DC : Masonic Temple
DC : Very stylish, very Chicago-like building at 9th and F
DC : Constitution Hall, of the Marian Andersen DAR-fiasco fame
DC : Simon Bolivar statue only means one thing. Coming up, many shots of the Organization of American States. Dep't of the Interior in the background.
DC : Simon Bolivar
DC : SImon Bolivar
DC : A whole lotta Simon
DC : Not to be left out, Jose Artigas, liberator of Uruguay
DC : “Ysabel” (Isabella) in front of the Organization of American States
DC : OAS
DC : OAS building. North America
DC : OAS building. South America
DC : Here comes the nature photos
DC duckies
DC : Sleeping (or hiding) ducks
DC : Bicentennial Memorial (in Tidal Basin)
DC : The Massachusettans, including John Hancock's John Hancock
DC : Quotastic sign at Vietnam Memorial
DC : Vietnam Memorial
DC : Vietnam and Washington Memorials
DC : Vietnam Memorial Rangers
DC : Mark A Ellsworth
DC : Mario Pereda Estrada
DC : Washington Monument
DC : Red Cross (obviously!)
DC : Corcoran Gallery. Didn't go in, I'm too cheap and there are too many free musuems in the city
DC : FDIC. They had an exhibit hall open 10-3. But it was closed when I walked by. Apparently there are more important things for the FDIC to be doing these days!
DC : Executive Office Building. Last year I called the FBI the ugliest building in DC. But this columned monster comes close.
DC : Renwick Gallery. I'd never heard of it, but I went inside and the show was outrageously beautiful.
DC : George Catlin's Indian Gallery at the Renwick
DC : Bear and Mouse
DC : Not a grandfather clock in a funeral shroud. Actually, this was carved from one piece of wood.
DC : The sign that drew me off course
DC : Mary McLeod Bethune house. A very small national park. I chatted with the ranger, a very nice Howard grad student, for almost an hour.
DC : I resisted the urge to bow down to the NPR building :)
DC : Former public library, now Historical Society of Washington, DC. Beautiful building, terrible exhibits and rude employees.
DC : Close-up of column heads (there's a word for that, right?). National Building Museum.
DC : Inside the rather imposing National Building Museum
DC : Sackler Gallery (National Asian Art Museum). Did not go in.
DC : National Museum of African Art. Did go in. Briefly. Last day, time limit.
DC : Smithsonian Castle. Did not go in.
DC : The brand new National Museum of American History and the Washington Memorial
DC : National Press Club. Not the best photo, not the best building. Very overdone!