Trip to DC continued...

Then, in the evening, we went to the Lincoln Memorial, which was absolutely breathtaking. It was too dark to take a non-blurry picture without a tripod, but I did manage to capture the incredible color of the sky.

              
Mr. Lincoln.

 

It was such a beautiful evening!

When we got back to the hotel, Mom made us salads and we watched The Sting. A terrific movie, that.

Photographer spotted.

The next day was rainy, cold, and miserable. But we went sightseeing some more none the less(all of us this time). We went to the Mall, the Capitol, and several museums.

A picture with the pool and statues in front of the Capitol.

Heh.

We were there the day they had their St. Patrick's Day parade.

The Air and Space Museum.

The mall, with the Capitol at one end, and the Washington Memorial at the other.

And, of course, I simply had to do a ballet picture. It's a must.

Then we went to the National Gallery. It was so beautiful, and so awe-inspiring seeing all that great Art. We counted the steps going up, but of course I don't remember now. I'll have to ask L.

Stopping for a presidential pose.

Inside, the atrium was just filled with the most beautiful flowers. It was truly magnificent.

On the way to the American Culture museum (where we only had time to go look at Lincoln's hat), we passed this lovely fellow, who was serenading passers-by with flute music, punctuated by squeaks from the chew toys he had dangling about. He gave us the nicest smile.

As we left the museum, we heard Snow White music coming out of nowhere. After searching, I found this:

Us in front of the main Smithsonian building.

 Apparently, I rode this when I was very little.

Another beautiful Smithsonian building.

In the car, after a long weekend, ready to go home. The "after" picture.

And how do you get through a weekend of walking and sightseeing all over D.C. with terrible shinsplints, you may ask? Like this.

So, all in all, a marvelous trip.

We went to Washington (and took lots of pictures)

Actually, we went over a month ago. But a late post is better than no post at all, right?

I had a ballet audition, and so Mom and Little Brother and I were going up to D.C. (Dad couldn't come). We decided to take our best friends, the Ls, with us. Mrs. L is good friends with mom, and the three boys and I have been best friends since the oldest and I were five. Elder brother Tim couldn't come due to college, so it was just J, L, and Miss M, who is Little Brother's age. We set off on Friday morning, ready for some fun.

                                       Left to right: J, me, and L. The "before" picture.

It was a long drive, but we stayed occupied. We played Phase 10 (a card game that you should play if you haven't already- it's a cross between Rummy and Uno) and watched Spiderman 2.

We got into our hotel at around midnight. We loved our rooms- they were adjoining, and looked liked they had actually been designed by a designer, not just assembled randomly. They were very comfortable.

My audition was the next day (Saturday).. But nothing went the way it was supposed to. Due to illness (Miss M), traffic jams, horrid signage, DC-ness, etc., I missed the audition. But since EVERYTHING went badly, we think that it was meant to be. So, we made the best of it, and had a very good time overall. So... pictures (they look better when you click on them, sometimes they are a little squished in this format)!


Mom, J, L, Little Brother, and yours truly set out for the city Saturday at noontide. The weather was nasty, and so was the traffic!

 

I started the journey in the front seat, but was banished to the back when I got too nervous about the audition.

 

 

Not happy that I missed it.

 

 So, we went and saw the National Cathedral. 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, we went to the center of DC, saw the White House, and decided to just park and walk. So, we ended up beside the Washington Marina. We looked at yachts, the river, and the fishmarket.

 

 

 

 FISH!

 

 

Alive and pinching!

 

 

 

 To be continued...

Lots of awards

I was awarded an award by Lady Greenleaf (Green Leaves of Paper). Thank you, Lady G!
When you are awarded, you have to write five random facts or thoughts about yourself, then award the award to five other people. So, my thoughts are as follows:

1. I read voraciously. I'd be a professional reader if I could. Truly, I would.

2. I want to dance every role in every ballet, I want to sing every song, I want to act every part. I want to!

3. I'm going to marry either a Scottish doctor, and go live in his family's ancient castle, or a French doctor, and go live in his chateau in Provence (they don't have to be doctors really, but they do have to have plenty of money. And castles and chateaus. And big senses of humor. And awesome accents.) It's nice to have these things all settled!

4. I imagine myself a slender, beautiful sylph, with lusterous auburn hair, sparkling eyes, and a pink and cream complexion, who floats from place to place in flowing gowns embroidered with pearls and primroses. I look in the mirror and see a short, small but muscular girl with a snub nose, freckles, skin that won't pale (it's always getting tan), thin straight dirty blond hair that won't curl, and jeans. Ah pooey.

5. I laugh a lot. A whole lot. I think that if I didn't laugh and say silly things all the time, I'd go crazy. So please never take anything I say too seriously (unless I say so).

And now, I will award the award to my awardees:

Anna, Ballerina
Tim, In Search of the Perilous Realm
Tim's Mom, Bona Vita Rusticanda
Siddyq, Of Dreams and Fairy Tales
Bekah, Heart of Art

Have fun y'all!