Started out early today; walked through National Mall to try to get an appointment to get my hair cut at an Aveda (my yuppy organic hair product) Institute. Found out they have a 3-week waiting list (and I am NOT waiting that long to get my hair cut), so I decided to mull about the National Mall. I went to an outdoor sculpture garden - I SO did not understand some of the "art" - then to the Air & Space Museum (which I have been to before, but got to spend more time at today). I decided to go back to the Museum of Natural History (I went during my interview weekend) to see some of the new exhibits; I really enjoyed the one on Korean culture. Saw another Imax movie; Deep Sea in 3D (which was AWESOME - it was cute watching people trying to reach out and grab the jellyfish and other sea creatures).
After walking past NASA to get home (7 minutes from Headquarters to my front door!), I met up with last year's NASA fellow, who took me out to Roosevelt Island and then down Embassy Row. She also drove me past the VP's house and the White House; it was so neat! We're going to go out to dinner at some funky restaurant close to the apartments (she is staying in her old apartment next door for the week). An altogether fun (and exhausting - I walked SO much!) day!
Addendum: Just returned from a wonderful dinner at a Belgian restaurant. Lovely dark Belgian beer, scallops with an escargot puff pastry, Belgian chocolate lava cake with espresso ice cream - it was fabulous. And last year's NASA fellow and her husband treated me as a "welcome to DC" gift. Sweet!
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