It was a beautiful weekend & I had to get out and do something. I really wanted to sign up and go run at the Manassas Runway 5K/10K race but I decided against it. I knew that if I signed up I would try to go all out making an attempt at beating my last years time which would have been quite difficult since I hadn't run in over 2 weeks. I made the right choice because I need to ease back into running so I do not re-aggravate my hamstring or any other muscles behind my knee.
Anyway, I ended up going out with a couple friends ("M" & "J") to a Taste of Vienna & Georgetown on Saturday. This was the 3rd year that the Vienna volunteer fire department has hosted it. All the proceeds go directly to the fire department. It's a great way for the community to come out & see some of the local businesses.
It was very easy to find and we got lucky and found a parking spot practically across the street. They had a live band playing & had a tent set up selling alcohol tickets. We decided to split the price for 5 drink tickets so we each had a margarita. I also tried a dark beer later on that I never finished because it was pretty strong & kind of bitter tasting.
They had a nice variety of local restaurants to sample from. I decided to try out some fish tacos with chips & guacamole from Paladar Latin Kitchen & Rum Bar. The guacamole was good & I especially love eating it with the fried plantain, yucca & malanga. I guess it adds more uniqueness over eating it with just the standard tortilla chips.
We walked around some & checked out the other tents. We stopped at one that was selling imported dates. The owner buys a huge selection of dates from all over Saudi Arabia. We got to sample a few & I ended up buying a small bag of Ajwa dates. I love eating dates so it didn't take much to get me to buy a bag.
We took a few pictures & decided to go get a cupcake Georgetown Cupcake in DC. We got to Georgetown and saw that the line to get into the front door was 2 blocks long! We took a selfie group picture in front of it instead.
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| crazy long line to the door |
We did a decent amount of walking & window shopping. We had a fun time in Dean & Deluca's. Luckily I brought my camera with me & had fun snapping pictures of miscellaneous things from the cute little decorated cookies to us goofing off in the wine section.
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We finished our night with dinner at Mike's American Grill and future plan to definitely get a salted caramel cupcake at Georgetown Cupcake for "M" before she moves to Texas later this summer.
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| C&O Canal Towpath before the sun was setting |
Until next time.......:D
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