Best meal yet

Around 7pm we set out for the National Mall following our usual route down 15th street which ends up directly behind the White House. We walked past the White House and down towards the mall, stopping across the street from the Washington Monument and back up 14th street to an Italian restaurant that had been suggested by the front desk here at a our hotel. Potenza was probably the best Italian restaurant we have ever been to. We had a delightful waitress who made great suggestions for our meal choices-Tim had rigatoni with a trio of meat-short ribs,meatballs and sausage. I had manicotti-that was made with homemade pasta, filled with ricotta and braised beef. We were speechless as we ate our delicious dishes :) for desert we had cannoli and although I did not like it, the rest of the meal more than made up for it. We then walked the 7blocks back to our hotel. What a nice evening :)