Bilbo Baggins and the Salad that was Duck.

Well ladies and gentleman who're reading this, yet another adventure in the city that is D.C. Well actually it takes place in Old Town Alexandria in Virginia. Its the cute old town with lots of shops and restaurants right near the dock of a river (not sure which one it was but I'll let you know). It was great the day started out with us finding out that riding a trolley is free (like so many other things out here in D.C. For example, the Smithsonian...oh yea.) We took a trolley in to the farthest end of town and began the day. There was this fantastic guy playing the national anthem on water glasses, and a man doing characatures (sp?), the smell of fish in the air. It was pretty much a mini-version of San Francisco with more trees.

After arriving we got a brochure that listed all the sites and restaurants in the area and we were starving. As Lene read aloud our options she came across Bilbo Baggins Restaurant, to say that i was excited is an understatement. Everyone else was leaning towards this French Cafe called Little Madelines but not I. Everyone could see how excited I was so we decided to take a detour of the main street and find this restaurant. It was far off the beaten path, but in my mind it was totally worth it. I mean Bilbo Baggins restaurant? I'm picturing small round doors, waiters dressed as hobbits, quaint background music (maybe even the soundtrack from LOTR playing). We get there and find out its a bar, but they've posted the menu for the restaurant outside and it doesn't look too bad. We're starving so we decide to eat there, big mistake. We walk in and I am immediately confronted with golf and fishing paraphernalia (random? YES!), as we continue to take in the scenery we are noticing more and more odd things. Random posters from the 1950's, old advertisements, I mean this is the most random out there spot I've ever been too. We all order and get our food, its ok not delicious but it did the job all right. Until we all notice Lene has a very unhappy expression she chose to order the whopping Duck Salad. Duck Salad?! Who orders Duck Salad from a bar menu in the middle of a run down junky street. Lene thats who. I tried a bite and the only way I can describe it is, it tasted like wet, spicy wood. Haha it was a pretty great day. We later ate at the Lavendar Moon Cupcake Cafe, which was festive and delicious, and window shopped around the town. It started raining around 4 so we called it a night and waited for the trolley under an overhang, where I proceeded to re-enact Gene Kelly's singing in the rain routine on the street with a lamp post. It was a fantastic trip and day.