Gaylord National Resort - ICE!

I had been wanting to see this since I lived in Reston a while back. It's an annual exhibit at Marriott's Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center.  Finally got around to see it with Jason and the fam on day after Christmas.  It was good fun, but there are few draw backs.  First, it's expensive - about $35 for a self-guided tour that lasts 30-45 minutes.  Second, it's REALLY cold inside (since they have to keep the ice from melting.)  Definitely bring warm gloves and hat.  Your camera or phone could run out of batteries too from the cold.  Lastly, they color the ice!!  I hates that part of it.  It makes everything look like plastic instead of ice.  It was a nice exhibit, but they could have done with more uncolored ice.

Tinder

After a long break from dating I finally got some motivation to get back in the game about a month ago. To that end a friend was kind enough to suggest Tinder. I wasn't having much luck on other online dating platforms so figured I'd give it a shot. Turned out this is the perfect app for me. It requires the least amount of effort to meet the most number of available men that are with in your search radius.

Here's how well this is going:

1) Brett

His profile picture:

What he really looks like:

He claims he hasn't been on in couple years and didn't get around to updating photo. I'd say it was more like 10.

2) Andy

34 friends in common. Yep, someone I see on a regular basis. He's such a nice guy but I didn't have the balls to swipe right nor the heart to swipe left. I ended up restarting the app just so I can move on without swiping.

3) Austin

Me Tarzan. You Jane.

Down side of app full of lazy people.

4) Jesse

I was visiting my brother for Thanksgiving and came across my ex-boyfriend from high school. It was over 300 miles from where we went to school but turns out he'd been living in the same town as my brother for last 10 years and neither of us knew. Small world.