The Indian Craft Shop in Washington DC
Our plans for this morning focus on the Indian Craft Shop at the Department of the Interior, the hardest shop to find in all of DC.As discussed in previous posts, this fabulous art gallery is Read More …
Category: Washington DC
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Where Better to Spend a Blustery Day than in a Museum (or Three) in Washington DC?
Museums are among our favorite places to spend time in DC anyway, so that seems like the perfect option on a cold and windy day. Renwick Gallery We start with the Renwick Gallery. This is Read More …
DC Puts On Its Christmas Finery
It’s too cold and windy to enjoy walking at all, but still, from Dupont Circle to the Capital, the city displays beautiful details and a bit of Holiday spirit. Next Post: Where Better to Spend Read More …
Waiting for the Metro in Washingon DC
It’s never been lovely to look at, but I’ve always been fond of DC’s Metro because it makes it so easy to get around without a car. It’s never been pretty (if Neo-classical Brutalism Read More …
Have we even left Minnesota? (Cold weather in DC)
We awoke this morning to a layer of snow and a steady cold wind – a perfect day to leave Minnesota and head some place warmer. . . unfortunately, at 30 degrees and snowing, DC Read More …
Spinning history in Washington DC
I am spending part of today editing and putting the links in my upcoming posts on our trip to DC. In the process of looking up those links, I stumbled on an incredibly cynical effort Read More …
Happy Thanksgiving from D.C.!
Fall is a wonderful time to visit Washington DC. Exploring museums and monuments on and off the mall November 18 on the Mall Wandering the mall with time to reflect at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Read More …
DC Details
DC Lodging A seasonal on-line special brought us to the Hotel Washington, an interesting historic structure located next door to the fabulous (and fabulously expensive) Willard InterContenental. The spacious lobby at the Hotel Washington features Read More …
Skip the turkey in Washington DC – Do the museums instead!
Thanksgiving day: A gorgeous morning, with blue skies and lots of sunshine. A perfect fall day! Although we are fortunate that the Smithsonian museums are open even today, none open before 10. This leaves us Read More …
Historic Preservation(?) in Washington DC
DC must require the preservation of historic facades because there are places all over where a huge modern building has been built around an older structure. While this does preserve the old facade for future Read More …