I could write a book on procrastination...and about putting things off and getting things done in very very bad timelines, but then I would probably never finish because I would procrastinate the manuscript! OK! Well...cannot wallow, so time to move on.
So two months ago, I was telling you about my adventures in DC and I was hoping that the time would go by better because there wouldn't be all that white fluffy stuff on the ground. SOOOOOO what happened? I didn't get to tell you about all the luscious food I devoured and I didn't get to tell you about all the gorgeous museums I took in, so I'm trying again...I shall try again and forgive me when I get completely off base and don't finish my stories because that's not very fair to all of you. So here we go...let's rewind back to October...to a little place known as Washington, DC. I would not recommend reading this on an empty stomach because I am about to take you to enjoy some scrumptious food.
So...mom and I are headed to eat some lunch at one of my favorite pizzeria's in Washington, DC. Matchbox! I heard about this place by word of mouth, and I ate here for the first time back during the apocalyptical snowstorm. I was frozen inside and out the last time I ate here, so I ordered their Fire and Smoke pizza in hopes of thawing out my frozen insides. Well, it was sooooo good that I am ordering it again right now even though I'm not trying to escape from winter's terrible hand.
The Fire and Smoke pizza carries it's name to the finish line. Indeed it does produce fire on your palette and the smoke comes out of your nose and ears...yes, don't think about that part...just think about what's actually on this PIZZA.
Matchbox makes their dough FRESH every single morning, so the dough you devour is never old. Always fresh and always baked in their ongoing wood fire oven which delivers the favorite smoky, crispied crust. If you didn’t think that a crust could be delicious blistered and burnt, well, think again because this dough leaves an impression on your mouth that is extremely hard to forget. On top of this outrageous crust is fire roasted red peppers, blistered to perfection, spanish onions cooked just until they are sweet and tender, the devilishly delicious chipotle pepper tomato sauce which lends to much of the spiciness of this dish, garlic puree for even more of a punch in the mouth, smoked gouda for a balancing act, and a spread of shredded basil for a pop of freshness. Is your mouth watering yet? Yes, I’m drooling...and I’m not even eating it anymore. Do NOT attempt to eat this pizza without some water! I’m serious! Do not attempt because it lives up to the spicy and the smokey. My taste buds are having an absolute war as they taste. Survival mode in me is freaking out and asking why on earth, I am torturing my poor mouth with all of this heat, but they are also reveling in the flavors. They have just embarked on a magical mystery tour, and they are in no desire to return despite the crazy crazy heat. But then again...what’s that saying: ‘If you cannot stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.” Yes, darling, I can stand the heat, so I will be staying in this kitchen. Now, if you don’t want something as spicy and as challenging as the fire and smoke pizza, there are other options for the fainthearted, so don’t worry. There are other things than the spicy madness. They have a wide range of pizzas, steaks, soups, salads, and seafood...so you can have your pick. I have decided to reward myself and have something extra special cool for dessert to counterbalance my spicy adventure. A GIANT icecream sandwich! Yes, you heard right. They took something that a child would eat, turned it gourmet, put it on the menu and now it’s one of the dessert bestsellers. And it’s not your little tiny chocolate chip cookies, it’s mega chocolate chips cookies sandwiching coffee gelato. Yes, coffee gelato! Do you realize what I just said??? Two cookies are sandwiching coffee gelato!! Can anyone say I’m in HEAVEN??? Yes, I am...and now its drizzled with chocolate ganache and creme anglaise...wow. My magical mystery tour is headed for the finish line, and it's definitely been a winner.
Now that mother and I have stuffed ourselves, it’s time to walk some of this off, and I cannot think of a better place to walk and wander than in a museum. DC is stuffed full of museums for everything in the known world, but today I want to visit the Air and Space Museum. I have yet to venture into this vast behemoth housing some of the most famous planes and spacecrafts in our nation’s history, and today might as well be the day to check them all out. We head towards the national mall where most of the museums of DC are housed and I snap pictures of the Capitol building to my far left. Yes, I’m a tourist, but aren’t we all at some point in our lives?
Inside the museum, I run around like a little kid snapping photos of Amelia Earhart’s plane, Howard Hughes’ plane and also the Spirit of Saint Louis which Charles Lindbergh made famous for flying across the Atlantic...aww gotta love aviation records. It's clear that this museum is a bigger hit with the boys than it is the girls by the exclamations of the teenage males pointing and gawking at the shiny planes. There are some girls here who are enjoying, there are also the mothers who are here trying to push their children towards "recreational learning," and I do see the tired teachers herding groups of children who want to go in every direction, but the one they are supposed to go in. There's a fantastic exhibit on the Wright Brothers who had the first successful flight in Kittyhawk, NC - one up for NC! Born and raised...just throwing that in there. There's also a great exhibit on planes from WWII which really brings the entire airforce operations in perspective. The other side of the museum is dedicated to space. I end up enthralled with a documentary about the first mission to the moon, and then I wander around awestruck at the massive crafts in front of me. I so badly want to jump in one and go to space to see that last frontier that God created. I long to somehow become a part of that creation, but space is not on my appointment books today...maybe one day.
We've run out of time here, but there's another DC adventure just around the corner...
