DC fun...

DC was a whirlwind of art, food and fun. I brought 4 cameras - digital, lomo fisheye, canon rebel 35mm and a maroon plastic medium format. Had to respool 120 in a makeshift changing bag - my jacket - outside the BR in the National Gallery of Art! On the way to Georgetown from our hotel, who do we see going to the drug store? Steve Nash! Holy cow - just one of may favourite basketball players! He's short, Canadian, and not a jock! Went to the Corcoran for free courtesy of a super nice rep I met at the AENJ conference. Saw a great exhibit at the NGA on photographic processes pre-digital. Great thought provoking work by some super photographers at the National Building Museum. There was a row of Trabants outside the Spy Museum to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall. Then there was First Friday in Dupont Circle when all the galleries are open late. And there were tons of photo exhibits in and beyond Georgetown for Foto Week. Whoa!

And we ate at two new places and had dessert at Teaism in Dupont and walked past the future home of Wagamama!

Was going to go on an overnight shoot for Foto Week, but by the evening on Saturday I was pooped! I really wish I could have been down there for the whole week considering all the workshops, lectures and shows I didn't get to see. Alas, work beckoned.

Baltimore on the way home, of course. Shopped at Double Dutch and Atomic in Hampden and went to Red Emma's for reads and the best and biggest biscotti I have had in a long time. Discovered dipping biscotti in tea is quite nifty.

Traffic once we got into Jersey. What a welcome home! Bright spots about the ride home? Going home to see Millie and reaching 52.7 MPG in the Prius. Her name is now "Sparky" for those who care...