Hey,
Steph and I found some pictures today that we forgot we took. They are posted now online. You can find them here. Enjoy!
I have also added pictures that Steph and I took while in the city on Saturday night. Use this link.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Date Night!
Hey everyone!
We're doing another post! It's amazing. So what have we been up to lately... We started this past weekend off by watching our Yellow Jackets with the Alumni club at a local bar and grill. We only stayed for the first half and then watch the rest of the game at home. They won, of course, which means Tech is going to the ACC Championship! Steph and I are both excited about that!
Later Saturday evening, we went to Good Stuff Eatery in DC which is a restaurant that we know about because of a cooking show that we both watch, Top Chef. A contestant from the show opened the restaurant in a neighborhood near the Capitol. It was really good! After we ate we walked over to take pictures at the Capitol building. You can see those photos here.
On Sunday, Steph and I went for a bike ride. And then later that day we went to the mall to find her a new winter jacket... we are trying to get prepared for winter up here. We are both a little apprehensive about how cold its going to get.
We both can't wait to come back to Atlanta to see everyone at Thanksgiving. Hope everyone is doing well!
We're doing another post! It's amazing. So what have we been up to lately... We started this past weekend off by watching our Yellow Jackets with the Alumni club at a local bar and grill. We only stayed for the first half and then watch the rest of the game at home. They won, of course, which means Tech is going to the ACC Championship! Steph and I are both excited about that!
Later Saturday evening, we went to Good Stuff Eatery in DC which is a restaurant that we know about because of a cooking show that we both watch, Top Chef. A contestant from the show opened the restaurant in a neighborhood near the Capitol. It was really good! After we ate we walked over to take pictures at the Capitol building. You can see those photos here.
On Sunday, Steph and I went for a bike ride. And then later that day we went to the mall to find her a new winter jacket... we are trying to get prepared for winter up here. We are both a little apprehensive about how cold its going to get.
We both can't wait to come back to Atlanta to see everyone at Thanksgiving. Hope everyone is doing well!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
How did we forget the Jackets???
There were a few major omissions from the blog last night, and they all involve our #7 Yellow Jackets!!! My mom's birthday was coming up so my dad had the idea to fly Ryan and I down to ATL to surprise her and have a birthday party-tailgate for the GT vs Va Tech game. It was a blast (and we scared her nearly to death when we walked in the house) and of course the Jackets won! All-in-all we were only in ATL for about 24hrs, but it was definitely worth it.
The following weekend we got to see our team play again by traveling with the GTDC Alumni Club to the UVA game in Charlottesville. It has been so much fun to be able to see them even though we moved so far away. Unfortunately it rained--make that poured--the whole time (it would stop just long enough to fool you into thinking it was stopping). We looked like a bunch of wet puppies, but very happy ones when we won. It was a long wet ride back to Arlington. Ryan took a photo of us with his phone that I might be able to upload later, but it really doesn't do our "wetness" any justice. I hid in the aisle tunnel for some of the downpours, but Ryan was a better fan than I (even though I think that makes me a smarter one).
Ok, now I really think we are caught up. Go Jackets! Can't wait to see them beat the dawgs at Thanksgiving!
The following weekend we got to see our team play again by traveling with the GTDC Alumni Club to the UVA game in Charlottesville. It has been so much fun to be able to see them even though we moved so far away. Unfortunately it rained--make that poured--the whole time (it would stop just long enough to fool you into thinking it was stopping). We looked like a bunch of wet puppies, but very happy ones when we won. It was a long wet ride back to Arlington. Ryan took a photo of us with his phone that I might be able to upload later, but it really doesn't do our "wetness" any justice. I hid in the aisle tunnel for some of the downpours, but Ryan was a better fan than I (even though I think that makes me a smarter one).
Ok, now I really think we are caught up. Go Jackets! Can't wait to see them beat the dawgs at Thanksgiving!
Monday, November 9, 2009
Back in Business!!!
Hi everyone! Sorry it's been so long. We had a bunch of company and then some serious computer problems but we are back in business so here it goes...
The weekend of the last post we went to a Greek Festival in the northern part of the DC. It was smaller than the one we had been to in Atlanta, but the food was fantastic. Our favorites were the tiropita and of course, the baklava. It was a good relaxing weekend.
After that, Ryan's friends came up to visit. It was good to have some visitors and I think the guys had a good time hanging out. They got to see a lot of the Mall, some while Ryan and I were working/school. Then we joined them for the weekend. We went to the Air & Space museum, the Old Post Office building (one of our favorites), and Arlington Cemetery.
About 3 days after the guys left, Ryan's parents came to visit! On Friday while Ryan was at work, the three of us went to see the WWII monument and ended up hitting all the major monuments--Lincoln, Vietnam, Korean and even old Albert Einstein. Unfortunately, we didn't have our professional photographer with us so I don't have any photos from this day. Saturday we went to a local farmer's market with them and then headed in to DC to the Old Post Office museum again. This time the weather was beautiful, and we always like taking visitors here. It's really a great view of DC.
Sunday we took them to see the Air & Space Museum out near Dulles airport. We had not gone back since we went with my parents so it was good to see some of the exhibit that we didn't have time for back then. There's just so much to see there. We also found some really good new restaurants with his parents and had some delicious dinners. As you can see below, we made a stop by Great Falls National Park on the way home from the museum.
Since all of our visitors left, we have been really busy. Ryan's work has been busy, and I had midterms that consumed me for a good two weeks. We are just now settling back into a routine. I guess that about catches everyone up. Enjoy the pictures. We are really excited to see most of you in a few weeks for Thanksgiving! Hope everyone is doing well!
P.S. you can find new and old pictures here
The weekend of the last post we went to a Greek Festival in the northern part of the DC. It was smaller than the one we had been to in Atlanta, but the food was fantastic. Our favorites were the tiropita and of course, the baklava. It was a good relaxing weekend.
After that, Ryan's friends came up to visit. It was good to have some visitors and I think the guys had a good time hanging out. They got to see a lot of the Mall, some while Ryan and I were working/school. Then we joined them for the weekend. We went to the Air & Space museum, the Old Post Office building (one of our favorites), and Arlington Cemetery.
About 3 days after the guys left, Ryan's parents came to visit! On Friday while Ryan was at work, the three of us went to see the WWII monument and ended up hitting all the major monuments--Lincoln, Vietnam, Korean and even old Albert Einstein. Unfortunately, we didn't have our professional photographer with us so I don't have any photos from this day. Saturday we went to a local farmer's market with them and then headed in to DC to the Old Post Office museum again. This time the weather was beautiful, and we always like taking visitors here. It's really a great view of DC.
Sunday we took them to see the Air & Space Museum out near Dulles airport. We had not gone back since we went with my parents so it was good to see some of the exhibit that we didn't have time for back then. There's just so much to see there. We also found some really good new restaurants with his parents and had some delicious dinners. As you can see below, we made a stop by Great Falls National Park on the way home from the museum.
Since all of our visitors left, we have been really busy. Ryan's work has been busy, and I had midterms that consumed me for a good two weeks. We are just now settling back into a routine. I guess that about catches everyone up. Enjoy the pictures. We are really excited to see most of you in a few weeks for Thanksgiving! Hope everyone is doing well!
P.S. you can find new and old pictures here
Monday, October 26, 2009
A new post to come soon....
Hi everyone,
I know it's been a long time. The desktop that we upload photos from is not working so we don't have any photos to share. A lot has been going on so we will try to fix the computer and get an update ASAP.
I know it's been a long time. The desktop that we upload photos from is not working so we don't have any photos to share. A lot has been going on so we will try to fix the computer and get an update ASAP.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Catch Up!
Hi everyone!
So this is another catch up blog. This coming weekend we don't have much planned except cleaning the apartment, and the following two weekends we have company coming so I imagine it will be another 3 weeks before we sit down to blog again so I'm not even going to pretend that we are going to try this time.
This past weekend we didn't do much except a little clothes shopping that was an emergency trip because the weather turned cool pretty fast up here and we weren't prepared. So I'm going to jump back 3 weekends ago to something more interesting. That weekend the weather made us chicken out from doing anything outside (even though it ended up being gorgeous) so we took off to the National Archives. We took a lot of pictures around the mall area, but Ryan has not finished sorting through them (we got a little click happy on the camera) so we'll post a link update once they are finished.
Two weekends ago we watched our Yellow Jackets play on the laptop--it was not ideal but at least we got to see them. We had other games on the tv on mute and the score ticker kept giving away our score before we would see it happen because of the delay so we had to turn the tv off. Sunday we took off for Gettysburg battlefield. It was a fantastic day and was nice to get out of the city. We were exhausted at the end of it because there is just so much to see, but it was a great excursion and was only 1.5 hrs away. Here are the pics from that weekend: http://picasaweb.google.com/ryanbech/Gettysburg9709#.
Last week we went to the GTDC alumni club's viewing party for the Thursday night game. Unfortunately I don't get out of class until 9pm and only got there for the 2nd half. We are probably going to stay home for tonight's game but will go to another club viewing for a Sat. game when school doesn't interfere. School is going well for me. I am starting to get busy and in the thick of the semester. Ryan has been super busy at work, but that's a good thing. We are both happy and still enjoying it up here--I think the novelty will wear off when winter comes though. Everyone says the weather is the same as ATL, but based on the mild summer we had here, we don't think we agree and so we are bracing for a colder winter than we are used to.
In two weekends Ryan's friends are coming to visit, and as soon as they leave Ryan's parents are coming. We are very excited to have more visitors and can't wait to see all of them!
GO JACKETS!
So this is another catch up blog. This coming weekend we don't have much planned except cleaning the apartment, and the following two weekends we have company coming so I imagine it will be another 3 weeks before we sit down to blog again so I'm not even going to pretend that we are going to try this time.
This past weekend we didn't do much except a little clothes shopping that was an emergency trip because the weather turned cool pretty fast up here and we weren't prepared. So I'm going to jump back 3 weekends ago to something more interesting. That weekend the weather made us chicken out from doing anything outside (even though it ended up being gorgeous) so we took off to the National Archives. We took a lot of pictures around the mall area, but Ryan has not finished sorting through them (we got a little click happy on the camera) so we'll post a link update once they are finished.
Two weekends ago we watched our Yellow Jackets play on the laptop--it was not ideal but at least we got to see them. We had other games on the tv on mute and the score ticker kept giving away our score before we would see it happen because of the delay so we had to turn the tv off. Sunday we took off for Gettysburg battlefield. It was a fantastic day and was nice to get out of the city. We were exhausted at the end of it because there is just so much to see, but it was a great excursion and was only 1.5 hrs away. Here are the pics from that weekend: http://picasaweb.google.com/ryanbech/Gettysburg9709#.
Last week we went to the GTDC alumni club's viewing party for the Thursday night game. Unfortunately I don't get out of class until 9pm and only got there for the 2nd half. We are probably going to stay home for tonight's game but will go to another club viewing for a Sat. game when school doesn't interfere. School is going well for me. I am starting to get busy and in the thick of the semester. Ryan has been super busy at work, but that's a good thing. We are both happy and still enjoying it up here--I think the novelty will wear off when winter comes though. Everyone says the weather is the same as ATL, but based on the mild summer we had here, we don't think we agree and so we are bracing for a colder winter than we are used to.
In two weekends Ryan's friends are coming to visit, and as soon as they leave Ryan's parents are coming. We are very excited to have more visitors and can't wait to see all of them!
GO JACKETS!
Monday, August 24, 2009
So this past weekend was pretty uneventful. Friday we went back to our Indian restaurant from the previous week because we were still craving it and it's right off the metro stop and it looked like it could pour at any minute. We had already lost power due to the storms once that day. The forecast for Sat was all storms from the afternoon on so we got up and took off to Adams Morgan to get out while we had a chance. We just walked around and ate at a small hole-in-the-wall regional Mexican place for brunch. It was a hot and humid so we strolled a little longer then headed home after eating. Yesterday we made our normal rounds to the local area Sunday farmer's market which we are quickly falling in love with and then to other stores to complete the weekly grocery shopping. So like I said, pretty uneventful, but we really enjoyed Adams Morgan and look forward to exploring it more in the future. There was a small gap in the storms on Sat and we stepped outside and there was a huge rainbow! Here's a picture of part of it, it's a little hard to see it, but it was a full arch that was much larger than we could capture with the camera.
We haven't had any random political celebrity sightings in a long time because we have been avoiding the mall/WH/capitol area due to the summer tourist season. So to take place of that, this weekend we had a random people watching event from our balcony. This guy pulled up to an empty parking lot across the street and just started playing his guitar on the hood of his car. It was really random and we were amused because we could kind of hear it too and then he put the guitar up and drove off. Here's a pic.
I also realized the other day that we never posted a photo of the apartment since the furniture was delivered so here ya go...
Have a great week!
Steph
We haven't had any random political celebrity sightings in a long time because we have been avoiding the mall/WH/capitol area due to the summer tourist season. So to take place of that, this weekend we had a random people watching event from our balcony. This guy pulled up to an empty parking lot across the street and just started playing his guitar on the hood of his car. It was really random and we were amused because we could kind of hear it too and then he put the guitar up and drove off. Here's a pic.
I also realized the other day that we never posted a photo of the apartment since the furniture was delivered so here ya go...
Have a great week!Steph
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