{ a D.C. first } ::

so the lovely bonus of living in Richmond is being so close to Washington, D.C.
we are just a little over an hours drive away, which is pretty much awesome.

we rolled into Richmond the weekend of january 8th so we spent that weekend moving stuff in. but the following weekend, we knew we wanted to go to IKEA which is about an hour away from us, and just happens to be like 15ish minutes outside of D.C. - we kinda figured if we were going to go to IKEA we should go take a quick peek of D.C. - seeing that neither of us had ever been there. so that's just what we did.
we hopped in the car and off we went. we just googled the address for the "Lincoln memorial" online and put the address into our GPS. we knew it was going to be a quick stop, so we didn't do any deep research, knowning we will go back many times! we made it in no time at all. we found a parking spot in the public parking lot over by the Jefferson memorial. and started our walk. it was cold! but we bundled. and when the sun was out you could feel its warmth, so it wasnt too bad.







we walked the big loop of monuments, memorials and the white house, we were super fast and it took us 2 hrs to do. it was fabulous. and we loved every minute of it! my favorite part was the Lincoln memorial, it was as fabulous as i had envisioned it in my mind!








we had a late lunch at the Shake Shack (one of our favorite places to eat in NYC), and it didn't disappoint in D.C. either. then we quickly headed over to Georgetown for some famous Spinkles cupcakes. it was our first time there and i was in cupcake heaven! some say Spinkles is over-rated cupcakes, but say what you want, they were AMAZING! we picked up some cupcakes up and then drove to IKEA, did some fun shopping for household items and then headed back home. we waited to eat our cupcakes until we got home, because we were stuffed from lunch. it was worth the wait! because they were de-lish! it was such a great day trip! and we can't wait to go back, again and again!

but then again pretty much going anywhere with these two is the best!