dessert from barclay prime steak house in philedelphia. the manager found out it was our honeymoon so the pastry chef wrote "congratulations" in chocolate sauce. |
this is from a mexican grocery store. everything, and i mean everything, was all stacked like this all through the store. fruits, boxes, cans, if it could be stacked, it was and it looked like this. |
me, mai and my aunt jean hanging out in savanah. |
sitting in the sun. |
ringo, my aunt's dog, who was lucky enough to come to the beach with us. |
my niece from mai's oldest brother, her husband and 3 sons. |
mai's oldest brother and wife and their 3 grandsons. |
climbing all over uncle jesse. |
coffee with stephanie in charlotte, nc. |
getting segway lessons from kari. |
"look at me, i'm a pro!" |
riding along in dc. this is the only way one should tour dc. so much nicer than walking. |
the capital... |
and the smithsonian castle... |
and the world war 2 memorial... |
and the washington monument... |
and the vietnamm war memorial (kenton was a high school friend of my father)... |
here's what the whole memorial looks like. |
on the steps of the lincoln memorial, martin luther king jr stood and made his "i have a dream" speech. |
the lincoln memorial... |
looking across the reflecting pool. |
self pic that failed to get the washington monument in the background. |
me and dad. he spent our 3 days in dc with us and had a blast. |
the capital was the final segway tour stop. this was so much fun! |
after seeing "national treasure", mai really wanted to go see the archives and the declaration of independence. |
one of the best museums however was one of the newest, called the "newseum". very well done and engaging displays, including this chuck of the berlin wall. |
the newseum also has the unabomber shack. |
s display of sports photography in the newseum. |
the newseum has a very well done 9/11 display. this is the base of the tv antenna that was on top of one of the world trade center buildings. |
a collection of newspaper headlines from around the world inn response to the bombings. |
at the exit of an 11 minute documentary about the bombings, they have a box of tissues mounted.
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looking mean with dad. |
what a cute couple... |
me and dad again. |
my brother eric joined us for our last day in dc since my dad's birthday was the day after we left dc and fathers day was a week later. |
ami enjoying dupont circle with us. |
the cars on this car carrier had somehow caught fire and were backing up traffic for miles. the fire truck just got there as we passed it. i don't think anyone was hurt but i can't imagine how they burned up like that. |
i had never been to philedelphia before and so seeing the liberty bell was high on the list for me. |
melissa and james hanging out in jersey. |
sweet and sour soup from chinatown. this was the small bowl and cost $3 and was really, really good soup. mai ate the whole thing. |
someone is enjoying themselves. |
lady liberty from the air. this helicopter ride was soooooo fun! |
mai enjoying the view of new york city by helicopter. |
sheila and sirius black taking a stroll through greenwich village with us. |
mai having fun in times square. |
mai's old friend and very first boy friend louis. lives in new york now. |
