Your Auntie E and I traveled north to the D.C. area to visit her boyfriend Brandon . . . and The Captain who drove down from Jersey to meet us!
Brandon's been working in College Park for almost a year now . . . he graduated the same time your Auntie E did. Dating long distance has been tough for them.
He took us on a "tour" around his stomping grounds since it was too wet and rainy to hit D.C. We had breakfast as a local diner . . . you always want to hit the local spots when you travel . . . forget the "chain restaurants." You just can't tell when you're going to find a "diamond!" Food was awesome!
Hyattsville was next on the list . . . to Brandon's favorite coffee shop: Vigilante Coffee Company. These "hipster" coffee joints have popped up all over the place . . . not that it's a bad thing . . . in fact, I think it's pretty awesome! Starbucks was the only game in town for out-of-the-norm coffee, but they're pretty overrated.
These little coffee joints are kind of cool. Some places, like Vigilante, import and roast their own beans.
My choice, however, wasn't coffee this time . . . it was a honey lemon mint tea; I think it was a good choice.
Afterward we hit up a small general store that had LOTS of cool stuff . . . mostly stuff I didn't need. I did walk out with some raspberry and orange ginger beers . . . those were delicious!
Since it was still pouring rain, we all decided that sightseeing was out . . . IKEA came up . . . so off to the giant mart we drove! I've never seen anything like this place either. This was my single FB post for it:
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