In a faraway life between my freshman and sophomore years of college, two momentous things happened in one summer abroad: I visited the UK for the first time, and I met my friends Natalie and Alex. Since then, the three of us have circled around each other and we've passed in London, traveled to Italy, and met each others friends in NYC. And this weekend, we celebrated Natalie's marriage with a gigantic party and Indian celebration in Washington D.C. I'd last visited the nation's capital in high…