Phew!!! It's been less than a minute since my last post! I'm so pleased with myself:-)
On June 2nd, Bill and I went into DC for the 30th Annual Dupont-Kalorama Walk Weekend.
www.dkmuseums.org
Apparently once a year, the 9 museums in the consortium offer free admission. As you can imagine, there were tons of folks visiting these places. I'm guessing that many of them like us had never been there before.
We got to see the:
Woodrow Wilson House
www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org which is DC's only presidential museum.
Textile Museum
www.textilemuseum.org including lots of kids activities like sheep shearing and showing how yarn is made as well as amazing textiles from all over the world.
Phillips Collection
www.phillipscollection.org with modern and contemporary American and European art in a spectactular building.
Fondo Del Sol
www.fondodelsol.org which is a nonprofit bilingual, community-based museum composed of artists, filmmakers, and educators who share a common dedication to the art and cultural heritage of the people of the Americas and the great American Diaspora.
Anderson House - The Society of the Cincinnati
www.societyofthecincinnati.org the winter home of American diplomat Larz Anderson and his wife Isabel, an author and benefactress. We were told that this home was built for entertaining and it was over the top spectacular!
Since then, I've made a couple of new friends, found a new chiropractor, starting working out again and lots done lots of walking.
Yesterday, we went to church and the church picnic! Lots of great food and dancing.
Some of the wilder dancers!!!!!Shelly, Lana, Talli and Jocelyn
That afternoon, we took the Metro downtown for a mix of activities. We viewed the One Million Bones exhibit on the mall.
www.onemillionbones.org
These are artwork bones made by students, educators, artists and activists. They are designed and displayed to raise awareness of ongoing genocide and mass atrocities. As you can imagine, it was powerful and difficult to take in and a great way to bring attention to global acts of violence.
It was Gay Pride weekend so we wandered through the crowds of people and booths and music rejoicing that there are now Gay Pride events and remembering times in the not too distant past when this would not have been possible without huge risk of arrest and physical harm.
We then stopped into the National Gallery of Art which was a welcome relief from the sun and heat.
www.nga.gov And we also saw some of the amazing art collections!
Our final stop after returning to Silver Spring was ice cream at Moorenko's which is close by and great ice cream!
More to come,
Cappy
