Ultrabar is the name of the club in Washington D.C. which I detest more than Tiger Tiger or Oceana. In saying what I'm about to say, I could be described as a 'club snob' but I'll leave that up to all of you to decide. Ultrabar (check out the website... http://www.ultrabardc.com/ ) on a Friday night plays mainstream chart music and RnB whilst dancers on podiums (with just bras and short shorts on)dance as though they are in a stripclub...boys just stood there gaping and we all wondered what kind of place we had entered. It was also $20 entrance and we queued for over an hour. Yet, it was a pretty cool venue itself and drinks weren't too expensive...shame also about the abundance of bumpers and grinders and explicit couples at the sides of the dancefloor! My aim is to find somewhere which is more my kind of thing, reasonably priced all round and where overly skimpy clothes are not obligatory. I've been researching...I not just need to give them a try!
To get into D.C. all of us au pairs go on the Metro - which is pretty much like the London underground but far less confusing...it also runs to about 3am! My nearest stop is about 10 minutes away by car which is brilliant!
Saturday was spent going out for a meal with the other girls at the local mall and also going to see the new Katherine Hiegl film called 'Life As We Know It' which we all really enjoyed - added bonus of eating a box of cookie dough balls too!
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4365685/life-as-we-know-it/
Afterwards, a few of us hit McDonalds to grab a late decaff coffee and were confronted by hoards of teenagers who had just come back from their 'homecoming' dance...it was just like the movies, everyone was in their 'prom dresses' and the boys were wearing suits which all seemed a little bit too big!
Sunday was a lovely day, Dad had been over in the States on business and was staying not too far away in a place called Reston...so I took the backroads in the 4x4 and went to pick him up! He brought along a bag full of more things from home...my suitcase on the way over here was already emblazoned with a 'heavy' sticker. It's nice to now have my Sex and the City Boxset, more Marmite and gym clothes! Dad and I took a trip to the mall where we stocked up on 'dog walking' fleeces from Northface for Mum and also went to the Apple Store and my home from home - Starbucks! Afterwards, Dad came and met all the family I'm staying with and stayed for Sunday supper; we had bruscetta (the American's say it BRASCETA which drives me mad!), pasta, beef and this vegetable called Zucchini which I've never eaten before, but it's delicious! It was really upsetting saying goodbye to Dad once again, I'm no good with goodbyes and prefer to say 'It's not goodbye, it's see you soon' but even still I had to have the fans in the car blasting cold air towards my eyes on the drive back from the hotel and I also (embarrasingly enough) sang MAJORLY loud to the Michelle Branch song on the radio...I think it's called 'All You Wanted', then something happier came on and I was nearly home, complete with drier eyes!
Monday was Columbus Day over here (celebrating when Christopher Columbus discovered America) and it was such a chilled day, can't really say I did very much although I did meet friends for Starbucks nearby! My youngest host son, Kevin has been ill with what is called 'Strepthroat' so he has been off school since Friday. Yesterday, we went to the doctors and just spent the day inside whilst he felt sorry for himself most of the time. Yet, today he was back on form (strangely enough...fast working antibiotics!) and we spent the day playing outside on the climbing frame, drawing chalk on the paved stones in the garden and also going for a picnic in the local park- he made two friends at the park which was really sweet! The local park was also full of what appeared to be other au pairs too, but I didn't recognise any of them! Last night I also had a Starbucks (!) and I tried meatloaf for the first time...I told my host Mum Tracy that it reminds me of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and she just laughed!
I think from now on I'm going to have to do both 'Americanisms' and a weekly Starbucks Tally!
'Americanisms'
Sneakers
'Swing Set' - Climbing Frame
Starbucks Tally (so far this week)
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About Me
- Hannah
- I am a recent History of Art Graduate from the University of Leeds...needing a time out to explore and experience a place other than England! I don't take myself too seriously and I'm affectionately known to my closest friends as HH. My friends often find great pleasure in my habits...always answering the phone in the manner 'Hello Darling' and always 'about to/or just had a shower' when we speak. Besides this, I prefer Earl Grey Tea and I can make a Victoria Sponge to rival any of Delia Smith's.
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