Real Momma Doan

My mom is here for the weekend, and thanks to our chaffeur Alex, we were able to make it around the District and Virginia for a lot of fun.

For dinner, my mom wanted something fun and different, so I could not think of anything better than eating Ethiopian food with our hands. We went to U street (little Ethiopia) and ate at Dukem, which Alex's Ethiopian's staffer recommended. So good. And no, my mom and I did not mean to match.

The next day we headed over to Virginia to visit Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate. The property is absolutely gorgeous and the new museum is a lot of fun. If anyone wants to go, my mom bought Alex and I season passes there.

After a quick stop at Costco, the best place on earth to go with your mom, we headed over to the Eden Center (little little Saigon) to eat "authentic" Vietnamese food. My mom loves showing Alex new Vietnamese dishes, so it was funny watching her stuff more plates of food in front of him until he was ready to explode. She also bought a lot of exotic fruits and Vietnamese desserts to take home. If I did not stop her, I thought she would have bought Vietnamese sandwiches (ban mi) to stockpile in my refrigerator. You have to love Asian-mothers.

Even though I am sad that she has to leave so soon, I think I have enough costco and leftover food to last me until I see her next, Thanksgiving!