U St with K

We took the Yellow Line up to U Street last night to eat at Ben's Chili Bowl, a DC landmark and a fun restaurant, and to walk around the neighborhood. (The biggest reason for the excursion was riding the Metro, a favorite to-do of Klara).

After half-smokes, fries, coleslaw, sweet tea or coke, we walked over to Howard University, where Klara ran around the grass on the upper quad.

Tony B. did a little feature on Ben's, including bits about the unique history and the tasty franks. As far as the celebrity panorama so evident in the place and throughout its past, I like the Bill Cosby part of it best.

[Or better, for a soundtrack to the whole thing, here's a classic by one of the neighborhood's well-known former residents. It captures summer in the city, even these years later, and some of what we're feeling during it.]


PS -- of course Klara needed to climb up the colorful bear statue that you see outside the restaurant. She likes to climb, and she likes bears.