National Zoo

I took a trip to the National Zoo.  For some reason, every time I visit a new city, I always put going to the zoo on the list.  I mean, if you’ve seen one lion, you’ve probably seen them all.  Yet there I was walking around the zoo.  It was a pretty good time and I got some good pictures.  I think the best zoo I have been to so far is in New Orleans.  We’ll talk more about New Orleans a little later on in this post.  Anyway, it was hot as all get out that day and of course, much like every other attraction in this city, it’s on a inclining hill.  You don’t really notice it as you’re walking down.  But you certainly notice it when you’re walking back up in 93 degree and humid weather.  They have little contraptions that spray mist which help a bit as you meander along trying to find the sweet, sweet exit.  Nonetheless, I think I’m going to stay away from zoos for a while.  I always forget how big of a pull they are for kids.  I’m just going to put this out there.  I don’t like kids.  Not one bit.  I’m not a kid person.  We will just leave it at that.  Anyway, here are some pictures:

Notice how I don’t have any pictures of Pandas.  That’s because Pandas are the laziest lethargic creatures I have ever seen.  I think even sloths look down on them.  But what more can you say on that subject when they’re species is going to go extinct because they’re too lazy to have sex.

After I was done with the zoo, I decided to walk to Adams Morgan.  This was not a spur of the moment decision.  You don’t make spur of the moment decisions when the sun is beating down on you daring you to take another step somewhere other than to an air conditioned building.  Most of you may not know…Actually, none of you would know:  I love food.  I am a giant food fan.  Most of the time, my television is on the food network or some other show that has someone discussing or preparing food.  This is where New Orleans comes back into play.  I’ve been to New Orleans around 4 times or so.  The last time consisted of me and 4 other fraternity brothers driving down there from Pennsylvania in a rented car for spring break.  Let me just recommend that no one ever do that.  It was not a fun experience. 

One of the foods I always get when I am in New Orleans is a po’ boy.  Po’ Boys are a traditional hoagie of Louisiana that consists of either seafood or meat.  To define them in layman terms:  THEY ARE CRAZY GOOD!  While looking through various restaurant reviews to find out some good food to sample while I am in DC, I came across a place named The New Orleans Café.  Lo and behold this place served po’ boys!  When I was done with zoo of course I had to go over there and try it.  So, without further ado, I now welcome you to something that will probably become a very normal occurrence in this blog while I am in DC: NATE’S FOOD REVIEWS.

When I bought the po’ boy, my initial thought was that the container they gave me was pretty light and small.  I figured that perhaps they just cut it in half so it would fit.  When I got the po’ boy home, this is what was in front of me

To a normal person, that may look ok and delectable.  However, here is a picture of a real po boy:

Yes, I trust you see the problem with this situation.  This isn’t to say the “po’ boy” from New Orleans Café was bad.  For what it was, it was good.   I am just used to a much bigger po’ boy with more fixins for the price they charged.  Then again, we are far away from Louisiana so perhaps my expectations were much higher than they should have been.  Needless to say, I would not go back there for a po’ boy fix.

Well, I guess that’s all for now.  Tune in next time.  Same Nate time, same Nate Channel