The out-of-towners

Mr Corn and I headed to our nation’s capital for the weekend. We both grew up in the Northeast and took part in the requisite 8th grade field trips and family road trips. We both have also visited the area on numerous occasions for business in the past six years so this time we were looking to find the off-the-beaten-path attractions that we most likely hadn't seen before.

Of course, the Jefferson Memorial isn't THAT far off the beaten path, but the shot came out nice, so I thought I would share...

I really have no idea how or why Mr Corn dreamed up this trip. Out of the blue, a couple of months ago, he asked me if I was interested in going to DC for a weekend in the summer and I, never one to look a weekend-getaway-gift-horse in the mouth, eagerly said ‘yes’. We travel together well and it knew it would be nice to have a weekend to be a tourist without any required 400 mile drives or family visitations. This was also our last trip together not as husband and wife. I don’t know why that means something to me, but for some reason it does.

The view from our room on the 10th floor of the JW Marriott downtown. (Mr Corn travels A. LOT. so we use his points for everything. I highly recommend this hotel if you are ever in the area...it is perfectly located steps from the White House and inbetween the Mall [where all the Museums are] and restaurants along E Street).

Mr Corn waiting for his waffles at grease-pit-of-a-diner we found across the street from the Ford Theater. Note, this place has no name that we could find, other than a sign outside that said 'Waffles' but it had the yummiest, albeit slightly soggy, waffles and was perfect for the low-key breakfast we were aiming to have.

The best kept secret in DC? There is a terrace dining room on the top floor of the Hotel Washington on the corner of 15th St and E St, that has a spectacular view of the white house...and the food is pretty good too!

Mr Corn with a friend of ours that we met for lunch (the Washington Monument can be seen over his right shoulder).

The view of the White House from the Hotel Washington's Terrace Restaurant.

So do you have any plans to get-away at all in the months before your weddings? If you could go anywhere and/or do anything for a quick weekend get-away in this hectic time of planning, where/what would you do?