Bethesda, Maryland

After going to Great Falls Park, Virginia, we made a slight detour on our way back to SERC to stop in Bethesda, Maryland to have diner. In Bethesda is Bethesda Row, which is a few blocks of restaurants and shops. The cutest part was this little side street with lights and plants in bright pots. We decided to get diner at an Indian restaurant. We all love Indian food! That is one of our go-to foods on the rare occasion we go out to eat. I got chicken tikka masala, which you can see on the right. It was good, and there was lots, so I had enough to take some back to SERC  with me to have for lunch the next day.

Then we went to Max Brenner, a new and very popular restaurant in town. Although it's not technically a restaurant despite the seating and tables; its a chocolate bar. One of the first of its kind. And it only opened on July 31st, so we were there on its first weekend, and it was packed. There was a line out the door before we arrived. But when chocolate is involved, its worth the wait! While we waited, we perused the menu, which teased our taste buds.

They really do have everything you can imagine involving chocolate. Byanjana got a white chocolate chai tea. I got chocolate pizza with milk chocolate, white chocolate, and toasted marshmallows. Stephanie got a Mexican spiced hot chocolate. In fact, within our whole group, we all got something different because there was so much to choose from! Chocolate covered strawberries, milkshakes, liquid chocolate beverages, muffins, cookies, chocolate covered caramels, etc. The list is endless! And there's a little shop inside too, just to tempt you even more! 

On the way back to the car, we stopped in a toy store. I found this very big, very fluffy stuffed cat! Of course, I had to pose with the fluffy animal. When we finally made our way back the car, after the rain passed, we realized we were without technology to get home. So we had to rely on the traditional method of reading a paper map to find the route. Even with GPS and smart phones with map apps, knowing how to read a map is important because you never know what will happen.

Great Falls Park and Bethesda were great ways to spend our last weekend together before people on our floor begin to leave in waves.