On our clear blue sky Sunday, after visiting our new church, we loaded up the car and drove across the Potomac to Georgetown--known for being high-end, expensive and the fact that it has "good-shopping" all located on a picturesque waterfront area. But while the ornate row-homes looked cute, the driving was congested and it was difficult to park.
We found an undisclosed Italian restaurant serving very very good pasta, although I think they were a little confused that we had brought Gabriel, told us that they didn't serve pizza while we clearly saw three pizzas come out before and after us and didn't bring us our drinks. Gabriel, adorned in his princely multicoloured "cape", completely behaved himself as always (as you can see from the pictures).... right..... Anyway, he does have very good taste and loved our incredibly delicious and savory butternut squash ravioli and tortellini, information we would have passed to the chef as compliments from Gabriel had the waiters not completely ignored us.
We were not incredibly blown away with the "good shopping"--but I guess it was more about expectations. We thought it would be more boutiques when really it was more chain stores amid some very pricey upscale kitchen/bathroom renovation stores.
So we opted for a waterfront meander where we could take Gabriel out. (He is incredibly active now and doesn't stop moving all day. He military crawls from end to end of the house, rolling, and huffing and puffing). He toddled like a drunken sailor panting and squealing along the waterfront stretch past ducks, boats and birds, getting his little heart pounding. Very pretty along this area and it was such a glorious day, at 20 degrees Celsius, to be in the sunshine, but I think we both agreed we prefer Old Town Alexandria for its shopping and overall cuteness.
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