Annapolis

This Saturday, we took a day trip to Annapolis with Our Favorite DC-ers. (What do you call yourselves?) The town is just presh, as the youngsters would say, and an excellent time was had all 'round.

We began with a delicious brunch at Cafe Normandie:



With bloodies, naturally:


Annapolis is beautiful and quaint, with weensy little houses that we would like to collect:


We spent some time enjoying the harbor:



Checked out the cleverly named boats:




The weather was fantastic, so lots of folks were out with their dogs. Little ones:


And really big ones:


We got a little history (the description of the stench is particularly fetching - click to enlarge):


And took a tour of the Naval Academy, which was actually (and surprisingly) quite interesting.


Here's a replica of an early Wright brothers' plane:


This the monument that the upperclassmen lube with 200 lbs. of lard and force the plebes to scale; we did something similar in my hometown, only it involved a telephone pole and a prize pig. You can see video of the plebes in action here.


We also saw the resting place of John Paul Jones:



We don't know who this guy is, but he's definitely giving someone the finger:


And a bit of local trivia. The last line is fantastic: