Date Night in the City

Tom and I have both had colds of some sort with coughs and me with a croupy voice.  Tom worked at Fort Meade all last week assisting the media covering the WikiLeaks Trial.  He stayed in a hotel there so he wasn't traveling back and forth every night with their crazy hours.

We've pretty much just crashed after dinner since he's been home but last night we both had a burst of energy so decided to go walking.  Bundled up (the weather was nice so light jackets worked) and started out with no real destination in mind.  We headed to the capitol where they're building the stands for the inauguration and have put up a gorgeous tree.  

 Continued walking down the mall and just stopped to check out the skating rink, the garden art and a few monuments along the way.

 I've been to the Lincoln Memorial several times but never have been in the museum underneath it.  Didn't even know it was there! The door was open with a light on so we wandered in.  We also went in the book store which is just off the Lincoln statue.  It's really quite wonderful being there at night.  No crowds, quiet and cool.

 Took us a few hours but very pleasant.  Settled in back at home with soup and a sandwich and watched Moneyball on TV.  Cheap Friday night date!