Zip it, rock it

Photo / Mar. 20, 2011



A couple of the metal sculptures along 17th St. presumably by the same artist, but maybe not.

Robin

Photo / Mar. 18, 2011


I don’t have the patience nor the telephoto lenses for nature photography, but this little guy was unfazed by my hanging out a few feet away, so I fired away. Lazy city birds.

Happy Saint Patrick’s day

Photo / Mar. 17, 2011


In honor of the Irish holy day of binge drinking, the White House staff has turned the fountain on the Pennsylvania Ave. side green!

Sunrise from the Ellipse

Photo / Mar. 15, 2011


This morning’s sunrise made my morning walk kinda awesome.

Signs of spring

Photo / Mar. 5, 2011


Buds on the tulip trees across from the White House are getting pretty big. Should only be a few more weeks before D.C. spring officially begins!

So long, Lindsay

Photo / Mar. 4, 2011


A shot from Lindsay, our now former researcher’s, going away party. If you didn’t know her you might think this is her looking sad and reflecting on good times at the Business Journal. But we know this is the face Lindsay makes when the person talking to her is full of shit.

Defenders of Wildlife

Photo / Mar. 2, 2011


This adorable statue in front of the Defenders of Wildlife building on 17th St. isn’t fooling me. I’ve seen movies — these things follow poor lost humans around the countryside until they’re is exhausted and then the wolves attack!

Mobile and shadows

Photo / Feb. 27, 2011


This is less than half of Alexander Calder’s mammoth mobile in the National Gallery of Art’s East Building. The thing is just breath-taking. Now the architecture of the East Building mostly ticks me off. The layouts of the galleries are often awkward, and finding the entrance to those galleries is about as easy as navigating a MC Esher painting come to life. But the atrium is another story; it is simply an astounding piece of work. One of the reasons why is the kaleidoscope patterns of light and shadows the faceted skylights create. Ever hour and every day the place becomes a whole new piece of art.