Swank in DC, Wedding Weekend Pt 1

This past weekend B and I went to Mara and Karim's wedding. They're a very modern couple - she's a nice American Jewish girl, he's a nice Moroccan Muslim guy. Bodes well for our collective futures. (Not me and B! He's such a free market, laissez faire, capitalist dude. I always tell him that when the revolution comes, I might not be able to protect him.) The wedding itself was in Maryland, but we decided to get our party on and stay in DC. The Helix Hotel is super mod and swanky and has an awesome lounge. That's where we had drinks and waited for YK and Carrie (sp?) to show up from their flight in from the West Coast.




We weren't actually texting the whole time.

Finally, after many drinks on our part and negotiating the rental car GPS on their part, YK and Carrie finally arrived. We went to dinner just down the street at one of the most amazing sushi places ever, Sushi Taro. Mmmm Omakase!




Blurry!

After dinner we went to the 18th Street Lounge which I remember from living in Virginia 10 years ago. The place is still happening, but we, unfortunately, are not. We got there, explored the different rooms, and picked our spot. I went out to have cig or two with YK's girl. When we got back we discovered that B had fallen asleep on the couch, so we called it a night.



The next day's hangover was pretty cute.