Blogs from Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North America - page 5

Got up early and headed to Union Station to catch our hop on, hop off or bus. After about 20mins of walking, realised we’d gone in the opposite direction and then had to walk at least twice the distance to Union Station. Headed to the Smithsonian, but only went into the Air and Space museum. Was unbelievable. But Andrew is still very sceptical about the moon landing. Still pretty amazing. Then headed to Capitol Hill, where we stood on the spot that Barak Obama was inaugurated. Also went into the Washington Supreme Court, Jefferson Building and the Library of Congress. Did a tour inside the Capitol Building. It is amazing, all lime stone and hundreds of stone and bronze statutes of Presidents and other influential Americans. Stood in many famous spots and in saw heaps of ... read more

While the globe is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and Sesame Street’s 40th birthday, I will be paying tribute to the millions of men and women who have served/serving in the United States Armed Forces on Veterans Day, November 11, 2009. I shared this summer of how I ended up in America. What’s more interesting is that four of five of my siblings served in the US Armed Forces, 1975 to 1990. I would love to say it was out of our patriotic duty for America welcoming us to this land of opportunity, but it was the means for a college education. I am proud to say “I am living the American Dream” and I have to thank the US Armed Forces for this awesome opportunity. First, my brother Anthony ... read more

Actions Against Continued War and Torture - Washington DC I just moved from Florida to Maryland and I needed to get out of the house and take some photos. So the idea was to get out, see something different, and just use the time off to improve my photography skills. Not just the average portrait or landscape, but insted a public event. After some searching online I came upon a protest/demonstration in DC. It seemed well organized and the props were pretty good however they seemed to be missing a mega phone.The prisioners in jumpsuits with hoods was an excelent choice to bring out the fear and emotions needed to get the point across. The big headed casts of the government officials were well done and pretty accurate. The presentation of the baseball teams against eachother ... read more

Hello from Mark and Liz- Current location- Southeast DC Right now Mark and I are sitting on the couch of a very nice friend- Thanks A. and B. Darconte who offer their spare bedroom to us the night before setting off. And boy are we glad they offered because our plan to pack the mattress tomorrow morning would have seriously back fired. The truck is FULL- see picture. We hired a nice law student to help us load the truck and most of the moving was finished in two hours. Today we started the day off with steak, eggs and mimosas to celebrate the day ahead of us- and to get rid of the left over food. We visited the u-haul store so much that they knew us by name by the end of the day. ... read more

Ok actually made it to central Washington DC. Jumped a metro bus to the city that I haven't visited for 30 years. The city is clean, people are pretty friendly and incredible buildings. The only annoying thing about the city is everyone lays on the horns in there cars....everywhere. Really very annoying. Visited the other Smithsonian air museuem. Not as cool as the one by the airport but they did have the Howard Hughes H-1 racer that is probably the sexiest airplane on the planet, they were restoring it. After that went on to the Smithsonian Art Museum. Monet's, Rembrant's, Manet, and Stuart. Very cool. Finished off at the Smithsonian Natural history museuem. Not impressed and didnt take any pictures of that. Check out what I have so far. Tomorrow Im with Janesse and going on ... read more