In D.C. Dream Day, we ask our favorite people in the area to tell us how they would spend a perfect day in the District. See previous dream days from Mayor Muriel Bowser, BYT’s Svetlana Legetic, D.C. United’s Steve Birnbaum and more.
Collin: First, we would go to Krispy Kreme in Dupont Circle, located right across from a shop called Shop Made in DC that sells our candles.
Austin: Then we would go to the National Mall and go on the merry-go-round. We’d also stop by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. We like to go to the bug exhibit — my favorite bug is a tarantula.
Ryan: My favorite bug is like a spider mixed with a scorpion. It has claws and a tail that stands straight.
Collin: My favorite bug is the butterfly. We’ve gone to the butterfly exhibit at least …
Austin: At least 20 times!
Collin: Definitely not 20 times.
Ryan: Then we’ll go to Pentagon City Mall and to The Lego Store and then Auntie Anne’s Pretzels. I love Legos so much! I have like 15,000 to 20,000 pieces. Every day, I find a new Lego — either in my house or in my jacket pocket. They’re everywhere! I like to build cars, planes, helicopters and robots.
Ryan: After shopping, we’d go to The Wharf and eat lunch at Shake Shack. We went there all last summer.
Ryan: Then we’d go to Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream at The Wharf, the best ice cream store in the whole world! My favorite ice cream is salted caramel — three scoops!
Collin: I have two favorites: salted caramel and cookies and cream.
Austin: Salted caramel and chocolate chip are my favorites.
Collin: At The Wharf, we’d also check out Anchor and visit Matt [Vilbas], the owner. They are one of the shops in D.C. that carry our candles.
Collin: I’d also like to see the ice rink at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. We haven’t been there yet and would really like to go.
Collin: Then we’d go to the International Spy Museum — I have not been there yet either. I would love to see the gadgets that are there. They have this umbrella that’s a shotgun and spy glasses that tape and record things.
Collin: To end my day, I would go home, lay on the couch, eat ice cream and then fall asleep.
Ryan: At the end of the day, I would go to a bakery and eat everything! Actually, I would really spend my free day learning Spinjitzu from “The Lego Ninjago Movie.”