food log: Wednesday, April 7

Cheerios

Diet Coke (no pic) - $1.25
Cashews

Slowly going through the minibar loot...

Tuna salad, apple sauce, Diet Coke - $1.25

I mix my tuna with mayo, grainy mustard and capers, it's really delicious.


Mini egg

More cashews (no pic)


Apple


The saucer is the only civilized way a copywriter can eat an apple without covering it in desk germs when she has to put it down to type.

Spaghetti with cheese

Veggie cocktail

Maple sugar



Money spent on food today: $2.50

food log: Tuesday, April 6

Cheerios

Soda $1.25
Apple from the bistro - free



Cashews from the hotel minibar loot



Cartet chicken salad, soda - $11
Free orange from the bistro

That dish is annoying. You can't remove the lid and it takes all the room on the table. But the salad was tasty.

Crudités from the bistro - free

Apple from the bistro - free

Broccoli turnovers, mushrooms, corn, Fresca

Maple butter and maple syrup from Julie's family sugar shack - $20

Maple butter tartines

Money spent on food today: $32.25

food log: Monday, April 5

Horrible breakfast sandwich from the airport snack bar, chips, soda - $7.80

Seriously, Reagan national airport snack bar. Get your act together.


Flight snacks

Reese's pieces - $3

Combos - $3

I CAN'T RESIST THESE LITTLE BUGGERS! Totally chemical, but they remind me of camping trips in Maine with my dad.

Cheese sandwich, olives, grape juice



Money spent on food today: $13.80

food log: Sunday, April 4

Breakfast was a random mix of leftovers. I was in a hurry to meet Eric at Dupont Circle for a day at Smithsonian museums.

Gatorade, bread, jam, cashews

By the way, if you want to keep some bread fresh overnight, just cover it with the shower cap from the vanity pack.

At the National Museum of American History, we got to see Julia Child's kitchen! It's cozy and really well equipped. We had to get our picture taken like cooking nerds.




After this tour, we were famished and stopped at the cafeteria for an all-american meal.
Pulled pork sandwich, potato salad, veggie salad, soda, cupcake - $25

Water - $3

Drinks are a real racket around the museums and other attractions in Washington. There's no store anywhere, and most museums won't let you enter with bottles, so you're stuck buying expensive drinks from the licensed vendors and chugging them.

Fortunatly, the drinks at the hotel were free.


Free wine from 5 to 6: one of the many reasons why I love Kimpton Hotels.

For dinner, we went to Art & Soul and had some soul food.
Dirty Martini

Bread

Oyster hoecakes

Fried chicken with gravy, buttermilk mashed potatoes, collard greens

Éric had the lamb hoecake and scallops. He also helped me finish all that delicious fried chicken.


Dinner at Art & Soul was $52 each, plus tip.

Money spent on food today: $80

Food log: Saturday, April 3

Room service breakfast - $29.48

SO expensive, but really good and it saved me time.

Lunch at the Capitol: BBQ chicken, mac & cheese, lemonade - $9.95

Gatorade and UTZ chips - $5

I drank the gatorade right in front of the department of Health. Santé! I had the chips later.

Beer and Absolut New Orleans vodka - $43


The Absolut is mango and black pepper flavored. I don't really like mango, but I wanted to add a bottle to my vodka fridge.

I was BEAT from walking so much and I wanted to enjoy the nice room so dinner was once again room service.
Beet salad with goat foam


Polish stew, bread


Banana foster cheesecake

Dinner was $47


Minibar cashews - $12


Money spent on food today: $136.48

food log: Friday, April 2

Toast, banana, grape juice

Vitamine water, chips - $5.40

Tomato juice, plane snack - free

The name of that snack was... promising.

Hot-dog, Diet Dr Pepper - $5

Water from Tidal bassin cart - $2



Wine time in the lobby - free (no pic)

Room service: shrimp cocktail, steak potatoes - $62 with tip and room charge



Outrageous price, but simply delicious.

Gatorade and popcorn - $5




Coming back to the hotel, I used my "raid the minibar" card, courtesy of my Kimpton Hotel InTouch membership.




I used it for a San Pellegrino and a soda. All that walking around DC made me thirsty as all get out.


Money spent on food today: $74.40