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Nickademus' New Spot Nik immediately found our luggage to be a wonderful platform. |
Jealus Nostradamus Damus just wanted the space that Nik had already found. |
Damus Leaves Guess what? He doesn't want to be there! And Randall's neck was not going to stand in his way... |
Caitte Looks for Nik Wherever may he be? |
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Nik-In-A-Bag If you look closely, you can see a happy little beast. |
Nik-in-a-Shirt He's a remarkably tolerant cat, that's all I'll say. |
The Angry Inch An interesting bar name in Adams Morgan. Beth and I were wandering around there after our zoo trip, in preparation of meeting a bunch of friends. |
So's Your Mom Another amusing bar name, though not as amusing. |
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Jon Jon moved out to DC about six months before this point; and I'm still happy we got to see him during this trip. (I was especially excited about trying out Ethiopian food, at his suggestion...) |
Paul One of Beckman's old sysadmins; I was kindof shocked to get to see him. |
R. My old co-worker. |
Vodka Bar After Ethiopian food, we all found a nifty vodka bar to hang out in... |
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Russia House Entrance The more astute of you may note that I don't generally drink. |
Russia House Sign Well, I actually *did* drink at this place, and I quite enjoyed it. |
Russia House Menu That's why we made sure to take lots of pictures of the location for posterity. |
Vodka List, I We tried five different straight vodkas that night - Altay, Business Class, Fabrege Arts, Jewel of Russia Classic, and Birch Buds. |
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Vodka List, II We also tried seven different mixed Vodkas - Honey Jalepeno, Mix Berry, Canteloupe, Horseradish, Blood Orange, Jalapeno, and Rowanberry |
Bonding over Fudge They couldn't talk me into joining them for the chocolate, though. Sad. |
Tim and Beth It's nice to occasionally get some pictures of the two of us... |
Uncle Tim and Aunt Judith We visited my Uncle Tim and Aunt Judith after visiting the Holocaust Museum. It was fun, even if we weren't in a very happy mood. |
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Beth and Tim, II It would probably have been better to find a quieter place to talk, too... but it was really good to see them after so long, and to introduce Beth to my namesake. |
More Cat In Shirt It's a running theme in Caitte's household, I guess. |
More Cat In Shirt, II Or at least it had better be a running theme, they *do* have claws... |
Hungry Damus He'd only just eaten, mind, but he's just so *hungry*! |
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Enjoying the Sleeping Situation Both Nik and Damus really enjoyed having somebody to sleep on during the night. Beth and I weren't going to complain, either. |
Checker's Beth was ecstatic to find her childhood favorite fast food out in DC; it had closed down in the Chicago area years ago. |
Sleeping Caitte I guess that Rent bored her. |
Damus' Seat I love the "this is mine" attitude of cats. |
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Maryam and Kaiser I had never met either of these two before this night. |
Maryam and Kaiser, II They used to go to UIUC; and I knew them onlin. But we had never actually run into each other. |
Thoughtful Paul Contempating the Indian food, I guess: |
Jon I'm glad he's doing so well in DC. |
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Sarah Jon's new girlfriend; we were sent with instructions to take pictures of her. |
Washington Monument Thus begins the tourist shots. |
Washington Monument, Wide I'm not sure which one I liked better; but I certainly took a lot more than this. |
Smithsonian Tower A close up of the tower on the Castle. |
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Caitte and Smithsonian Castle Look how tall Caitte is! |
Smithson Tomb Okay, I don't think his body is in there. |
Map of the Mall I rather liked this setup. I wish I had one like this. |
Sculpture Garden We didn't have time to hang out there, but I got a shot here and there. |
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:30 Seconds Left We were standing in the middle of an intersection, and I was amused that in one direction there were 30 seconds to cross... |
:12 Seconds Left ...and in the other there were 12 seconds. Okay, so I'm easily amused. |
Treasury Department |
White House This is as close as we were likely to get. |
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Meeting for Dinner Tapas, really. |
??? I wish I remembered his name. Somebody will remind me. He was a co-worker of Randall's. |
Claire I hadn't seen Claire since , years ago... hooray! |
Claire, II I think it's better without the flash. |
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Cat in Sweater Poor Kitty! |
Cat in Sweater, II He really doesn't look amused. |
Unhappy Kitty Neither of them looked amused, actually. |
Unhappy Kitty, II Beth really liked the whole situation, though. |
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Both Unhappy Cats Here they are, with their parents... how humiliating! |
Tim and the Unhappy Cat I was too wiped out from the day to try to save the poor beasts. |
NMAI National Museum of the American Indian; it was an interesting place |
NMAI Duck That's a real Native American Duck. |
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No Child Left Behind That's where the money for the program went. Too bad the rest of the country didn't get anything. |
SpaceShipOne I doubt I would have bothered to come to the Air and Space Museum if this hadn't been in it. Hooray, history! |
Breitling Orbiter 3 Gondola From the first flight around the world by balloon. |
Bell XP-59A Airacomet I really wish I hadn't run out of memory capicity around here, I would have gotten a lot more shots. |
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Space Jumper for Caitte In the gift shop, we got to see what kinds of clothes they had that fit my little sister. |
Panda Tim and Beth Aren't we adorable? |
Falling Clown Clowns are meant to fall. |
The Capitol From the Mall. It's a nifty looking building. |
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The Capitol - Closed for Maintenance I wish. |
Claire and Caitte We got together with Claite one last time before we left. |
Drunk-ish Caitte Caitte enjoyed the bar we hung out in a little much... |
Tim and Beth, III We're going back there at some point. |
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