Pack This....

Just found a new luggage/packing product! Eagle Creek Folders and Cubes.

My friend just went to Europe and when I went to her house to pick her up she was just finishing packing. Her suitcase looked amazing! So organized and it looked like she barely had anything in there. Plenty of room for souvenirs!

Now, granted I have learned to pack lighter. I used to use the big suitcase for every trip. However, now that you pay for checking bags at the airport (and the fact that lugging a huge suitcase around big cities is NOT fun), I have learned to use the small rolling suitcase you don't have to check. Needless to say, I am excited to try out these products.

They are a bit pricy. Ranging from $24-$35 each. I bought one for now and may add to my collection.

Here is the Packing Folder:

You use the folding template shown in the picture above to fold your shirts/pants/etc. This makes sure they are folded neatly and in the same size. Once you have the clothes stacked in the middle, you put the template on top and close the folder tight. So, all of your clothes are inside the folder. They have 4 different sizes. Each size holds different amounts of clothes. My friend had 2 sizes. So all that was in her suitcase clothes wise were these 2 folders. Nice and compact.

They also have other products such as packing cubes. Packing cubes are good for such things as socks, underwear, undershirts, etc. They have tons of different sizes. I got one like the picture below. You can get these products at specialty luggage stores or The Container Store.

There are tons of other fun luggage goodies out there too. Sleeves for your shoes so you keep your luggage clean. Small containers so you can put your favorite products in them instead of bringing your full size products. Toiletry bags for organizing. And many, many more! I wish I could buy them all! I love luggage stuff!!!

I will let you know how my new packing folder/cube works the next time I pack for a trip.

What are your favorite packing tips??

Windy City??

Was at Borders Books & Music yesterday and I bought a book and a map of Chicago. I guess that means I should probably make that my next trip! I'm thinking a long weekend trip. Sometime before baseball season ends. I definitely want to catch a Cubs game at Wrigley Field. :)

Never been to Chicago before. Suggestions my little travel peeps??

Empire State of Mind: New York City

New York City- January 2010


New York....

"Concrete Jungle where Dreams are Made of......"

"Bright Lights will Inspire You"

"Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York...."

What can I say. I love this city. The huge sky scrapers, the loud noises, the bright lights, the energy. I just can't get enough. I'm pretty sure every time I've been there, it's with someone who has never been. I am some sort of unofficial tour guide. And I'm totally fine with that!

The trip started out like most of my trips do. Stayed late at work trying to tie up loose ends before my 3 days off (plus the weekend). Since my roommate no longer works at my hotel, I no longer have someone to hold down the fort while I'm taking a few days off. Enough of the shop talk though! Where was I.....oh yes. Running late. So I get home from work around 9pm because of course I had a few errands to run after work. I finished packing, chatted with the roommate since we hadn't seen each other in a few days, took a shower and then decided to paint my nails. At midnight. Well of course I had to wait until my nails were semi-dry before I could go to sleep. Did I mention my alarm was set for 3:30am?

Woke up and left my house by 4:10am. Picked up my friend and headed to my parents. My dad was able to drive us to LAX. A tip for you. If you decide to carry on your bags (like we did), print out your boarding pass at home. That way you can go directly to security without standing in any other lines. Also, make sure you have all of your toiletries in a zip lock bag and depending on the airport, you may need to have it out of your bag during security. Which we did. Did anyone see Up In the Air?? Use my tips and George Clooney will want to stand behind YOU in line. haha. Although it does take me a minute to get re-organized after going through security. Shoes and layers going back on and toiletries back in the suitcase and making sure I did not leave my ID in the security boxes. But I just grab my stuff and move to the side so the line doesn't get backed up.

We were off to New York JFK on American Airlines.

Arrived at JFK around 3:30pm. We decided to save the $45 plus tip on taking a taxi and took the subway. I am familiar with the subway and decided to take the challenge. You have to take the "Air Train" which is $5. You pay when you exit. The air train takes you to the subway and from there you pay for your Air Train and add your subway fees onto your Metro Card. You take the subway from there to your destination. The total cost ended up being $7.25 per person. Not bad!

Arrived at the hotel where they had a promotional thing going on in the lobby. They gave us each a shot glass full of their special margaritas. Nice start to our trip! :-) We checked in and decided to head to Times Square. We stayed at the Eastside Marriott Hotel. This hotel is a few blocks from Times Square. It's located on Lexington at 49th Street. There is a subway station on 51st street.

New York Marriott Eastside hotel with Chrysler Building in the background.

We walked to Rockefeller Center where we got to see the Christmas Tree and the ice rink! I have never seen the Christmas Tree so that was a nice treat. They actually started taking it down the next day so we were lucky to see it in it's full glory!

Rockefeller Center ice rink & Christmas Tree

Times Square is awesome. Tons of lights, TV screens, billboards, theatres, taxies and people everywhere! I love it all. You will also find tons of tourist shops, wax museum, all of your Broadway theatres, restaurants, pizza joints, Nuts for Nuts on the street, Hot Dog vendors and the list goes on and on. If you like energy and bright lights, please go to Times Square!

Decorations between our hotel & Times Sq. Love this picture! Next years' Christmas card maybe??

Cold....

Early night since we had been running on only a few hours of sleep and a little bit jet lagged. Not to mention I'm old now and can't hang on a few hours of sleep as well as I used to. haha.

Next day we decided we would go to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. If you are going to be downtown to go to the Statue, you might as well do Wall Street/Financial District since it is all so close. Also, if you are going to see a Broadway show and were planning to stand in the ridiculous line in Times Square to get your discount tickets....please check out this tiny version of the discount ticket booth in the Financial District. It is by the Seaport and the cross streets are Front & John Streets. It opens at 11am and if you get there right before that there is usually not much of a line. Maybe 10-15 people. This beats having to wait until like 3pm for the ticket booth in Times Sq. to open and be in line with about 100 other people wasting your day away. Just saying.....

Our first stop of the day was the ticket booth (TKT booth). We took the subway downtown to Fulton/Broadway Nassau and walked from there. We bought orchestra seats to Chicago for about $70. Then we walked to Wall Street, rubbed the Wall Street Bull's nose for good luck, saw the site of the World Trade Center and then headed to Battery Park where you get on the ferry to go to the Statue of Liberty. FYI, there is a security screening here so be prepared to un bundle.

The Wall Street Bull. Rubbing his nose for good $$ luck.

The ferry takes you to Liberty Island where the Statue of Liberty is located. From there, you can catch the next ferry to Ellis Island and then from Ellis Island they have the ferry take you back to Battery Park. All of the ferry service is included in the price of your ticket. While at Ellis Island, you should try to take the immigration test to see if you would pass! I passed but had help from my friend who is a history buff! :-)

School kids waving and yelling at us from their Liberty Island ferry.


The Great Hall in Ellis Island. This is where immigrants waited for legal and medical processing. Amazing building.

We decided to have dinner in the Financial District. We found a Chinese restaurant China Chalet which ended up being very good and reasonably priced. http://www.chinachalet.com/

We had our Broadway show to go see so we headed back to our hotel and then to the Ambassador Theatre to see Chicago. I've seen this musical manyyyy times. I love it. It was my friends' first Broadway show and she had chosen to see it. What I like about it is that it's always different depending on the cast. I've seen Billy Zane (Titanic) play Billy Flynn, Linda Carter (Wonder Woman) play Mama Morton and this time Ashlee Simpson was playing Roxie Hart. I actually really like Ashlee's recorded voice but wasn't sure if she would be good live and on Broadway. However....she was actually really good. Her singing was good, her choreography was good and she did not miss a line. I was impressed. After the show, we walked outside and were hanging around taking pictures of the signs when who did I almost walk right into?? Jessica Simpson! haha. She had obviously gone to see her sister in the show. We also saw Ashlee when she came out to leave and our friend we were with was able to get her autograph on her Playbill. So it was actually a really fun night.

Jessica Simpson right after I almost walked into her not realizing it was her. haha.

In her Escalade...

Ashlee signing autographs

Next day we decided on going to the United Nations and Central Park. I have never been to the United Nations so that was very cool. We did a tour which ended in us seeing the General Assembly room. I learned that there are 192 members of the United Nations. Also, learned that they are seated alphabetically however there is a raffle for the first seat that way it is fair to everyone to have the first seat at some point. Oh, and you can not call 911 from the United Nations because it is not considered part of the United States. I thought that was interesting!

United Nations General Assembly room

While walking, we found a pizzeria restaurant called Deans. It's not a by the slice kind of place but it's a nice little restaurant. Very cute inside. Seemed to be a popular lunch place. We had salads and split a small pizza and it was the perfect lunch. There were 3 of us and the small pizza was perfect with our salads. http://www.deansnyc.com/

Off to Central Park after that. It had snowed the night before so Central Park looked beautiful all snowy! Coming from California, I was very excited to see the snow! We decided to go iceskating at Wollman's Rink in Central Park. FYI, rates are higher on Friday and Saturdays. It was so worth it. Total, it was about $20 for skates and entrance fee (we were there on a Friday). Out of all of the ice skating rinks in NYC, this one is my favorite. Rockefeller is small and crowded and Bryant Park's line was way to long and it is also small. I did get in trouble for taking a picture on the ice. You are permitted to take pictures from off the ice, you just can't take your camera on the ice. I had no idea! And maybe I got in trouble again by the same guy for playing with the snow on the side of the rink. I swear I thought I was going to get kicked out. We had stopped on the side of the rink and there was a pile of snow. Well me being super excited about the snow in general, grabbed a handful and threw it back onto the pile of snow. Never did my snow hit the ice. But I STILL got in trouble. GOSH!

Horsey posing for the camera.

I love the park with the city scape in the background.

So pretty with the snow!

Wollman's Rink, Central Park

Professionals. Not.

The trouble maker....aka ME!

So it was snowing here and I wanted to document it because I've only seen it snow a few times in my life. However, you can't tell it's snowing! But there is a little snow on our jackets. :-)

After ice skating, we decided to go to Serendipity for some Frozzzen Hot Chocolate. We were having a "Serendipity" day with the ice skating and the frozzen hot cocoa. :-) Now where's my John Cusack??!! We only had to wait about 1/2 hour to get our table. I've been there where they've told us to come back in 2 hours! So this was a huge step in the right direction. 30 minutes later I was enjoying my Frozzzen "mint" hot chocolate which is new on their menu. It was delicious!! My friend really enjoyed her Frozzen peanut butter hot chocolate.

Serendipity!

Yummm..... Frozzzen Mint Hot Chocolate

Next day we decided to go to Brooklyn. We took the subway to the Clark stop or was it Court? Either way, it was one of the first stops after you leave Manhattan. Only about 15-20 minutes from midtown and 10 from the financial district area. Brooklyn Heights is where I like to go. Mainly, Montague Street. Cute cafes, boutique stores and surrounded by brownstone houses. Think Cosby Show! :-) At the end of Montague Street, you find the Brooklyn Heights Promenade which over looks New York City. You can see the Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Chrysler building and Empire State building. I would soooo love to live there! Much quieter than Manhattan as well. We walked to the Brooklyn Bridge as well and across part of it. Mainly for the views.

Then back to midtown. We went to the New York Public Library which is amazing! So pretty. I would definitely like to go back there. We were on a schedule so we didn't stay too long. They have an amazing gift shop too. They offer a tour once a day but we had just missed it. That would have been interesting to do. The library is so huge that I don't think we would have even found the books. haha.

New York Public Library and Bryant Park skating

Fountain in Bryant Park. The water froze into icicles!!

The gift shop in the Library. Sooo cute! I love the book shelves and the little upstairs bookcases. So old fashioned.


Not sure what this guy was doing with a white tiger at the Library but kitty was adorable!!! He said kitty was going to the zoo in 2 weeks.

Then it was off to the Empire State Building. They also had security screening there which I had never had to do before. They also moved the gift shop to a different floor. The gift shop is a little bigger now and there is more room on the observation deck level. It was a perfectly clear day and the views were amazing. Of course, it was very windy up there as usual and extra chilly since it is January!

View of Chrysler building from Empire State Building.

We had our last dinner at Mama Mexico which was a very busy Mexican restaurant in midtown near our hotel on 49th Street. http://www.mamamexico.com/ The food was good, the chips and salsa was good, the place was crowded and the prices weren't too bad.

So our trip comes to an end now and the next morning we had to leave pretty early to take the subway/airtrain back to JFK for our 10am flight. We were doing great on time and since we had our boarding passes, we got to skip the long a** line at check in. Breezed through security and then the escalater was down. It was a really steep one so we decided to take the elevator since we had our luggage with us. Well jokes on us because the elevator got stuck!!! It was us, a guy and another girl who ended up actually working for American Airlines. Well no one ever came to fix the elevator after we called them via the elevator emergency phone and the girl called people at American to call the maintenence people. We tried to open the doors but we were completely between floors. We were stuck for about 15 minutes when it finally started working and took us back to where we started. By then, it was time to board. We had to lug our luggage up the non working escalators and the girl let us go in to the Admirals Club (Oh hey...George Clooney's) where they gave us complimentary bottles of water and muffins. Wish we had more time to stay and enjoy it but we were literally almost the last ones to board because of this. We grabbed our waters and a muffin and ran to catch the plane. No time to use the restroom or fill up our waters or eat breakfast so we were happy to receive our water and muffin. :-)

Mission accomplished..... we were now ready to depart. Back to reality. No more New York state of mind for us. Back to the OC life of work and bills. Until the next trip that is!!!

Something about New York City that I need to mention. They usually have a bad rep for being rude or just cold and unfriendly. Well, I have to come to their defense. I would say about 5 different people asked us if they could help us find something when we looked confused or while looking at a map. Also, someone selling knock off handbags, told me to zip mine because people can be quick in snatching things. There were other instances where we came across very helpful people so I just wanted to give New Yorkers a shout out for being friendly! Woo hoo!

Until the next trip.....
travel girl

Travel Girl's New York movie picks:

Sex and the City

Up in the Air

Travel Girl's New York Reads:

Lipstick Jungle

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Songs on Travel Girl's NYC Playlist:

Empire State of Mind- JayZ and Alicia Keys

Chicago The Musical soundtrack (or any Broadway showtunes!)

New York, New York- Frank Sinatra

Sleepless until Seattle...

5 Days until my Seattle trip!!!

Soooo excited. My brother, sister-in-law and their girls also recently went to Seattle (only a few weeks ago) to visit a friend. They had nothing but good things to say about it. I also got to see a few of their pictures and it just made me even more excited to go.

Rainboots, check. Coat, check. Gloves and scarves out of their storage boxes, check.

One more thing. I'm conflicted about the whole checking luggage thing. I believe it's up to $30 to check a bag now. That is so not cool. But do I really want to lug my suitcase around the airport? And then getting on the plane and trying to put the luggage all the way up in the packed storage area because everyone else has the same idea as me does not sound appealing as well. Also, i'm trying to take my small suitcase and it is in fact very small. So i'm worried about fitting shoes, mittens and warm clothes for 4 days in such a tiny space. I think I will be wearing my rainboots and my coat just so I don't have to pack them!

Of course, I will let you know how it goes.

Sincerely,
Sleepless until Seattle

PS.... I hope Seattle treats us well weather wise. Go easy on the rain please!!! ;-)

Next Trip......Seattle!

Hey Travel Peeps!

Just a quick note to let you know about my next confirmed trip! I'm going to Seattle, Washington! I've never been, so it should be fun. It will be another long weekend trip. 4 nights total. If we get our passports renewed in time, we may go up to Vancouver for a day. Fingers crossed. :-)

I have no idea what to see there so I will need to do some research. I know a few people that have been and will be giving me lists of their must sees.

This trip will be next month (November). So, with that said, I better get me some rain boots!!

***Any suggestions on things to do in Seattle from my fellow Travelers??

Travel Girl on a Budget: I found a round trip ticket from Long Beach to Seattle for $159 after taxes!! Awesome deal! I booked through American Airlines via www.Kayak.com. A good tip is to be as flexible as possible for your dates. A lot of the websites show when the cheapest deals are. I modify my trips to get the cheapest flights when possible!


Travel Girl Movie Picks for Seattle:
Sleepless in Seattle

Travel Girl Books for Seattle:
Twilight


See you in Seattle!!

DC Playlist

Here it is kids...... a shortened down version of my DC playlist. I would say it's a pretty mellow list. Nothing too crazy. I usually like music I can fall asleep to on a plane ride or music I can stare out of a train to. :-)


DC Playlist

Chasing Pavements- Adele (Love this song! Lot's of soul)
Never Say Never- The Fray (The Fray has great travel music.)
Droplets- Colbie Caillat feat. Jason Reeves (I first heard a live version of this. She just released this recorded version on her new album, Breakthrough.)
Trouble- Coldplay (love this song)
Already Gone- Kelly Clarkson (Her new album is amazing. However....live she is even better! She did a bluesy version of Patsy Cline's Walking After Midnight. Youtube it!)
Dirty Laundry- Bitter:Sweet (This group also did the Lipstick Jungle theme song)
Still- Matt Nathanson (love love)
Not Myself- John Mayer (gotta have some John Mayer!)
Stormy Weather- Etta James (I love the soul in this song. Her old stuff is amazing)
Who’s Loving You- Jackson 5 (I absolutely love this song. I love singing it in the car.)
Sleeping To Dream- Jason Mraz (This is such a sweet song. Love it.)
Haven’t Met You Yet- Michael Buble (the newest song from my boyfriend, Michael!)
Sooner Or Later- Michelle Branch (Michelle is going pop/countryfor her next album. Can't get this song out of my head. Can't wait to hear the rest of the album.)
Yellow- Coldplay
Every Time You Lie- Demi Lovato (Yes...this is the Disney girl. Don't judge! I love this song.)
Please Come Home- Dustin Kensrue (This is the lead singer from Thrice which is one of my roommate's favorite bands. This is from his solo album.)
Better Together- Jack Johnson (I love the islandy feel to his music.)
I’m Yours- Jason Mraz (Great sing a long song!)
City Love- John Mayer (Might be my favorite John Mayer song.)
Mexico- Jump, Little Children
Save You- Kelly Clarkson (This song gets to me. Love it! Kelly is my favorite.)
Where I Stood- Missy Higgins (I love this song!)
Sunrise- Norah Jones (just in case I see a Sunrise!)
Come Home- One Republic
Shy That Way- Tristan Prettyman feat. Jason Mraz (I love when my favorite artists collaborate.)


Now go download all of these songs!!! :-) (You can check out some clips of the songs if you scroll down on the right side of the blog. I have most of them on a playlist for you!)

**What would be on your playlist??








Farewell Travel peeps! I will post again when I get back from DC!!! Leaving in 3 days!

International Letters

My parents had a garage sale last weekend. Hanging out in the garage for a while, was getting boring so I started going through an old box of my stuff. I found lots of "gems" in there. My old tap shoes (which of course, I put on and tapped my heart out), my Cabbage Patch Kids, some old school work and awards, all my Girl Scout patches from back in the day, etc. I also came across a TON of old letters. You see, in my Freshman year of High School, my French teacher had a program where you can sign up for a pen pal from another country. Well, of course, the intent was for us to get a French pen pal so we could practice our French. So what did I do?? I signed up for an Australian pen pal instead! Then a Malaysian one. And an Italian one! haha. Most of the letters were from them.

I also found some letters from my cousin Nina from the Netherlands. We had never met at the time. Her grandma (oma) and my grandpa (opa) were brother and sister. So my dad and her mom are first cousins which makes us second cousins. So our grandparents set us up to write to each other since we were the same age. We wrote for years and then after High School, Nina and her family came to visit us in California and we were able to meet. It was so funny to my parents when I knew that Nina liked pizza or that she LOVES ice cream. They kept forgetting that we had been writing for about 4 years by then. A few years later, Nina and her friend again visited California and this time stayed with me in my 1st apartment. We even went to Vegas! :-) Fun times. We still write, however now it's emails and reading each other's blogs. :-) Oh how times have changed.

My other Favorite pen pal has been my Australian pen pal, Alicia. I've also been writing her since my freshman year. Which means we've been writing for about 16 years!! Wow, just doing the math right now makes me feel OLD! We immediately hit it off when we started writing. We had a lot in common and we were both sooo excited to be receiving international mail! In one of the letters, she mentioned how she really wanted a pen pal from California, but you could only check the box for USA. You couldn't pick a state. So she had been hoping she would get one from CA. And she got it!!! haha. We sent each other pictures, magazine clippings, mixed tapes (yes, i said tapes. not cd's yet!), videos, samples of our money, etc. It was awesome! She also sent me tons of pictures of my first crush.... Dean Cain. All of her magazines had these poster pictures of him which she gladly sent to me and I then wallpapered my room with them. Through the years, things changed. We started making mixed CD's instead of tapes. We started emailing instead of writing letters. Eventually we created Facebook pages to be able to see each other's pictures.

I was able to visit her in Australia about 6 years ago. Wow, can't believe it's been that long ago already. I flew from LA to Sydney. I did work at Marriott back then as well. So I stayed at a Marriott downtown. I had the first night to my self in Sydney. I had a feeling I would need the rest because of the jet lag. So, she met me at the hotel the next day. It was CRAZY to meet her. We had been writing for years, but had never met. However, it seemed like we were just old friends that hadn't seen each other in a while. We hung out in Sydney for 2 more nights. We went to Taronga Zoo which has an amazing view of the harbor and Sydney. http://www.taronga.org.au/taronga-zoo.aspx We checked out views of the Syndey Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. Went to The Rocks and a few market places where I was able to get my Aussie souvineers. (pronounced Ozzy....not Ossie!)

Her boyfriend came to pick us up in Sydney and drove us to their apartment in Wollongong, NSW. Wollongong is about 1 1/2 hours south of Sydney. They showed me around their house and then we went to her parents house. It was crazy because I've seen tons of pictures of the house so I felt immediately connected to it. I absolutely loved her family. Her parents, Cheryl and Phil. Her brother and his girlfriend, Adam and Debbie. And of course, her boyfriend, Matt. her mom made us an amazing dinner one night and the other night we all went out to their traditional Sunday night family dinner spot. It was actually more of a "club". A sports club. It's called Collegians Rugby League Football Club. http://www.collegians.com.au/ It reminded me of something between a casino and a pizza parlor. They had a few different food options where you get your food and bring it to whichever table you want. They had games, kino, bingo and of course, TV's for sporting games. I wanted to go to a place where they always go so I could feel like a local. Their dad suggested the club and everyone sighed and groaned complaining that they always go there. So of course I said...."Well then that's where I want to go!". It was tons of fun.

Then the "kids" all hung out in the family room back at their house watching the American Video Movie Awards and talked about everything. I felt like I really should have studied before I came to Australia. They were all very interested in asking tons of questions. It was really fun.

Her dad also gave us a nice tour of Wollongong. It was a great trip and I wish I could go back and visit again. I would especially like to meet the new member of her family, Mia. Her daughter! Her and Matt have since gotten married and just had their first little girl!

I just can't believe how long we've been writing. Lots of good memories from all those letters I found. I'm so glad I kept them. Nothing like some old "snail mail"! I think it's a lost art and we should all send a letter now and then. Instead of an email. Email is amazing and instant. But snail mail lasts forever! haha.

Had to throw in the tap shoes picture!

Happy Travels travel peeps!

Official Trip!

So it's official! I finally have a trip planned! It's not a big one but I am soooo excited about it. Where am I going, you ask??

Washington, DC!!! I am so excited because I have never been. Neither has my roommate which is who I'm going with.

This is the same roommate that I went to Nashville with last year. Last year we went for Labor Day and that is what we are doing again this year. Since we work together, we are not usually allowed to take any time off together. However, since it is a holiday weekend, we are able to leave a little early on Friday and then fly out. Stay for 3 nights and back on Monday which is the holiday. So it works out perfect!

Here is the price breakdown:

Roundtrip Flight (Orange County to Washington)- $220.40 (taxes included!)
Baggage Fee- $30 ($15 per flight)

Hotel- $133.96 (That is total for all 3 nights plus taxes and will be divided by 2!)

TOTAL- $317.38 (my share)

AWESOME, right?!! FYI, hotel is so cheap because of my hotel discount. Can you see why I don't want to leave Marriott?? :-)

We won't have to rent a car since we will be so close to their metro system. This will save us rental car fee and a parking fee at the hotel. The hotel's website also states that a taxi from the airport to their hotel is only about $15. Or you can try to metro it for only $3! Either way, it's a deal.

***Here's a helpful travel tip. If anyone ever asks you what you would like for a gift (birthday, Christmas, etc), tell them a gift card for a specific hotel chain or airline you use. That's what I did for my birthday and now I won't have to pay for my hotel!

Well, I just wanted to share the exciting news with you! And what a perfect time to tell you about this trip. Almost 4th of July!

Happy Travels my little World Travelers and have a safe and wonderful holiday weekend.

btw....any suggestions on things I can't miss in DC??