March 31, 2004
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We left Paradise to make our way to DC via the Detroit airport and a couple other stops. First stop was to get gas in St Ignace where I saw this.
26 Things item: layered
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We left Paradise to make our way to DC via the Detroit airport and a couple other stops. First stop was to get gas in St Ignace where I saw this.
Padlocked
One of the first things I notice in a new city is the fire hydrants. This in in Washington DC, on the George Washington University campus.
26 Things item: new old
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Scavenger Acrobat
How does he do that? Feet that bend backward? I don't know, but he scored a piece of orange.
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The nearly complete World War II Memorial.
Nonreflective
I was disappointed the reflecting pool was empty. Well, I guess it wasn't completely empty with us tourists walking through it.
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Feild Trip
I spent my first day in DC wandering around the tourist sites while Donovan had his first day of programming at Pycon. Sometimes I like to explore alone, besides, when you're in a tourist area, you're not really alone anyway.
26 Things item: famous
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Black Helicopter
This helicopter came from the white house area and hovered over the construction site of the new WWII memorial. I wondered if Bush was inside. I've never liked these machines much, there's something scary about them.
26 Things item: intimidating
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The Dark House
This most famous of houses, is warmly lit at night, but full of some cold blooded people.
26 Things item: cold
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Arlington Cemetary
I submited a cropped version of this to the 
The amphitheatre in Arlington Cemetery.
Leopard Print
After walking back from the Arlington Cemetary, over the river, I saw this on the ground and for some reason took a photo. It must have been in anticipation of the Phototime Tuesday theme: discarded
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Mike
This is Mike, the first person I've met in real life after first meeting online. After spending much of the week wandering around with him, he and his camera became a familiar sight.
26 Things item: familiar
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A team of Ultimate Frisbee players practice in the ellipse.
This is the Daughters of the Revolution building.
Drake
After lunch with Mike, he had to go to class but sent me off to feed his leftover roll to the ducks.
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Habit Area
The restaurants and bars in DC were too smoky for a Californian girl like me. I think people should smoke outside. And that's coming from a 10 year veteran smoker.
(I don't usually put altered images here, this is an exception)
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Last Fence Post
This guy was across the street from the building Donovan's conference was in at George Washington University. He has the difficult job of holding the end of the chain in his mouth.
26 Things item: the end
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Zack, Donovan, and Bob
Donovan with his friends while we wait for the metro to go eat. This Pycon, Donovan met Zack for the first time in real life, he met Bob at Pycon last year. The internet gives these guys a way to talk and work on projects together without ever seeing each other.26 Things item: community
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Stretch
While waiting for Mike in front of the Asylum in Adams Morgan, this stretch SUV drove by. I think those things are dumb.26 Things item: oversized
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Mike, Maris, and Andrew
My last day in DC I met up with Mike and a couple of his friends. We went to two museums and the arboretum in the "Mall". I probably could have spent the entire week just in museums and still not have seen everything.
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Jungle
The arboretum had this cool jungle room. That's Mike up there taking photos of us down here....
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Passion Flower
The arboretum had many lovely and strange flowers.
Theme Thursday, in collaboration with A Thousand Beautiful Things, theme: beautiful things
Also shown on A Thousand Beautiful Things.
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In the Mall.George
Couldn't leave DC without taking a shot of cherry blossoms and George Washington's bust at GWU.
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Futons
Dragon's Lair Futons, in Ann Arbor.26 Things item: culture... there's not a lot of culture in Michigan but this place even has a dragon along the roof! Yes, that's a dragon.
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Downtown Ann Arbor.UofM
Donovan in front of the University of Michigan Library. He went to school here, for a short time, and wanted to see the campus again.26 Things item: contemplation
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DDR Extreme
Donovan and Jay dance at Pinball Pete's in Ann Arbor.
26 Things item: movement
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Pinball
Donovan plays Lord of the Rings pinball at the movie theater arcade while we waited to see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with Jay and his wife Cathy in Ann Arbor. Notice the score on the air-hockey table. The answer to The Question.26 Things item: energy... arcades must use a lot of it.
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Ari & Gypsy
Back in Midland at Donovan's dad's house where Gypsy was staying while we were away. She was happy to snuggle again. (Photo taken by Donovan)
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Suburbia
Evidence we are back in suburbia.
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car (22), mall (1), michigan (60), shop-window (6), snow (30), suburbs (1)
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