In Stitches Stash

I made a trip to In Stitches when I was in training in DC. This is what I bought.

 

Woodlawn

Friends and I visited Woodlawn and the Frank Lloyd Wright house there, then saw the needlework show in the main house. It was a pretty spring day.

 

Fried Pickles!

Fried pickles. One of the perks of being in Murica. And I will be there again come March, for a couple of months.

 

Mexican in Virginia

This was actually a little place in Virginia. One of the three restaurants in Blackstone, where we were for FACT training. Food was passable but not really great.

 

Brunch with Kerry

Went to brunch with Kerry at this restaurant in Shirlington. Food was good. Company was better.

 

Founding Farmers Dinner with Friends

Before FACT training, we were in DC for a couple of days. Had dinner with friends before heading out. This was our first time to Founding Farmers. We will probably go again next year.

 

Hotel Breakfast

You'd think it'd be better at a place over $200 per night. Kind of sad.

Ted's Bulletin

Another dinner out in Arlington. Food is so expensive there! All our meals were twice the price of Texas. Anyway, food was pretty good, at least. Still not up to Texas snuff.

Ted's Montana Restaurant

After home leave, Andreas had training at FSI. He met some friends there, and we had dinner at Ted's Montana one evening. I finally got a nice steak in Virginia. 

Dulles Airport Food

I got to the airport much earlier than I should have because I had to leave my housing and had a bunch of luggage.  Since I was at the airport for lunch, I stopped in at this place in terminal D.  Had a long island tea, some french onion soup, and a roast beef sandwich.  The wait staff was very nice but the food was blah.

Huge Soup

A couple of nights before I left, Kerry and I went out to Cafe Asia right by my house.  I had soup.  It was great, but I could only finish half the bowl.

Somewhat Cheesy

 
I went to dinner with Kerry and her parents at the Cheesecake Factory in Clarendon.  The food and company were very good!  I had a margarita and a long island tea to drink.  We shared a zucchini appetizer, and I had the tacos.  There was so much food I only ate two of them.  Wish the shells were flour instead of white corn, but that was my only complaint.

Nailed

I now have  a manicure place to go to every time I am in the DC area.  It's Ivy Nails, and it's in Clarendon.  The polish lasted a full week before chipping - and it wasn't gel.  Yay!

Not So Texas Barbecue

 
After helping with consumables shopping, I was taken to dinner at Texas Jack's.  A friend had told me it was like being in Texas.  Decor, maybe.  Food? No way!  No Texas barbecue joint would put radishes on its nachos.  There was so much foo foo greenery that it could never be mistaken for Texas barbecue.  It didn't taste bad, but it wasn't Texan.

Blue Nails

I went to the same nail place twice while I was in training.  It's Ivy Nail and Spa in Arlington.  They did a really good job.  This is a photo taken the day I got the manicure a week ago Saturday.  Even doing my daily stuff, the (non-gel) polish stayed on just above a week before beginning to chip.  It's a really good deal, too.

Cheesy Dinner

On Sunday I went out with Kerry and her parents to the Cheesecake Factory here in Arlington.  We had a good time catching up and some good food.  All of us shared a fried zucchini appetizer.  I had a long island tea and a margarita.  For food, I had two of the four tacos pictured.  I was stuffed!  They were good, but not very spicy.  I also wish they had flour tortillas.  A good time was had by all.

Melting Potted

A week or so ago a friend and I went to The Melting Pot in Arlington.  I normally like fondue and truly enjoy every time we go to Simply Fondue in Fort Worth.  Unfortunately, I was not nearly as impressed with this place.  The drinks were nice - mine was an eiderflower fizz.  The cheese was okay, but there weren't many choices.  Ours was supposed to have a somewhat Mexican taste to it, yet I could find no trace of it.  Salad was small and not too well presented.  The choices of meat were also fairly meager.  They also used a broth for the meat instead of oil.  This made the meat more dry and rubbery.  Not the best.  Dessert was okay, but they were out of our top two kinds of chocolate.  I think I will keep my future fondue forays to Fort Worth.