Thursday, January 29, 2009

Our nation's Capitol

Just thought I'd post some of the photos I took while I was in D.C. this weekend. It was a great, lovely, cold, snowy, icy trip, so wonderful to see Kevin, as always. We crammed in visits to the National Archives, two Smithsonians, a monument tour and a delicious tapas-and-paella dinner at Jaleo.

We got the hookup tour through Mike's congressional connections with our own park ranger from the Department of the Interior, who drove us around all day and explained all the mouments' symbolism and history to us.

A LOT of the setup from the inauguration was still in place, especially around the Capitol, and there were a great many porta-potties still on the National Mall, and the only good view we could get of The People's House was from the top of the Washington Monument.

Here are some views:

Our Capitol, as seen from the top of the Washington Monument.

My favorite president -- so far.

The Supreme Court.

The People's House.

Yes, that's the real Constitution.

The World War II Memorial.

Our nation's largest penis. Oh, I mean, The Washington Monument.