Amour, Le Petit Oiseau: Weekend in Georgetown

I flew up to Washington, D.C. last weekend to see my best friend graduate from Georgetown University and had a lovely weekend of crêpes, macarons & walking my feet off.

I was lucky to fly with a BuddyPass from US Airways (THANKS SHARON!) because I'm poor (flying standby is so cheap, y'all) and my car was in the shop, so I couldn't drive. But that was a welcomed change since I normally drive 6 hours from my home in Greensboro, NC all the way to DC. Being by yourself for that long gets really boring, so I will probably only fly now. God, I'm spoiled....

Georgetown is absolutely one of the prettiest places I've ever been to. I love the New York & Savannah vibes it has without the Savannah humidity & "Hoity-Toity" aspects of NYC. Not that those are bad things, but they can be tiring.

My first stop after landing and dropping off my things was Baked + Wired, of course.

BEST. FREAKING. CUPCAKES. OF. MY. LIFE.

Seriously though, these cupcakes are amazing and worth your time and money. Don't be fooled by the line at Georgetown Cupcakes (From the TV show DC Cupcakes) or Sprinkles, Baked + Wired is number 1. First of all, these cupcakes are HUGE in the best way possible. They aren't covered with frosting like most places where it's a 3:1 frosting to cake ratio, it's actually normal and perfect. They have vegan options & gluten free too, as well as other goodies and a coffee bar. All the cupcakes have unique names and flavor combinations, so you can't get bored. I tend to get the Uniporns & Rainhos because the name is hilarious. It's just your basic funfetti cupcake with cream cheese frosting topped with more heart shaped sprinkles, but it's the best damn funfetti cupcake you'll ever have! Super moist and perfect. My mouth is watering just thinking about it it's that good! The Flapjack & Elvis Impersonator cupcakes are two that I need to try next time I'm there. The Flapjack is your standard maple brown butter cupcake with caramel frosting and candied bacon sprinkled on top. Looks heavenly. And the Elvis is a banana cupcake with peanut butter frosting with drizzled chocolate on top. You can also ordered it "porked" aka with candied bacon on top. OMG I could talk about cupcakes for forever, so I should probably move on....

We spent the day just walking around on M street & Wisconsin Ave shopping and eating and blah blah blah. It was a beautiful day for that, thank god. But after 7 hours of shopping I was about to drop dead. I am the worst at shopping. I can only handle about an hour of it before I start getting really cranky and/or hangry. Thank god for food or I wouldn't have any friends.

The next day was El's graduation and for some ungodly reason it was at 8:40 in the morning.... I just barely got showered and ready in time to make it. Oops. But it was a beautiful day and I got to watch my best friend graduate from one of the most prestige universities in the country. I am so, so proud of her!! She graduated with a double major in English & Theatre in 4 years. She's quite impressive. Words truly cannot describe the love I have for her. She has been there for me in my best and worst times and loved me throughout it all. I am so grateful for her friendship and wouldn't have missed her graduating for anything. Friends like her are the reason I still have hope in humanity as a whole. Is that too heavy? Oh well.

It was lovely weekend and for the first time I got to actually see the monuments in DC. I walked around the mall for a couple hours by myself on Monday before my flight home. I've been to DC 6 times and this was the first time I've actually walked around our nations capital. I have a deep love for the American Flag, it's the most (and really only thing other than fireworks, but those are technically Chinese....anywho) patriotic thing about me, and being surrounded by so many flags was delightful. I was oddly giddy about it, to tell you the truth. After I had had my fill of memorials and monuments I hopped on the metro to DuPont Circle and walked into Georgetown (its not a short walk, it's about 1.1 miles or whatever). I found the greatest little French café last time I was in town and HAD to stop in for crêpes before I went home. It was a treat because I'm pretty sure I walked over 4+ miles that day and I "deserved" it. No guilt. Café Bonaparte is a lovely little place and I highly recommend stopping in if you're ever in Georgetown. I haven't had anything but crêpes, but the rest of the food looks to die for, so it must be good.

Well, anyway. Here are a crap ton of pictures from my trip. Enjoy!

Amour, Le Petit Oiseau XO

*All photos taken with my iPhone (unless stated) and edited with VSCOcam*