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an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

from the adventure.

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It's been a pretty great trip.

This week, post the wedding, it's just been the two of us and we've been able to visit all our favorite places. Once again, I marveled at the letterpress man and his collection of wooden letters at Eastern Market (the "C" came home with us). We hung out twice with our favorite DC couple, once at 2 Amys and once at their place (thank you, Steph & Steve). We had cocktails and dinner at Founding Farmer's (so great!). We ate cupcakes at Baked & Wired, the best place for cupcakes in the city. We went to the American History Museum for what we think is the first time. We wandered Georgetown and marveled at how much has changed. And then we marveled at how much has stayed the exact same. We went back to Pizzeria Paradiso for some seriously good pizza and beer.

Despite the heat, we walked and walked and walked. And when we were not walking we were on the metro. We were both excited to find that our SmarTrip cards still worked and that they've added cell service in the tunnels.

You're a pretty great city, DC. Thanks for having us back.

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25 responses to “from the adventure.”

  1. Sam Avatar
    Sam

    I love the variation in your photos. Thanks for sharing them with us. I always looks forward to seeing other people’s photos. Will you be doing project life with these or make a dedicated scrapbook album? I love mini albums for trips. So much fun if you have the receipts and other bits and pieces to use like tickets and maps etc.
    Sam
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  2. Cady Avatar
    Cady

    I haven’t tried Baked & Wired so I’ll have to get on that. Did you all live in Georgetown previously? I’ve always lived in this area, so I’m pretty partial but I do love how varied the city and its outskirts are.

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  3. Kiele Gregoire Avatar
    Kiele Gregoire

    love your photos, as always. such a unique perspective. thanks for sharing! also, i just wanted to tell you … and you probably have already figured this out and i am the last one on the planet to realize, but, there is a button for turning off borders on instagram. i remember reading on a post from you, that you liked certain filters because they didn’t have borders. i silently agreed, because i too would stick with the same borders because i liked the look but also because i didn’t want a border. now, i still find myself loving those few filters, BUT, there is a little button that looks like a stamp in the top left, where you can turn on and off the borders for any filter. so sorry if this sounds dumb, too late, or insignificant, but, it changed my life.

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  4. Ana Avatar
    Ana

    I love the letter press stand. I was showing out of town visitors around Eastern Market after Sunday brunch so we just missed each other. Looks like you had a great time!

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  5. KJ Avatar
    KJ

    oooh can’t wait to hit up the Eastern market when we go to DC in November! YAY! So fun! I love DC….I have the op to go lots…but I know you must miss it living on the west coast…Happy Memory documenting! 🙂

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  6. CarlyMaria Avatar
    CarlyMaria

    looks amazing! I love DC more than words. 🙂

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  7. Skye Avatar
    Skye

    I only discovered this recently and it changed my life too!! 🙂

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  8. Skye Avatar
    Skye

    This is awesome! I live in the DC area and have a college friend coming to visit this weekend (we are both staying with our friend who lives in the city). You’ve given me some ideas of places to take her. 🙂

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  9. emily s Avatar
    emily s

    Yay Founding Farmers!

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  10. Jody R. Avatar
    Jody R.

    I love DC! I will be returning within the next 7 years (visiting the WWII Memorial has made my 100×40 list) so I will have to check out some of these places you mentioned.

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  11. rachel swartley Avatar
    rachel swartley

    I’m glad to see you blogging from the road! Looks like you and Paul are having a great time. I’ve been to DC many times, but have never eaten in any of the restaurants you’ve mentioned.

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  12. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    We lived in Bethesda, but I worked in gt. 🙂

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  13. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    Just in project life. Already thinking about it and I am so excited.

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  14. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    Yes! They added that in an update last fall and I was thrilled. Still only use valencia and amaro though. 😉

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  15. Jessica B Avatar
    Jessica B

    DC is a pretty amazing city! I have lived a lot of places and this is by far my favorite!

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  16. Jessica Avatar
    Jessica

    Since you did a post about vacations…will you do a post about your travel gear? Luggage, cosmetic bag, etc. I am looking into new travel bags/luggage/and a cosmetic bag and wondered what you found practical for your travels.

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  17. clare Avatar
    clare

    I am a follower from Winnipeg, via Kal. I now follow your adventures daily as I do hers. I am by chance on my way to Washington in 2 weeks and have booked Founding Farmers based on your images of it. Thanks!

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    lee

    DC is possibly my favorite city in the US. Well, that or New Orleans – but for very different reasons. I absolutely love the Metro in DC, and miss it often…so I’m glad you’re using it to see the sights while you’re there.

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  19. Jillian Avatar
    Jillian

    This is so wonderful to see, Elise! I just moved from the DC area down to Florida, so seeing all those wonderful DC things… awesome. Isn’t 2 Amys THE BEST?! It really is authentic Neapolitan pizza. And Baked & Wired… love the name, love the cupcakes. Glad to see you had fun 🙂

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  20. jennie Avatar
    jennie

    a little bummed i didn’t bump into e&p in dc this week! you hit all my favorite haunts, too. glad you had so much fun in your old ‘hood.

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  21. Brandy Avatar
    Brandy

    yay, baked and wired and founding farmers, two of my favorite places!

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  22. Karen Malloy Avatar
    Karen Malloy

    i love Pizzeria Paradiso. one of my fave places in the DC area to eat!

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  23. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    this would be fun! I will try to get something together next time we take a big trip. 🙂

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  24. Alex Avatar
    Alex

    I live in DC and have tried all the cupcake places that have popped up over the last few years. My personal favorite is Sprinkles with Georgetown cupcake second place – but I refuse to wait on such ridiculous lines at Georgetown! Would recommend Sprinkles next time you’re in DC!

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  25. maggi Avatar
    maggi

    too bad it wasn’t more autumn-y on your visit. dc/md/va has such a wonderful fall feeling. live in co now, miss good pizza and metro-life sometimes.

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