Waiting for a big snowstorm...
The DC area is supposed to get hit with a major winter storm tonight and tomorrow - up to a foot of snow! It's been cold all week, and a bit wet and/or windy at times, but the days have been mostly clear.
Good weather for walking around and exploring. Highlights from the week include: seeing the Botanical Garden (once by day, above left, and once in the evening), running the DC "Jingle All the Way" 10K (in the rain) with one of the Einstein Fellows and his wife (above right), discovering that we have a National Library of Education (another great place for research), and getting to see more museums. These included the incredible National Museum of African Art (which, besides an impressive permanent collection, is hosting a terrific, provocative exhibit by Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE), the Hirshhorn Museum of modern and contemporary art (check out "Trailer B" for the 12-minute short film "Next Floor"; hopefully it will come to SIFF!), and an evening visit to the Corcoran Gallery of Art (where we saw "seascapes and coastal scenes from the early career of John Singer Sargent." Also, just today, I went on a tour of the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, maintained in Alice Paul's former home by the National Woman's Party to honor the struggle for equal rights and suffrage for women. The house, built in 1800, survived being burned by the British in 1812 and was the headquarters for the campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment.
After a very dramatic fire response around the corner one afternoon (above left; 20+ emergency vehicles, including the police!), I finally remembered to carry my camera around with me a few times. I've really enjoyed how different it is to live in a dense urban setting, and I've been charmed by the brick sidewalks and row houses in our neighborhood. I took a few representative pictures on the way home one day. Ours is the right half of the white building behind the blue car (lower right).
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