Yum-O: Founding Farmers

So, on Thursday night a few friends and I went to Founding Farmers in Foggy Bottom in Washington D.C. for dinner. Let me tell you firsthand it is among some of the best food I've had in my life. At the table, each and every one of us thoroughly enjoyed our meals. (All the included photos are the actual food we ate, I just found all the pictures on Google!)

See that long table passed that first pane of glass? That's RIGHT where we sat!

Founding Farmers has a wonderful story of how/why they were created, if you go your server will let you know but if not check the link! They are a 100% green building LEED certified GOLD! (The only other building I've ever heard of being Gold certified is the USC Honor's Dorm and that's TRICKED OUT with green stuff like water monitors per residence hall room and crazy cool stuff like that!)

To start off we had Bacon Lollis (YUM), Cornbread (decent) and Fried Green Tomatoes (not my thing, but the peeps who ate them said they were delish).

It looks gross...it tastes heavenly. While everyone else had 1 Bacon Lolli, natch I had 2.

Cornbread and honey butter (literally honey and butter together)

I can't seem to find the tomatoes but they looked pretty standard. You get the idea. Some of the ladies were ooh-ing and ahh-ing over the "Green Goddess Dip" though!

For dinner, everyone got something different! It was so much fun to see what everyone got--they were all pretty much different kinds of comfort food:

I got the "Loaded Baked Potato Ravioli" and it was probably the best meal I've ever had in my entire life. The raviolis were filled with yummy bliss potatoes and the pasta dough was freshly made. There was a DELISH cheese sauce that was oozy and hot and perfect on top of potatoes and pasta of course. Scallions and more bacon (like I needed it) topped my dinner! T.D.F. let me tell you.

Another one of the girls ordered chicken and waffles. I tried one of the waffles and it was like the best, lightest, fluffiest funnel cake you've ever eaten. So good!!!

Yet another dinner at the table was Shrimp and Grits with a kick! They were also raved about but I didn't try this dish. It just LOOKED good!

There were 3 more dishes at the table which were combos of fish, pasta and even a Grilled Cheese and Tomato soup platter! Needless to say we all LOVED our dishes and some of us EXTRA lucky ladies got to take some of our dinners home!! All in all, it was a great dining experience and I'd highly recommend Founding Farmers!

Ever been? If yes, what did you get? If no, get your eyes off this screen and go STRAIGHT (do not pass Go) to make a reservation!!

xxKatie

My Next Roadtrip/Vacay: Washington, DC

(So technically it's not my "next" roadtrip, since we already went on it but, I'll bend the rules this one time!!)

Last week all the girls decided to go to DC and be super tourist-y. My mom, sister and I couldn't remember the last time that we did something like that, but we ended up having a blast! We headed to Union Station to eat lunch in the America restaurant after looking around the whole place. Grace and I decided to be REALLY touristy with Barack and Michelle:

(Politically incorrect? maybe.)

We then started our way on over to the Museum of Natural History. We looked through all the exhibits and really had an awesome time. 

Rexy? Night at the Museum...anyone? Well it was so cool. The dinosaur exhibit was one of the best.

Dear future fiancee...

The Hope diamond (sorry these few photos stink...BBerry)

For anyone that hasn't made a trip to the Natural History museum, Harry Winston and the Smithsonian together held a competition for the new setting for the hope diamond and "Embracing Hope" (the pictured setting) was the winner of the year-long competition! It's pretty tough to get a good picture of the Hope diamond itself because the light changes often and it's on a rotating pedestal...surrounded by hmm 4 guards? Wild!

After finishing up a Natural History, we headed on over to the National Gallery to see some of the paintings (quickly since our meter ran out at 4!) and I got to see this (for the second time):

The Degas ballerinas were so delicate and pretty! I loved seeing them on display. We were practically by ourselves so we weren't rushed or anything!

We had a great girls day in DC and I can't wait to go back once it's not so awfully cold!

xxKatie

Outfit of the Day: Georgetown Evening Graduation

Tonight my mom and I are headed into Washington D.C. for Georgetown University's graduation. My oldest cousin Ryan is graduating, and some of our family will be there. This is what I'm wearing for the night:

May 22 by letsbepreppy featuring Longchamp bags

My mom got me this skirt about a year ago at H&M and it was also a Michelle Obama purchase, so they ended up flying off the shelves in our area at least. I wear it with a black mock neck sleeveless shirt tucked in so it looks neat. I'm pairing it with black Jacks so I'm comfortable if we're walking around. I also have a fabulous headband that matches perfectly with the champagne color on the skirt.

After graduation, we're heading to 1789 which is a restaurant in D.C. for a late dinner and all my family members will be together so that should be fun as well!

xxKatie