Our lovely friends Marc and Nanette invited us to stay with them in Georgetown this weekend. Couldn’t have come at a better time as our air conditioning has been giving us fits….and it is going to be VERY hot this weekend.
We planned to visit the Spy Museum before heading their way….but, alas, learned that you need to make timed reservations in advance as they only allow a certain number of people in at a time. The gift shop was open, tho’, and we had fun looking at the clever items they had for sale. The grandkids scored some tee shirts….”Deny everything” and “I was never here.”
We decided this message was probably out-of-bounds:-) 
We got the same message with less bling!
James Bond’s Aston Martin! 
With time to kill before we were expected, we went to lunch at Zaytinia whose chef Jose Andres is most recently known for bringing food relief to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. He has a whimsical style which we enjoyed and the food was good too.
We lolled around Marc and Nanette’s pool for the rest of the afternoon (gratefully it was a camera-free occasion) and then enjoyed a terrific dinner from chef Marc, highlighted by his blackberry tart dessert. Wow! He also served a limoncello that his daughter made. Both were delicious.
The next day we were introduced to the Great Falls of the Potomac, a national park that neither Cliff (who lived in the D.C. area for 7+ years) nor I had ever heard of. It is an amazing area of natural beauty with hiking trails and bridges that cross over gorges with swirling rapids below. And the payoff is a series of impressive 20 foot waterfalls. Who knew these wonders were less than 14 miles from the hustle and bustle of D.C?
