter sauce

Grilled Filet Mignon - truffled potato croquettes, spinach-mushroom sauté and a red wine-shallot compound butter

Chocolate Cocktail

Bourbon Walnut Pie - chocolate cookie batter, walnut and bourbon pie
served warm with vanilla ice cream

View from our window... #10

the city at night

Last Week on Love-Food-Adventure:
Boston "Bach" Party!
Mammy's Kitchen... Applesauce
Our Wedding... Getting Ready
Happy Thanksgiving!

View from our window... #9

Last weekend during a bike ride on the Mt. Vernon Trail...

Last week on Love-Food-Adventure:

Football Saturday at Notre Dame

Our Wedding... Getting Ready "Teaser"

View from our window... #8

Sorry for the quiet week here on Love - Food - Adventure... We'll be better next week. 

Check out the orange/red full moon from Friday night.

View from our window... #7

Fall is here and the trees are changing colors. 

A new soccer field and park has opened up right down the road. 

Last week on Love-Food-Adventure:

Happy Halloween

Chicago Eats

Our Wedding... The Invitations

Our Wedding... Announcement in "The Danbury News-Times"

Dinner at Home... Sushi

A Curly "W" - Washington Nationals

So Let's Root, Root, Root for the Home Team...

The Yankees will forever be John's baseball team, and Sarah will forever love going to games at Fenway, but we both have adopted the Washington Nationals as our Home Team during our time living in DC.  We enjoy having the game on TV at home during the summer, but really enjoy leaving work and walking a few blocks down the street to the now four-year-old stadium.  Nationals Park is wonderfully designed with great walking spaces, views of the Capitol Building and Washington Monument, delicious food, and barely a bad seat in the house (believe us, we've tried just about everywhere but behind homeplate!).  It's no "Cathedral", but with it's relaxed atmosphere and relatively inexpensive price of admission, it's a great place to spend a summer day or night.

We set a new personal record this year, going 8-1 in the nine home games we attended.  We managed to see a game in each month of the season including back-to-back shutouts against the Giants and back-to-back wins against the Orioles during the annual "Battle of the Beltway" in June.  We look forward to another season next year and are working on our pitch to the Nationals front office for free season tickets since our winning percentage this year translates to a 72-9 home record (all logical probability aside, of course).  We also like introducing new folks to the ballpark, so if you ever find yourself down in the DC area during the summer months and are interested, let us know!



YUM!  Sweet Potato Fries





I was playing with the settings on John's phone - this is the vintage look...

Father's Day Baseball Game with the Maryland Haases!  It was the Battle of the Beltway and we had 3 Nats fans and 3 O's fans....





                                                   Last home game of 2011!

View from the Red Porch