Washington D.C. Again

Highlights for yet another daytrip to D.C.!
For a late brunch post-Bolt, we hit Asylum, a Rock and Roll {fingerquotes} lounge whose chalkboard sign offered “Brunch: Vegan or Not”. First, some vegan drumsticks. These were pretty standard: textured soy protein wrapped about a vegan bone. Odd, yes- but satisfying in a Chipotle kind of way. What makes or breaks these ultra-processed texture-fests is usually the sauce.  This time it did not quite do the trick.
The third times a charm! The preoccupied waitress without her notepad first brought me a vegan wrap with a side of tortillas, then a real wet and glistening egg and cheese sandwich (!) before finally comping my originally-ordered meal of vegan breakfast sandwich with a side of waffle fries. The sandwich of scrambled tofu, vegan cheddar and tempeh bacon was good but not worth all the trouble.
Of course, being right off the Columbia Heights metro stop, I had to hit Sticky Fingers! This time I knew to stick to their delicious chocolate-caked treats. I got myself a s’mores cupcake and sticky bun for the road.
As I took snaps of our nation’s monument, I hummed the parts without explicits of course.