Bluegrass Island

Today was a great day to officially kick off what I call "birthday month." It started a bit earlier this year because well,  I have been trying to rally all my friend for years to celebrate for 31 whole days, but once your actual birthday date has passed, it gets harder and harder to convince people to celebrate. I didn't want this last year in my 20's to come to a close without the proper amount of celebration!!

The brunch reservations I made about two weeks ago were finally upon us to Le Diplomate, this wonderful new place on 14th Street. The drinks they serve are delicious and hands-down they has the best lamb sandwich I have ever tasted in my life. It is definitely the type of place you would feel comfortable rocking a full skirted polka dotted dress with plaided hair and a beret, sitting at a beautiful bar in the corner with a vintage steel framed Peugot hanging over a few framed French jerseys above you. Make my creative wheels spin and concept an entire photo shoot! After brunch, we popped over to El Centro to enjoy their nice roof deck and partake in a few margaritas. Once finished there, it was off to Northeast DC to enjoy the Kingman Island Bluegrass Festival!!

Traveler didn't know at the time we got him "dressed" that he was in for a great day on an Island! It was his first experience going to a festival, and I will have to say that I was really nervous about how he would behave.  He met several new friends and even had an encounter with a Saint Bernard! He wasn't the most perfect pooch, but he certainly got around to different crowds and would have won the "most sociable" had there been a contest. Like mother, like son.

Sometimes I take for granted the incredible city that we live in. It is hard to believe I have lived in DC for a cumulative five years and there are still surprising places that I haven't discovered. This city is made up of some many neighborhoods and personalities that I still get butterflies when I turn the corner and stumble upon something life changing. I am thrilled that I had the day to explore new places and people and can hold my head high knowing that I could wrangle three friends into a string music kind of day. Birthday month is certainly going well so far.