Washington DC part 2 - The White House

On Saturday, Louise and I got a West Wing Tour of the White House that was conducted by her friend from grad school John, who works at the Office of Management and Budget. First, let me tell you that this is very unique tour. They need your SS# ahead of time like the other tour. They check your ID 2 different times and you pass thru a magnetometer.

As you walk in the White House, you are told there won't be any photography allowed. Along the walls in the West Wing are pictures of the president during memorable moments. They replace the pictures every 2-3 weeks. You are able to stand outside the actual Situation Room, look inside the Roosevelt Room, the Cabinet Room, and the Oval Office. You are also able to walk out and look at the Rose Garden and see Sasha and Malia's playground. Normally you would also be able to go into the press briefing room, but it was closed so that they could do work on it. Had it been open, I would have been able to get my picture taken inside if it.  Below is the only picture I have from my day at the White House.  I do have other pictures of the White House that were taken from the Washington Monument and other places.

We then went back to Louise's apartment to hang out before going to a South American Restaurant a couple of blocks from her called Sabores with Berg, a friend of Louise's. After that we joined some of Louise's friends on a bar crawl for a couple of stops and then went to another bar a few blocks away to meet up with some more of Louise's friends.