mount vernon in photos

as promised, here are some more photos from our trip to mount vernon:

{the colonial market was going on; artisans make & sell all kinds of different crafts  that would have been made in the 18th century}

{we took a boat ride on the potomac river. this is fort washington, which is the oldest surviving fortification from the  american revolutionary war}

{sheep! mount vernon is actually still a working farm}

mount vernon

back in september I flew to nyc to visit my good friend kristin. from there, we took the bus down to washington dc to visit kristin's friend merrillee. merr was a wonderful host & took us to tons of cool places (which I will post about later). but one my favorite place we visited was mount vernon, the plantation home of george washington. learn more about the history of mount vernon here. 

red velvet

I took a trip to DC this past week & after a day of sightseeing, my friend kristin & I needed a cupcake (yes, needed!). we had heard good things about red velvet cupcakery, so we tried a vanilla cupcake with chocolate buttercream, an expresso cupcake & their featured flavor, an olive oil cupcake with a fig frosting. so delicious. the fig cupcake won.