A Peek at the Poulsens

We went here as basically an afterthought - it is diagonal to the White House and looks like a fancy big Victorian house, but it's built just to be an art museum and it's free and it's awesome! GREAT call, Ananda! This was the first room we saw - it's at the top of the stairs and you walk in and everyone is laying on the ground, so obviously that's what you do too. It felt so juvenile and lovely. Then we went into a room that used wood chips to make this sculpture: Next, a room of marbles: Across the hall, to a sculpture made of rubber tires:  ...I guess we didn't take a picture of the room at large, it was probably the least cool Then.....a room with real (dead) bugs pinned to the walls. It was terrifying and interesting and weird. Most of the bugs were unbelievably large, like nightmarish! Austin would have fainted. We went down stairs then, past a sparkly light fixture and an awesome chandelier,...

We flew into Reagan International late Monday night, then took cabs to our respective locations (Birdsalls at the Marriot downtown and me to the Cleveland Park neighborhood). I had to contain myself from squealing with glee the whole ride through D.C. - I LOVE THIS CITY. So wonderful!  leg room on the first flight and reading with friends on the second flight   watching the very end of the NCAA tournament (Villanova won, grr) and I SEE A MONUMENT We had a glorious reunion at Ananda's perfectly snug and classy apartment, reminiscent of all our previous reunions (hugging, laughing, squealing, then getting right back in the swing of things). We stayed up too late talking and then finally passed out, trying to get some rest before our day of playing tourist.  together again!  aren't Ananda and Christian the cutest? and this is the street they live on. isn't it fabulous!? Ananda made us a delicious breakfast (complete with a dusting of...