Exploring: Old Town

                               This was the first picture I took i just adore the amazing art.

                                                     

So after living in Northern Virginia for several months,  we've finally gotten around to exploring a bit.  A few months back, mum and I took the metro down to Old Town Alexandria but I didn't take any pictures; we weren't there for long so I thought I would wait until I got down there again -- I finally did this weekend.

On Sunday we went to walk about, shop, and have a nice meal as a family. 

Our first stop was this awesome used book store we found last time we were there. This book store is pretty small but has book shelves everywhere, there are tiny walk ways between book shelves and they have an amazing selection with pretty much any type of book you can think of.  This last trip one of the books I purchased was The Monster of  Florence, (shockingly, gasp) it's about the monster of Florence an infamous serial killer who was never apprehended, I haven't been able to put it down, reading it was the last thing I did yesterday and the first thing I did today. I took the picture of the rubber ducks as I was leaving the bookstore; they had a display of maybe 15 in the window.

We then walked a ways until we got to Murphy's Pub for brunch, which was super yummy! If you're ever in Old Town on a Sunday morning, I recommend that you pop in for some brunch. On the way to the comic book store I had found the last time we were there, I found a papyrus store, which I was super excited about, and I got the below note card sets on sale.

 
We then popped into the comic bookstore on the way back to the metro.  I hope you guys are having an awesome Spring.

Note: I wrote this about a month ago and forgot to post it.

Challenge to beat soul destoryers

Often in the midst of defeating our soul destroyers whatever they might be for you and everyday life we can "forget" to do fun things.  So I'm challenging you to do something fun preferably with a friend or family member.  I want you to write or type a list of fun things to do it it can be as long or as short as you like.  Then cut out the  items from your list and put them in paint dripped mason jars or some other fun container.

 My list:

Throw a ball with the dog

Make cookies for the elderly or neighbours

Go for a walk around the neighbourhood

Call my baby cousins

Go to the mall

Go to a festival or another special event

Play a game with friends or family members

Go to a movie

Go to a sporting event at my college

Go to a play

Go to one of the museums in D.C.

Go to the national  zoo

Walk around Old Town

Go to Pentagon City

Go to one of the many places I book marked on yelp

Take Grace to the dog park.

Buy and then read comic books (the best  item on this list if I'm honest )