Suspect, A Game Of Murder

I'll be doing some volunteer work with this show in May. See the link for show information! If it's anything like the April Fools Cabaret, then this show you shouldn't miss!

Washington DC

Here it is. The most famous house in the United States. I have to admit, it's pretty impressive! Above is the photo of the East Lawn, where the President does all of his speaches. Below is another view of the White House. We had dinner next door, at the Occidental Grill. AWESOME!

Library of Congress

Stunning!

Museum Treasures

We saw so much at the Museum of Natural History and the National Gallery (west wing) including the famed Hope Diamond.

The Capital Building - The Outside

Straight On

Near

Far

Capital Building with sunset (it's crooked because it's VERY WINDY)

This was one of my first views of the Capital Building. It's very impressive!

The Capital Building - The Inside

This is the Lyndon B. Johnson room inside the Capital Building. We had some drinks in here on Tuesday night, in a reception for the National Safety Council. This is the room that served as his office while he was a Senator. It's gorgeous, and these pictures do not even come close to doing it any justice!

A handful of city shots

Finally! Something other than a museum or a memorial!

Here and There

I've been told to watch National Treasure as this little place of "refuge" is in it. I had no idea when I found it and had a rest and took some photos.

Directions

It's pretty easy to find your way around DC, the touristy parts at least. If you can find the Capital Building, you can find the Washington Monument. If you can do that, you can visit most of the museums under the Smithsonian umbrella. And, if you can find the Washington Monument, you can find the reflecting pools and all the presidential and war memorials. They all run in a straight line called The Mall between the Capital building and the Washington Monument, with all the memorials behind the Washington Monument. There is no way that you can get lost unless you are with a friend who has little to no sense of direction. I continually had to steer my aunt Isabel in the right direction. Who knows where we would have ended up if I'd let her lead!

Reflections and the Washington Monument

Lest We Forget

Most of the memorials are located by the Reflecting Pools. We saw only a handful, the World War II Memorial, the Vietnam Memorial and very briefly and from a distance, the Korean War Memorial. They are all impressive. Thomas Jefferson has a huge Memorial across the Reflecting Pool on the far side of the park.

In Memorium

Remember

The Vietnam Memorial

This was one of the places that I had always wanted to visit here in Washington DC. To me, Vietnam was a war that no one belonged in. It's hard to describe the feeling of being here. It's sad, the number of names of people who died in this war. The wall seems to go on forever. It's quiet here, no one really talks, it's a place to think, remember, ponder, wonder why, and reflect. It's beautiful in it's simplicity.

Vietnam

Statues

most of the statues around DC are to remember their presidents
The one with all the horses is for Ulysses S. Grant

They say it's all happening at the zoo...

The National Zoo in Washington DC is truly amazing. They have an incredible amount of animals, and the habitats are awesome. They have lots of animals that have had babies in captivity, from cheetahs, to the newest edition, Tai Shen, the baby panda. He is such a little cutie! The Amazonia exhibit is really cool, when you walk through the upper part, the animals are also just walking around, free to do as they please... I made friends with a little monkey in a tree, he kept turning his head upside-down to look at me. I spent 6 hours walking through the zoo as there are a ton of beautiful walking paths. The nice thing the zoo is that it's free as it's a part of the Smithsonian so anyone can come and walk around, or visit their favorite animal, whenever they want!

Weird creatures...

The capybara.... from South America... and this other one that reminds me of a large mouse crossed with a rabbit...

Here Kitty Kitty!

The caracel, a kitty from Africa... enjoying some sun!



And, the cheetah... there were cubs born at the zoo here in Washington DC... Sleeping on the savanah...