Halloween in D.C.

Our friends Katherine and Paul just moved to Washington, D.C., for a few months. While Paul is working on his research sabbatical, we decided we'd fly up for a long weekend and keep Katherine company.

We flew up early Friday morning and spent the afternoon wandering around Bethesda in Maryland where they're living. Friday night we enjoyed a little progressive dinner around Bethesda Row. These people take happy hour seriously with GREAT drink and appetizer specials. We had a great time, despite our long day of traveling and the one-hour time difference.

Saturday we woke up to FREEZING weather and then snow later in the afternoon. It would have been pretty to look at from inside the warm apartment, but Saturday just happenned to be our big Halloween night out, so we suffered through in our Beer Guy/St. Pauli Girl/Hansel/Gretel (depending on who asked) costumes and weathered the snow and sleet. Brrrrr.... I'm cold just thinking about it.

We took the Metro to an area called Adams Morgan and went to this bar/restaurant called Madam's Organ. What a cool bar! It was three stories with the top story being sort of like a treehouse. We had SO MUCH FUN!

In fact, after all our fun on Saturday night, we were struggling a little on Sunday. We had a lazy day until time to get ready for the Silent Disco Zombie Crawl on U Street. We went to the Goodwill Store and got nice, cheap outfits to zombify.

This pub crawl was the coolest idea ever. The organizers gave everyone wireless headphones, and two DJs went with you from bar to bar. So all the "zombies" were dancing to the music they were hearing (two different stations to flip between) but if you weren't a zombie, it looked like we were dancing to no music. I'm sure it was quite the sight to see, especially carrying the coffin from bar to bar to mark where our next stop was. Really really cool. Plus, it started early at 5 p.m. so it was good for a Sunday Funday night.

Monday and Tuesday were our big sightseeing days in D.C., including all the monuments, the National Mall, the Smithsonian Museum of Natural Science, the Smithsonian Museum of American History, the National Mall, and the White House.

We were totally worn out by the time our Tuesday night flight rolled around, but it was worth it! Great weekend and great Halloween!