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(Yesterday: Part 1)

Sunday:

We had a low-key day since we’d done so many different things on Saturday, and knew we’d also be doing a lot of walking on Monday as well. I took him to the Austin Grill in Old Town for lunch (a Tex-Mex restaurant where I’ve taken a number of out-of-town visitors), we saw two movies in the afternoon at a local theater (Seven Pounds with Will Smith, and Yes Man with Jim Carrey…both were good, but I liked the first one the best), and then we ate at Mai Thai, my favorite Thai restaurant, for dinner.

I ended up scaring my mom that night…I meant to be funny, but I wasn’t able to explain myself right away. You see, she sent me a text asking how everything was going. I responded, “I left Isaac at [my other brother's house] on Friday. He said he changed his mind and didn’t want to come with me. Haven’t you seen him since then?”

I got a call from someone else right after that, so I wasn’t able to send my follow-up “just kidding” text. Mom called me about 10 minutes later, kind of freaked out that Isaac had been at Ben’s house for two days and not told her. I assured her I was only joking…bad Zan.

Monday:

1. National Zoo — My brother is like me…he’ll pause for a little while to look at something, but then he’s ready to move on. We saw everything we wanted to see at the zoo in about an hour. In and out.

2. Lunch at Old City Cafe of Jerusalem — I wanted Isaac to try a falafel sandwich. I had falafel for the first time when I was in Amsterdam in 2004, but I’ve only had it once in DC since then. He approved.

3. Cupcakes! — Next stop was Hello Cupcake in Dupont Circle. (This was the same place I went to a few months ago when a very kind blogger gave me a cupcake-y surprise.) Isaac had a peanut butter-flavored cupcake, and I chose one that had a tiramisu-style frosting. Yum-yum…

4. Georgetown — Isaac wanted to go to Urban Outfitters, so we got off at the Foggy Bottom metro and walked over. He bought a pair of jeans, I got a shirt, then we walked to the Georgetown waterfront and back to the metro. (We did a lot of walking yesterday. I would guess it was at least 8 miles, if not more.)

I sent him back to Richmond last night on Amtrak (he’d never been on a train before, either).

And now…MORE PHOTOS!

Here is Isaac at the Zoo…

…and sitting on the steps at the Georgetown waterfront.

Isaac waiting for the train at the Woodley Park/Zoo/Adams Morgan metro station.

And myself, at the same spot.

Passing the time at the metro by taking photos. Gotta love it.

All in all, it’s unfortunate that I waited so long to bring my brother up for a visit. I had a great time and ended up taking advantage of things to do that I probably wouldn’t have done otherwise.

(Note: the entire Isaac visits DC photoset can be seen at Flickr.)