Capitol Hill is really on a hill. This was painfully obvious to us as we were running from 14th Street to First Street trying to make a 1PM appointment to meet with our Congressman for a Capitol tour.
There were points in our trek where my mom would stop and exclaim that:
- We were trying to kill her
- She would just keel over right now to get out of her misery
- She would die and just be added to the monument tour in DC
But, I guess it’s really not all that unusual to see people running in DC. It is by the way one of the healthiest cities in the US.
Our agenda today could have been planned out a little better. According to the TomTom (which was such a great help walking around touring) we clocked at least 4 miles just getting to Metro stops. This doesn’t count the steps and tours once we reached our destinations.
Part of my agenda was to find CakeLove and check out the baked goods for myself. There’s where we really packed on the miles (.8 miles from this picture above to the Metro) and then two train switches later another long trek to the cafe.
It was totally worth it…
I think the adventure getting to the CakeLove shop on U Street in DC was totally worth it. I had a chocolate cupcake with strawberry frosting, Liz had a chocolate dipped cupcake and not pictured is my dads chocolate cupcake with peanut butter frosting.
Yummm!
Keesha oversees recruiting and training programs for GoDaddy.com. She is responsible for building programs that attract and retain amazing employees. She attended Blinn College and Texas A&M University.
Keesha loves food and photography and is passionate about community volunteering. She sits on the board of directors for the Junior League of Phoenix and in her free time you will find her baking and working on her empire Cupcake Cabana. Her most private cupcake confession? She doesn't like frosting!
WOW! My mom, my cousin, and I have made this walk too… except from Georgetown! It took soo long and it was in the middle of the summer!
http://howtoeatacupcake.blogspot.com/2007/07/dessert-time-at-love-caf-in-washington.html
ooh, i can’t wait to taste..er, see the inspiration this trip creates!
It looks like you guys had so much fun!!! I want that ‘cupcake crossing’ sign!
I sure miss ya… I am being so much more politically involved and aware, and I always think about how proud you’d be