Eclipse (to be or not to be)

Much to my dismay I am starting to get excited about the Eclipse movie; for one thing I have been listening to the new Muse song for the soundtrack and its really growing on me.  At first I didnt like the intro and thought it was a bit cheesy but now the romantic in me is winning over... the chorus fits really well with Eclipse.



I have watched a couple of trailers and it looks a lot more action packed than New Moon.  I loved Twilight the movie and recently finished reading all the books which I couldn't put down, even though most of the time Bella and Edward annoyed the life out of me!  But it was only last week that I finally got round to watching New Moon and I was sooo disappointed it really was rubbish I thought then there is no point in seeing the new one - but now I am in a dilemma tehehe!!

Yippee - a job!

I am going to be starting work very soon... I found out a German style Bier Garten was opening in DC and contacted the manager and I went to see him last night and he offered me a job! Sweeeett!

I am really looking forward to it; since going to Munich last November I developed a love for German bier - hefeweizen especially.  It should be really cool working in a bar again and super good it having a huge beer garden as I will hopefully get to be out in the sun even when working.  They are just waiting for some licenses to come through before it opens.  (Hopefully in the next couple of weeks, I need some pennies!)

 I pinched this pic from a blog article on it Biergarten Haus

Paddington Bear

Especially for Jane...  knowing I was going to be visiting a lot of sights again when Mam and David were here, I wondered how I could make the photos a bit more fun.  So, I decided to take little Paddington Bear along as a mascot.

 Paddington @ Washington Monument

Paddington @ The Reflecting Pool

Paddington @ Jefferson Memorial

Paddington @ Lincoln Memorial

Paddington @ Lincoln's feet

Paddington @ The White House

Paddington @ The Capitol 

Paddington had a great time, he loves to pose!  He is now my official travel companion (along with Hobble of course).

A Tourist in DC

Been a while since I last blogged; my Mam and David were here for a two week visit so I haven't really been using the computer.  So along with them I was a tourist in DC again.  So here is a little montage of the pics from the past couple of weeks.

 Photos from Arlington Cemetry and the Iwo Jima Memorial.

We took one of the open top buses to do some of the main sights.

We visited the Newseum too, which had some interesting stuff.

Particulary the Pulitzer Prize Photography Gallery and the piece of the Berlin Wall the have on exhibit; this photo is from the west side.

Hobble celebrated his birthday too; he says thanks to everyone for the kind gifts.

At the American Dinner; Ice Cream Floats and Shakes - yummy

A foot long Chilli Dog - David famously had a Hot Dawwwg everyday!

I think my Mam's favourite place was in the Sculpture Garden by the big fountain.  It was really hot during their visit and it was great to dip your feet in the pool.

It was great to see them and show them round our new town!