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 . . .

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[larryhammer]

Oh have fun. Just about every Smithsonian building is worth a day dedicated to itself, and each wing of the National Gallery.

I spent the summers when I was old enough to take the Metro downtown alone but not old enough to work haunting the Mall.

---L.

[sovay]

I spent the summers when I was old enough to take the Metro downtown alone but not old enough to work haunting the Mall.

Nice. I don't think I've been to the Smithsonian since early in college, and before that since a middle-school class trip. I have incredibly fond memories of their exhibit on ancient seas, though.

[larryhammer]

I have incredibly fond memories of their exhibit on ancient seas, though.

That's because it's a most excellent exhibit. I seriously imprinted on Devonian fishes, when I was 14.

---L.