Couple of days around town (its a rarity)

So I rarely get a chance to spend time at home, and I don't get a chance to explore the areas I live. I took yesterday to do just that, not much, but found some cool stuff.

If you're in Alexandria and looking for a good burger, check out The Burger Joint. There's a lot of burger places in the area, like Ray's Hell Burger, but there's always a fucking line outside of that place. And truthfully, I've never had food that was worth a 30 minute wait, and Ray's Hell Burger is great, but also falls into this category. The Burger Joint is simple, good, no frills, with thick sliced bacon. They also have great onion rings and sweet potato fries, so thats a plus. The cool thing is, apparently, there's some new kind of soda machine with a touchscreen and 40 different choices. It has like ever soda you can think of and you can choose flavor shots. Coke Lime, turns out, is pretty damn good.

The one thing Cais and I did find that was really unique was this spice and tea shop. The Spice and Tea Exchange has a whole bunch of great exotic spices and the tea selection is fair. The couple of things I haven't been able to find anywhere else is Himalayan pink salt, sassafras, and pinot noir salt. I did get some tea though, and white rose tea is light and flowery, but needs some extra green tea to give it some kick. The peppermint tea is also good, its more minty than what I expected and is better as an iced tea than hot.

The DC area kinda rocks. I love home....