So if you go to Washington, its buildings clean and nice

[sovay]

Tomorrow and for the rest of this week, I'll be in Washington, D.C. with my family: we are attempting a vacation. If I'm lucky, this means that I'll spend days on end in the Smithsonian. (And if your name is strange_selkie, I should have your phone number.) There may be photographs. Mostly, there should be natural history and air conditioning. These are two things I value greatly right now. And now excuse me while I pack a lot of books: we're driving . . .

Comments

[kythiaranos.livejournal.com]

I love the Smithsonian! Especially the hall of gems in the Museum of Natural History. And the fossils. And the spaceships at the Air and Space Museum. And . . . And . . . :-)

[sovay]

Especially the hall of gems in the Museum of Natural History.

We have a distantly related gem there: taaffeite. It's sort of insanely rare.

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

I have read quiz results that were less accurate than that description of taaffeite: how very cool!

Enjoy your vacation.