Bonjour...?

Hello my loyal readers (aka Jeff)! Just kidding, I know there are many readers out there, but Jeff is currently my favorite family member for all his comments, even if they are Republican and PC-loving ones.
Well, I had another fun-filled DC weekend! It started with a trip to the National Zoo on Saturday with Mackenzie, Darren Mindi (Enzi interns) and Tony, my uber conservative friend from Heritage. We saw some cool things including this crazy orangutan swinging through the air over our heads, sea lion training and octopus feeding. We also went to see the giant pandas (this is apparently only one of 4 zoos in the US that has them). If you didn’t know, I have a personal vendetta against pandas, but still
wanted to go see them anyway. We walked past what seemed like miles of empty panda enclosures in the baking heat and crowds before we finally found the animals. One was sleeping, but we got all excited when the other panda walked past all the other people directly up to where me and my friends we standing. Then, he proceeded to turn around and poop right at our feet. Priceless.
Later that evening, I went to the Fete de la Musique at the French Embassy. I got a ticket earlier that week and went with a couple friends. There, we got wine, pain chocolat, baguettes and all those other little things I miss about France. There were also various stations through out the park surrounding the embassy that had things like face painting and raffles. They also had different bands playing at various times and places (hence the Musique part) throughout the park. The bands were all totally different and played everything from French/African tribal songs to Jack Johnson covers. They also had a random guy who did tricks with fire and a giant balloon woman walking around. In typical French style it was eclectic, disorganized and incredibly fun.
On Sunday, I continued my solo museum excursions with a trip to the National Portrait/American Art Museum. It was gigantic, and I barely got through it. It had tons of various things, but most interestingly has the originals of all those portraits you see of the Founding Fathers in textbooks and such.
Not bad…