All Bases Covered: Soulful Happenings: DChillin

Hi Everyone!

It's Tonyette here:) Just want to stop by and share one of my moments that I would define as a soulful happening.

I am in love with spaces - the architecture, layout, interior design, and the purpose. I am in love with spaces that connect people and help people grow. I would definitely consider our Nation's Capital to be one of those cities that thrive in creating those spaces. I was truly inspired last weekend as I walked around DC and took in the many places to eat, shop, learn, relax.....the list can go on.

Over that weekend I had an opportunity to relax in a few spaces that inspired me.

I had a very late dinner at Busboys and Poets , but the atmosphere was definitely very vibrant at 11PM. I smiled as I watched people eat their dinners from comfy chairs, engage in intense debates over coffee, or type and read from a small corner. The food was delicious and unique and the bookstore is packed with a billion books I wanted to purchased. Tears almost formed in my eyes as I surveyed the "Education" section. True future educator over hereeee :)

My sister shot a candid of me :)

Busboys and Poets is a community where racial and cultural connections are consciously uplifted...a place to take a deliberate pause and feed your mind, body and soul...a space for art, culture and politics to intentionally collide...we believe that by creating such a space we can inspire social change and begin to transform our community and the world

In addition to eating - my family and I walked around downtown. We visited the Smithsonian American Art Museum and I was soooo in awe of the paintings, portraits, and sculptures. I haven't been to a museum in a while and this was truly a treat. My sister took another dope candid lol and I snapped a few photos of the architecture!

This is the picture of the ceiling of the courtyard in the museum. THIS.WAS.BEAUTIFUL. It was like spring in this space and people did not have on coats. This was great and I would love to come here and read one day.

My family and I also visited Madame Tussand's Wax Museum and it was GREEEAAAT. I can't even begin to explain how real every figure looked. In the beginning of the exhibit - we took a journey through history and saw all of the presidents. It was super eerie at first, but so great to finally be able to have a representation of history. I've always loved history and this just really illuminated many of the events I've learned. I am glad my sister decided to book this tour for us!

We were so excited to finally "meet" the Obamas hahahaha.

On Sunday, I was blessed with the opportunity to attend National Community Church . I found out about this church after reading The Circle Maker. The writer , Mark Batterson founded this church about 16 years ago and many of the its origins are deeply rooted in divine intervention and miracles. I was sooo inspired and I was so grateful to attend church at one of its locations. The service was held at the historic Lincoln Theatre and I was once again blown away with the architecture. I walked away full of hope because I witnessed a church service that is truly product of God's power and craaaazy miracles. It was so great!