Friday in Arlington

Art in the hotel

We had a leisurely morning and then we walked to Barnes and Noble.  I am afraid that we did not let Jamie have any quality alone time.

We hung out there until lunch time.  We decided to check out an Indian restaurant about a mile away.  Michael, Sharon & Ella met us there.

It had a delicious buffet

Then we split up.  Michael and Ella went back to the apartment, Jamie went back to the hotel and the rest of us got a Lyft ride to the Dumbarton Oaks.

We went through the museum.

My new necklace ;-)

the juggler

And the gardens. It was quite chilly so we did not last long.

We only went into the Orangerie (mostly to warm up while we called the Lyft)

We got a Lyft ride back to the apartment.

This is Sharon & Michael's apartment building.  They are on the 8th floor.

Tummy Time

She rolled over!! This is a brand new skill.

We had Nathan's pumpkin cheesecake.  It was yummy.

We played a game of 10, 9, 8.  Then we ordered dinner from a close restaurant.  Mostly sandwiches.  George, Nathan & went to pick it up.  After dinner we looked at more family photos.  That was fun.  When we went back to the hotel, Jamie visited us for a while. Pam went back to their room.  

It was not a good night.  Some party was going on and the sound seemed to come in through our vents.  It was loud and went on and on.  Finally we called downstairs and they said that they would try to take care of it.  I think that we were not the first to complain.  It finally stopped about 1:30 am.  Ugh.  It wasn't even good music.

Thanksgiving Day

The Hyatt 

We had breakfast in hotel, since it was free.  Then we got ready to go to Sharon and Michael's.

bright mural

Street art

We hung out at Sharon & Michael's for a little while

We got a Lyft to go to the Teddy Roosevelt Island park.  Jamie hung out at Starbucks, getting some quality alone time.  Michael stayed with Ella.  It was pretty chilly.

iconic view

Nathan & Sharon

Cypress knees (roots of the Cypress tree)

We had a Lyft ride back to join Jamie at Starbucks for a light lunch.  This Lyft driver did not get a good rating.  He kept wanting to drive on the bicycle path.

Then we went grocery shopping to buy the ingredients for Nathan to make a pumpkin cheesecake.  

Nathan started the process for making the cheesecake.  He won't bake it until after dinner tonight and we will eat it tomorrow. 

We had a 4 pm reservation at Lyon Hall for Thanksgiving dinner.  It is a French restaurant.  Sharon, Michael & Ella went by car and the rest of us walked.  It was about 1 1/2 miles away.  

The walk was cold so the hot toddy was especially delicious.  We did the fixed price meal.  It was delicious.  I started with the roasted Brussels sprouts.

Ella kept us entertained while we waited.

I had the fillet Mignon.  I could have had the turkey dinner but the steak called me.  

We all took turns going to the rest room.  Funny, it looks like a mirror behind the sinks but no. .. on the other side of the low wall is the men's restroom 

Sharon was feeding Ella so Michael helped out by feeding Sharon.  

My dessert was a pumpkin pie tart.  Then the walk home the moon was out.

Nathan finished the cheesecake and got it in the oven

We had a chance to chat with Linda. She is in Thailand which is 12 hours ahead.  So her Thanksgiving was over and she was ready to go to work.

Nathan trying to look mad.

Linda in Thailand

Introducing Ella to Linda

Getting the cheesecakes out of the oven

Delicious looking pumpkin cheesecakes with ginger snap crusts.

Today was a cold day.  It hovered around 30 degrees all day. Tomorrow is supposed to be warmer.  I forgot my hat but at least I remember my long underwear.

Portland to DC for Thanksgiving

Nathan, George and I went to DC to have Thanksgiving with Sharon (my niece), Michael and little baby Ella.  Jamie and Pam also will be there.  3 am came awfully early.  We had a 6 am flight out of Portland.

This is a jellyfish display at PDX.  

We flew from PDX to Minneapolis.  George and I sat together but Nathan had opted for comfort plus so he sat closer to the front of the plane.  He also had a window seat so he got this great picture of the sunrise.

In Minneapolis there was this great mosaic at the women's restroom

close up of the mosaic

I was surprised to see that there was no art in the Reagan airport.  So no pictures.  Maybe when we are on the way home I will find something.

We got a Lyft ride to the Hyatt Hotel in Arlington

The is the view from our window

nearly full moon

Pam met us at the hotel.  I was a little discombobulated because I had just found out that my LINE app was not working.  Line is like WhatsApp, only it is the one that Jamie, Pam and family all use.  I was trying to fix that, unsuccessfully.  I found out that I had been missing a lot of baby pictures since I had gotten my new phone.  Darn!!  

We got a little settled and then we went up to see Jamie and Pam's suite.  We ordered a pizza.  When it was ready we went to pick it up and then walked to Sharon & Michael's place.  They live about 1/2 mile away from the hotel.  I got to meet baby Ella. She was just as cute as she could be.  

Grandma Pam with Ella

lucky me

Micheal with Ella

We put her down and then ate our dinner.  After our dinner Ella got to eat.  

Jamie & Pam

Then we sat and chatted for a while.  When Sharon and Michael kicked us out we went back to Jamie and Pam's suite to chat some more.  Nathan managed to fix my phone with the Line App.  So now I am connected again.  That is a relief.