I hath returned.

[icepixie]

And I see the intertubes are in working order. Excellent.

We were going to go on to Annapolis today to see the boats and the Chesapeake, but a combination of exhaustion and no one being willing to brave the Beltway sent us home today instead. (We left DC at 8:30, and watched the traffic on the other side of I-66 going into town, completely horrified. It was bumper to bumper out past frigging MANASSAS, which for those who haven't ever been to the area, is 30 miles away from DC. [I'm assuming that most of the people still on 66 at that time of day were going to work in the VA suburbs, but even so, my god. We were all a bit disbelieving of the signs indicating that lane restrictions, and thus rush hour, extended from 6-11 and 2-8, but apparently they were not lying.])

I took, apparently, 315 pictures, of which at least half are probably of squirrel and duck butts, and the other half are interesting buildings. We shall see. DC certainly made my inner neoclassical architecture geek very happy. Columns, columns everywhere! Also, museums, museums, and gardens, gardens everywhere. I think I may have reached my quota for the year, and those of you who have traveled with me know how much I love museums and gardens. (For the record, I believe I went into all of the following: American History, Natural History, Udvar-Hazy/Air & Space, the National Gallery, the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Botanic Gardens, various gardens around the Smithsonian "Castle," the Spy Museum, and untold numbers of monuments. I think my feet will recover sometime in October.)

I've skimmed the flist/circle, but didn't comment much. If something happened than I should know about, shoot me an e-mail, eh?

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[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

I think I may have reached my quota for the year

Nooooooooooo, it is the end tiiiiiiiimes!!!

D:

[icepixie]

Or perhaps I was replaced in DC by a pod person?

[magsyb.livejournal.com]

I actually just got from D.C. not too long ago myself, and absolutely loved it myself. I really enjoyed all of the museums too.

I'm really excited that you went to the Spy Museum. Do you still remember your alias? :D

I think my fav had to have been the the Art.. talk about the walking.. YIKES... and the traffic!! Please tell me you will post pics. *gives you puppy dog eyes*

Hope your feet have recovered by now.

Been busy catching up with everything and everyone, just finished listening to all the songs you recommended and downloaded a few.. nice recs btw. :D

[icepixie]

Do you still remember your alias? :D

I think it was...Angelina Franconi, or something like that. She was Italian, and in her twenties. I managed to get 100% on both of the tests they give you, but apparently it all went into short term memory.

I think my favorite was the Museum of American History, then perhaps the Botanic Gardens. I liked the art, too, but I did that at the end of a long day, and I think I'd hit a point where I couldn't absorb that much anymore.

Pictures soon!

just finished listening to all the songs you recommended and downloaded a few.. nice recs btw. :D

Awesome! I'm glad you like them. :)

[magsyb.livejournal.com]

lol.. I was Angelina Franconi too.. She was 28 from Milano, Italy.. I remember all that OMG.. I found it funny because I went with three other people and me and my friend Tracie were Angelina, and then Rachel and Jessica was some 12 year old girl.. but we all foundit hilarious that at the end when we asked each other that we each basically picked the same. :) I passed all the tests too.. It was a blast.. I loved it. Glad you had fun.

I wish we had more time to go through more of the gardens, but I was glad we made a day of Harper's Ferry, though, it was beautiful there.