call me betty

If you're a loyal reader, you may remember a time when I fretted over all the things that we would be sorry to leave behind when we moved from Glover Park to Brightwood. To be honest, I was mainly concerned about exchanging Breadsoda and Surfside for McDonald's and Subway. In fact, my anxiety ran so deep that when our friends from Savannah (who I blogged about here) came to visit last week (bringing us the most adorable housewarming present!) I panicked and planned a whole night out in the old neighborhood - Cactus Cantina and Alliance Tavern. Mr. Beeton has been determined to change that. He's fully embraced the Brightwood area. So, on Friday, he suggested that we walk up to Takoma Park, Maryland and explore the old downtown.

It took us only twenty minutes or so to walk from our house to the old downtown, and while it was no Wisconsin Avenue, there were a few little restaurants scattered on the main street that will certainly suit us. We chose Roscoe's where we had some yummy gazpacho, roasted marinated olives with bread, and two pizzas - a margherita and a proscuitto arugula (Two Amys better watch out). And, then, yesterday, after picking up an old antique glider which we found on craigslist (see previous post) and a brand new mattress from a local mattress store for our guest room, we stopped at Julia's Empanadas on Georgia Avenue for the lunch special, which fortified us for a shopping spree at the Georgia Avenue thrift store where we purchased an ah-mazing china closet that matches our refinished wood floors perfectly. All in all, a weekend of eating that could rival our best days in Glover Park. Maybe this Brightwood thing isn't so bad after all.

Keep sweeping, Martha

Watched Youth in Revolt and Leap Year. Finished reading Spoon Fed by Kim Severson.