DC Cupcakes

Dan Brown in his recent novel, The Lost Symbol mentions

that many Americans travel the globe to see the capitols

of other nations yet have never visited their own.

Guilty!

I have great friends who live there, and have been wanting

me to come for years.  Well, I finally made it.

I took my oldest daughter with me.  Our first night we enjoyed

the blue hour while viewing our fabulous Capitol.

I had no idea it was so huge.

Speaking of huge,

Mount Vernon, George Washington's home and estate which

consisted of 8,000 acres.  This was my favorite tourist site

which we visited.  They have a movie presentation during

which it actually snows on you, not confetti but little

flakes of ice that melt when they land on your skin.

 

Also, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints'

Temple, which seems bigger than the temple in Salt Lake City.

As you come upon this huge edifice on the freeway

it literally stops traffic.

And the National Cathedral, another huge and

gorgeous building.  My favorite part of this was

the quiet and wonderful Bishop's Garden from which

this picture was taken.

Now, let's talk about one of the most important parts of travel

for me - food.  Look at the huge line outside of

Georgetown Cupcakes.

They now have their own show on TLC called DC Cupcakes.

Talk about HUGE, what a selection, and this was after 8:00 pm.

How about their huge pink menu filled with fabulous flavors

by the day?

They were still whipping them out.

Fresh flowers on each table and how about that cool pink

box to take them home in.

We chose six of them.  How do you like that pink lemon berry

cupcake?

This one had a cute heart shaped out of fondant that was

dusted with a pearl dust. 

We had the chance to attend the Library of Congress on

September 17, where they were celebrating the 223rd

birthday of the Constitution.

This was such an ornate and fabulous building.

I

They were serving birthday cakes with a replica

of the Constitution printed on the top of the cakes.

  One was red, one white and one

blue.  These were made by Red Velvet.

So we had to go there too.

Though their store was much smaller and their displays

very simple, we preferred their cupcakes.  They were

moister and more flavorful.  I would show a picture

of theirs, but the box got tipped on the way home

so they weren't pretty anymore.

These are our red velvet cupcakes that we made this

summer.

How do you sum up Washington DC in a small post?

It was wonderful and beautiful and flavorful.

It was great to be a foodie in Washington DC.

A big thanks to Rachel and Sarah for hosting us and

being our fabulous food guides.

I will be posting this on

Foodie Friday

and

Pink Saturday.