Indulge in the Little Things

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   For a while now, I've been meaning to show my hubby a particular neighborhood in our town, that I discovered on my own a few months back, the reason being because it strongly resembles the city where we used to live in upstate New York. However, I'll need to make another post about this area because I'd need to put aside a day to explore it properly. It's so beautiful and really deserves it's own post!
   The very first thing we did was get a bite to eat, it was lunch time, so we popped into this charming little cafe called 'Indulge'. Which also happened to be located right next door to the gastro pub 'Circa 1918', that my husband said he's been meaning to bring me someday.

My hubby ordered their B.L.T.A.E

I ordered the tuna tacos

   Afterwards, we each got a sweet treat from the bakery, an oatmeal cream pie and a boston cream donut. With our bellies full and happy, we walked down to the street corner, where my favorite antique shop was located. This antique shop is really cool because it used to be owned by a doctor, so many of the rooms were once examination rooms; It also has a cafe!

   Instead of going home after our shopping, we drove around the neighborhood a bit and discovered a small hidden park, with a little running stream. We also found the ocean, haha, it was so close to us and we didn't even realize.

The tiny secluded park

   If it wasn't so blistering hot that day we would have stayed longer but the humidity was really high, which means if the temperature says 92 degrees fahrenheit, it actually feels like 102!

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Visiting the Virginia Living Museum

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   Today, the weather was nice and sunny, so my husband and myself went to the Virginia Living Museum. It's been on our list of places to visit ever since spring arrived. We bought the membership so we'll definantly be going back! 

They just added Dinosaurs to the museum :)

The greenhouse

Most of the museum is an outdoor trail!

   There are lots of animals to view on the trail: foxes, beavers, wolfs, racoons, bobcats, deer, and many birds. We got to view them really up close! Closer than most zoos. And the animal enclosures were very spacious and beautifully landscaped.

My outfit of the day

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Japanese Crepes

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   This is just a quick mini post. I tried Japanese crepes for the first time and it was everything I expected; So delicious! There is a place really close to my home, like 10min drive, called Crepe House and they have both sweet and savory crepes; As well as shave ice, ice cream and smoothies. Next time I'm going to try one of their savory style crepes :)

Strawberry Banana sweet crepe

Chocolate Banana sweet crepe

   The crepes we ordered were actually very big, I was surprised, and I had to get my husband to finish mine haha. Inside there was fruit, custard cream, whip cream, and chocolate. Some crepes even have ice cream like their matcha green tea crepe with strawberries and adzuki bean.

The crepe batter is made from 100% rice flour

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Cherry Blossoms in Washington D.C.

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   Happy Spring! I hope you're enjoying the warm weather as much as I am. Of course if you live back home, in California, then warm weather is a year round thing haha. In Virginia, however, it's getting warm enough to wear shorts, sandles, and most importantly I get to put away my winter coat! The flowers have also started to pop up around town. Speaking of flowers: Cherry Blossoms! Since last year, I've made it a goal to go back up to Washington D.C. and see the famously beautiful Japanese cherry blossoms. Keeping a close watch online, the day finally came. So my hubby and I packed our stuff and drove about 3 hours; We live close :). We got extremely lucky and the weather was bright and sunny, took some amazing photos, lingered around downtown, and ate sushi burritos!

The map of the area; Note the different types of cherry trees. Yoshino are the more abundant variety.

 Do you see the tiny stars hidden in their center? :)

My outfit. The same skirt from my fashion post, click here!

The blossoms were at 50% bloom during our visit

As they age, the blossoms change from white to pink.

Souvenirs. We put the iron-on patch on my husband's denim jacket.

   And the last thing of our day. . . Sushi Burritos! We each got a different kind and shared; Both were super delicious! The place we got ours was at Buredo on 14th St. NW.

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