Dear Nicole

Dear Nicole,

Here is a list of the many adventures we would have if you lived in DC this summer:

• Ride our bikes to Mount Vernon
• Kayak on the potomac
• Have a dance party to the new Madonna Celebration record I just bought
• Hike on the billy goat trail
• Jump in front of lots of cool things. Document the jumping.
• See Great Falls
• Go camping? If you wanna
• Drive out to Shenandoah and go tubing! 
• And set foot on the AT
• Ride bikes to this friend of ours. Then climb on him

• Go bowling
• Race up and down the exorcist steps
• Play on the beaches at Annapolis
• Be spontaneous
• Peppy Pesto Pizza with Pinenuts. Make and eat and serve to our friends.
• Count the number of steps to Lincoln. Unless you still remember?
• Dominate at taboo because of all the friends' references only we'll get.
• You dominate at catch phrase. And I'll try to be on your team and dominate also.
• Walk around Dupont and Georgetown and Cleveland Park (yeah, that's my hood) and Bethesda and everywhere in the world that there is to walk and see things.
• Climb to the top of Washington.
• Rum pong? No. Because we're classy now.
• Paddle boat to the Jefferson Memorial
• Play lots and lots of ultimate frisbee

• And make lots and lots of water balloons
• Run as if we're back in the old neighborhood. It will be just as hot
• Dance to other things besides Madonna
• Cook other things besides pizza
• Dress up, sneak out, and be incognito mojito
• Play tennis!!
• Picnic at gravelly point to watch planes take off
• Picnic on the mall to see fireworks. Cuz baby you're a firewoooooork.
• (We would also dance to that)
• Farmer's markets. Eastern Market.
• Buy things
• I know a field. We can frolic there.

• See Monet paintings. And C3PO. And other cool stuff for free.
• Drink sangria and listen to jazz in the National Gallery's sculpture garden
• Sweat while riding the metro with tourists (does this seal the deal?)
• Run, walk, or play at the zoo (.2 miles from my home)
• Meet People
• Eat Sandy Shaw vegan dinners
• Hold hands
• Live life as a smorgasboard
• Be best friends together again for two months

I love you and I can't help but get my hopes up but I'm not trying to give too much of my signature carrie peer pressure. Because it's a stretch and it's complicated and I know that. But you're always more than welcome in these parts and I'll keep dreaming. And here's just some stuff to think about. (And it's almost all free!)

Love,

Carrie