DC Quickie
I hadn't been down in "The District" since 2013, so visiting a friend who lives outside of the city in Maryland was a nice little change of pace. I use to date a guy at the beginning of college who lived in Alexandria, so taking the bus to DC's Chinatown was a regular occurrence. Being back in the city definitely brought a lot of memories rushing back but I was also there making some new ones with some old friends. My friend Mandy from high school lives in Maryland now about a 25 minute metro ride from the center of DC. I had been wanting to visit for a while and it just so worked out that we were both available the weekend I wanted to visit. I wasn't sure if we were going to get any city time but we decided to venture out on Saturday to visit The National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery of Art . We went to the National Portrait Gallery first. They had a couple of different cool exhibitions on view. I was most excited to see the Marlene ...