Obrycki’s
I don’t really eat seafood; I’m allergic to shellfish actually, but Obrycki’s was on The List, so Obrycki’s I will visit. My traveling companions (my sister JL, and her daughter Louise) both LOVE! seafood. They both started with soup, JL had the tomato shrimp bisque and thought it was good, but spicy. Louise had the clam chowder and she liked it quite a bit. JL and I thought the bread was delicious.
I had a perfectly delicious turkey club with crispy bacon and potato chips, JL had the shrimp scampi, and Louise had something she really didn’t care for, too spicy. (Her night ended with a Wendy’s drive thru.) It really looked like the lid had come off the seasoning jar and it spilled in a big pile in the middle of the dish.
I had hoped they would order something that involved getting a wooden mallet to beat the hell out of dinner with, but no such luck.
Regardless, we all had a good time, and it was a fun place to stop after a full day of traveling.
My lovely 11-year old niece was accepted into a Leadership Training Program in Washington D.C. Since my sister (JL) didn’t want her to fly alone, I volunteered to escort her to and from, drop her off, and be close by in case something major happened. “There are plenty of things on The List to see and do in the area,” I said, “it won’t be any trouble at all.”
So I started the planning and the more I spoke with JL about my plans, the more interested she became. Until finally she just asked if she could tag along. So, the planning continued and we fly out next week. Our schedule will be jam-packed, but with quite a bit of flexibility to stay longer and leave earlier. And I’ll need a vacation after this trip. Luckily, I have one planned.
Here are the places/things from The List we’ll be visiting:
Obrycki’s
Chesapeake Bay
Monticello
Shenandoah
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Independence Park
Philly Food
Winterthur
New York City
Historic Downtown New York
Washington DC Mall & Monuments
The Smithsonian
Here is my travel wish list for 2008; my goal is to visit 20 places from the list each year.
Barnes Foundation
Black Hills
Chesapeake Bay
Colonial Williamsburg
Denali National Park
Gettysburg
Historic Downtown New York
Independence National Historic Park
Inn at Little Washington
Inside Passage
Kenai Peninsula
Mesa Verde
Million Dollar Highway
Moab
Monticello
Monument Valley
Museum Mile-NYC
New York City
Obrycki’s
Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Philly Food
Pike’s Place Market
San Juan Islands
Shenandoah
Smithsonian
Telluride
The Badlands
The Homestead
Washington DC Mall & Monuments
Winterthur Museum
