Recently, I held a biggest fan competition, and the winner was.... Grandma!!! Okay well maybe she just wanted to come visit. Maybe she just missed her oldest granddaughter. I don't know if it was previously possible for a 74 year-old woman do out do her 26 year-old granddaughter, but Grandma Chardonnay made it happen.
(NOTE: Grandma Chardonnay is Grandma's nickname because of her favorite fermented treat. She will be GC for all future purposes in this blog.)
We went to dinner in Old Town Friday night at an Italian restaurant, then walked around for a bit preparing for the next morning.
I don't think I prepared hard enough. We must have walked 10 miles!
That woman ran me ragged. We went on a monument marathon all around downtown DC. All around the reflecting pool, and to every monument! GC hadn't been here in 10years, but she still knew pretty much where everything was. I had so much fun. So far, my favorite monument is the Korean War monument. Truly a moving place.
We also saw Bob Dole at the World War II monument. What a surprise!
After the monuments we took off for the American History and Natural History Smithsonians. My favorite had to be seeing the jewels with the Hope diamond at the Natural History museum. GC and I love jewelry. I think she was actually the one who coined the hrase, "diamonds are a girls best friend." O wait, that was Marilyn Monroe...
An unplanned stop was right in the center of the National Mall. On our way home from the airport GC showed me a newspaper clipping she had brought. (Of course Grandmas will do this!)She found a Solar Energy Housing competition that was happening in DC right on the National Mall, and the Ohio State team had a house there. The Ohio State house was amazing, but I just don't know how someone could live in such a small space!
The trip ended with a trip to the National Basilica at Catholic University. Did you think my Catholic Grandmother would come here and NOT take me to church?! Ya right! We tried to find a tile in the basement of that place that her grade school St. Mary's had bought in the 1940's. It turns out that there are lots of St. Mary's and LOTS of tiles. Epic fail :)
That night as I sat with Grandma on my teeny tiny porch, I realized how lucky I was to have that special day with her. I am so fortunate to have such an awesome Grandma, and such a great role model to teach me how to live, love and drink Chardonnay.
Love you Grandma! Come back soon!
1 comment:
Yeah!! We love grammas! That's so great that you got to spend all that time alone with her, AND in Washington - a double whammy history lesson for you.
We took a trip to DC this past Spring. Walked everywhere, ate everywhere. (After all that walking, at the end of the day, it seems like you've seen everything TWICE!)
I took a snap of that monument you now have on your blog main page. That's an incredible monument and tribute to our armed forces.
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