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Souvenir Photo Sunday: Ground

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Laura

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Souvenir Photo Saturday: Poison

Posted on April 20, 2024 by Laura

Seriously, what’s a word for “Throwback Thursday” that can be used on a Saturday or Sunday?

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happy holidAIs

Posted on December 10, 2023 by Laura

I have been having too much fun with Microsoft Bing’s AI-powered Image Creator. Here are a few holiday messages from this blog: And holiday messages from Kalmia: Variations of cat museums, museums for cats, and cats going to the museum: … Continue reading →

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Everyone Has a Song: The Nields

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Laura

I have written about the Nields before (for example, here); I am a little obsessed with the folk-rock sometimes-full-band, sometimes-duo fronted by sisters Nerissa (born 1967) and Katryna (born 1969) Nields. Here they are performing at Jammin’ Java in Vienna, … Continue reading →

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Giant Hands Around the World

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Laura

My most recent blog post touched on some giant hand sculptures (see what I did there?). Here are some other giant hands I’ve encountered, in the DMV as well as in my travels elsewhere: At the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) … Continue reading →

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A Visit to Freedom House Museum

Posted on August 13, 2022 by Laura

I recently wrote a post on the National Museum of African American History and Culture, in which the history of slavery fills a major part of the timeline in what appear to serve as the museum’s history galleries. The themes … Continue reading →

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The Restroom No Longer Running in Huntingon

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Laura

The Huntington Metro station is a terminus, all the way at the end of its line and largely residential. It is not the Metro one would use to get to any museum of which I am aware. Its claim to … Continue reading →

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Tributes to the Hour of Eisenhower

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Laura

The Eisenhower Avenue Metro stop is very close to the King Street-Old Town stop and is close to a movie theater and a few chain restaurants. It is also near, as its name suggests, a street called Eisenhower Avenue, named … Continue reading →

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Rumors Around King Street-Old Town

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Laura

History is everywhere near the King Street-Old Town Metro. Five of my Weekly Museum visit locations were near this Metro station (the Lyceum, Christ Church, and Friendship Firehouse Museum in a single day, written about here; the George Washington Masonic … Continue reading →

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What History Showed at Braddock Road

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Laura

Braddock Road is sort of a quieter sister to King Street-Old Town, which is full of the bustle of shops and restaurants and the cadence of an actively preserved history. However, the Braddock Road Metro is closer than the King … Continue reading →

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