After a wonderful day and night yesterday, today is about decompressing. There will be no crowd of 200,000 to join today.
The view from our room at the Grand Hyatt Washington. I am starting to wonder if I have ever stayed in a hotel room without taking a picture out the window. I think that the answer is
no.
We get to meet Sandra again for lunch, and she has chosen a place near our hotel that has a chocolate theme. Those of you that are loyal Wasters should know that we ate at a chocolate themed restaurant in Rome this summer that was mindblowing. I will link to that
after this meal.
Welcome to Co Co Sala, Washington D.C.'s,
chocolate lounge and boutique. If you think about it, every neighborhood needs a chocolate lounge and boutique.
We arrived early and took a seat at the bar. The bartender in the colorful shirt has a Sesame Street Burt mask, but he is opting to wear it only occasionally. Today is, after all, Halloween.
Co Co Sala, Candid, October 2010.
Sandra arrived and we took our seat at a table. When you read a menu like the menu at Co Co Sala, the intelligent reaction is to ask for, "One of everything." Sadly, we did not do this, which means that
Citrus Ricotta Pancakes with white chocolate lemon cream and
Cinnamon Brioche French Toast stuffed with house-made marshmallow, dark chocolate and graham shortbread will not be appearing on the Waste. Good Lord.
After ordering, we were brought this little taste to begin the meal; Chocolate soufflé fritter. Yeah.
Sandra ordered the
frozen chocolate co co. There is no alcohol in there, in case you were wondering. Just hot chocolaty goodness.
I ordered the
peanut butter co co. The menu has a list of seven different hot chocolate drinks. Yeah.
Barbie and Sandra both ordered the
"Bats" For Breakfast Flatbread; with cheddar hash browns, chicken sausage, scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, roasted tomato, and hollandaise sauce on pesto flatbread. Note: a bat drawn in dark chocolate on the plate corresponds to this dish's Halloween name.
I ordered the
"Ghoulish" Grilled Cheese; with truffle-scented brioche, cheddar cheese, roasted tomato soup, and cheese fritter. Note: a ghoul drawn in marshmallow on the plate also corresponds to this dish's Halloween name.
Of course we ordered dessert. Are you crazy?
For dessert, I go the
PB Cheesecake; peanut butter cheesecake, with mik chocolate and peanut brittle crunch.
Barbie got the
Some More Créme Brulee, with chocolate créme brulee, toasted marshmallows, and graham crumble.
Sandra got the
Onyx; inside there you find
dark chocolate mousse, vanilla créme brulee, salted caramel, macadamia nuts, and brownie.
Okay. Sandra definitely outdid herself with that place. We were sorry to say good-bye, but we needed to get going and Sandra actually needed to get to work in a few hours.
Next on the agenda is a visit with Barbie's family. Her favorite Aunt and her family lives here, across the Maryland border in Bethesda. I had gotten to meet them only once before, and we had a very nice visit. One thing that you should note about Barbie's travel arrangements, we often hit many birds with just one stone.
On the way back to the hotel, driving around Georgetown on Halloween, not through it, we passed the Washington National Cathedral.
I would say that the architect most admired Paris' Notre Dame. This is officially the
Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. They began building this cathedral in 1907, after a foundation to build it was established in 1893. The cathedral was officially finished in 1990. Who says that we Americans rush through everything?
After getting back to the hotel, it was time to pack and order some room service.
Room service and the World Series. The team we were rooting for won, which is never a bad thing.
Tomorrow, we fly to New York City, better known as Barbie's second home.
Oops! I almost forgot. Chocoholics can now look at
this summer's turbo-charged chocolate experience in Rome. Just scroll down to dinner, which you be able to spot by all the dang chocolate.
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