DC Adventures Part 4 : The Social Scene

DC is a vibrant city full of every type of culture!
And even during my brief day trip, I really saw that characteristic of DC come out!

 I had heard about the food trucks in DC before I came here. But seeing the streets lined with them is quite different than being told there are lots of food trucks in DC. Now I understand why DC is famous for its food trucks! There are food trucks every where!
I did not have the chance to try something from a food truck this time, but I will make sure I do in the future! It is like having the food of the world at your fingertips when walking down the street. There is food many different cultures like American, Chinese, Indian, Mexican, Korean, French, etc as well as many different types of food other than actual meals like frozen yogurt, fruit smoothies, cupcakes, ice cream, cookies, pretzels, etc. If you can think of it, I'm sure there is a food truck some where in DC serving exactly what you want. There are even several websites created to help you find the location of the food truck of your desires! This concept truly is the epitome of modern society: the freedom and independence of an entrepreneur combined with the technology of the Internet, and in recent years their popularity has sky rocketed. 

After the museum, we took the Metro to Adams Morgan, a hip little neighbourhood filled with restaurants and local shops.The name intrigued me and none of us seemed to know the origin of the term. So, I turned to the Internet, which is dependent to supply the answer in such situations. The name Adams Morgan is derived from two schools before desegregation: the all-black school of Thomas P. Morgan Elementary School and the all-white school of John Quincy Adams Elementary School.After desegregation, the two schools and the community came together. This coming together further developed into a culture hub where there are people from many ethnicities including Spanish, Ethiopian, Guatemalan, Mexican, Nepalese, Italian, Dutch, Vietnamese, Ghanaian, Cajun, Brazilian, Palestinian, Peruvian, Indian, Israeli, Thai, Lebanese, Eritrean, and Chinese.

We decided to eat at an organic Italian restaurant. I had calamari. Even though its supposed to be an appetizer, I had it as my main course because they are just so good and I haven't had them in a while. Emma decided to get a tiramisu desert, but could not wait to eat it, so she had it from the to-go box at the table.

Enroute to Dupont Circle, we saw more restaurants and shops. We stopped at a little chic store called "Tangerine" where there were these really sweet quotes on the wall. There were also some really cute clothes, jewelry, and accessories. It was an overall very lovely store!


 


We made our way to Dupont Circle. Where we went Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe. It is a bookstore/cafe/bar all in one.

There was this cute figurine of the store with marshmallow peeps characters. It was right next to the desert counter! Here's the bookstore
part. It's rather small compared to the big bookstores I am used to, but for a local bookstore it's quite an impressive collection.


 
It was just a few of us hanging out and having fun in DC!