We made our first trip to DC for Restaurant Week.  For those of you who aren’t familiar with Restaurant Week, it takes place every year for about a one to two week time period during traditional slow periods for restaurants.  I was able to search for available reservation times really easily through www.opentable.com.    We chose to go to Bistro Bis on Capitol Hill in DC.  It is a French restaurant owned by the same people that own Vidalia.   For $35.10 you get a 3 course meal including appetizer, entree and desert.  We were pleasantly surprised at the selection and quantity of food included.  Bistro Bis also had a special Restaurant Week wine list with very reasonably priced wines.  Our food was excellent and the atmosphere was really nice.  The restaurant was very busy – I have to assume busier than they would have been on a regular Thursday night in January.  After dinner we took a nice walk around the area -it’s always fun to check out the real estate in an area so close to the Nation’s Capitol.  There are some really beautiful old homes.

You can go to this website to get more info on Restaurant Week: http://washington.org/restaurantwk/.  Did you try out any new places for Restaurant Week?  Let us know.

A visit to the Washington Zoo is one of the most unforgettable experiences.  If your a parent visiting with children, your experience is a little different.  Depending on the age range of your children the animals you visit might be different and even how long you decide to stay at the zoo will differ.  You can entertain yourself from one hour to a whole day.  If you have babies, be advised that your children may find more entertainment with looking at a bird that the elephant doing tricks, and your older children may just get so excited and forget they are with you.

Being prepared with water, food and snacks- this is essential for a succesful trip for adults and children alike.  There are plenty of  food stands throughout the zoo, finding food won’t be an issue, if you don’t want to spend too much def consider bringing your own meals.  As you reach the monkey house BEWARE- the orangatans can climb from one side of the park to the other, they are also well educated in playing pranks and simply may dislike you….watch for any bombs in the air.  I can tell you that it was not pretty to watch as a bomb hit one of the visitors.