Life in the big city. Things have been pretty status quo for a couple of weeks. This past weekend we stayed close to home. Saturday we visited Dupont Circle and Eastern Market. Eastern Market is a stop off the metro that is known for a brick building where you can go and purchase meats, cheeses, and local vegetables and fruits (and not so local). This last weekend was the grand opening. A couple of years ago someone thought that burning down the Eastern Market would look cool. It didn't. Money was raised and the building was rebuilt bringing joy to those that shopped there. Here are some photos we took.
We didn't buy anything that day, but it was sure fun to see the locals selling stuff. This also had an area similiar to what you would see at the Portland Saturday market except this area had mostly antiques and stuff. Not so much "made" local stuff - no artsy handcrafts or things.
A couple of weekends ago we drove out to Hershey, Pennsylvania. Boring. Thats all I can really say. Once you do the Hershey factory you have pretty much done the area. There are a few Hershey hotels that might be fun - at a price! Kids would really enjoy the place as it is geared towards them. The chocolate tasting was selling out fast and we didn't want to wait 4 hours for the next available time. The chocolate was good. The chocolate did taste fresher than if we bought it at the store. Amazingly, we didn't buy that much. Here is a video I took of some singing cows.
That was a crazy ride. It was cute at first. People told me that the experience was similar to that of Disney's It's A Small World ride. Um, no. It's just a cheesy ride that takes you through the process of picking the bearn to processing the bean and turning the bean into a Hershey Bar, Kit Kat, or something else. In fact, I am not even sure that any of it is real considering how many different processes the bean goes through before it becomes a chocolate something. Honestely, I think it's just for show.
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