From Abby's graduation party this summer-- is that really what chicken breasts look like, mom?

Thank you, Aimee, for the best drunk dial ever!!

Love,

PinkDuck

Happy pi day!

And finally... the Bush-Rove Lair.

Fingers crossed for a better occupant in 2008!

Crappy picture of Pennsylvania Ave-- the 1600 block is no longer a real street that you can drive on, so 1700 was as close as I could get.

Shifty walk-- entering the Do Not Enter on Pennsylvania Ave!!

(Same shifty walk also appropriate for creeping past scary homeless people and jaywalking in our Nation's Capital.)

Ummm... ok.

Ironically located next to the FDIC and across the street from the Federal Executive Offices Building. The elegant settings within certainly reflect "thriftiness" to me. Sigh...

The Octagon-- the house where James and Dolly Madison lived after the White House was burned down, now an architectural museum.

After taking this picture, Stephanie and I entered The Octagon and fought to the death. Obviously, I was the winner.

Spring is here!!! It's been sunny and in the 70s... plus, there are flowers everywhere!!

Unknown building with cool eagle on top... whatever it is, it's important, lots of security! (Plus the lights from the traffic look pretty cool.)

The most boring place to work in the world... or a cover for a secret assasin organization? You decide.

The General Services Administration Bureau... faithfully administering general services to the United States of America.

Monument to nurses.

The Lincoln.

For Adriane and all you Railsplitters out there.

The Jefferson from across the tidal basin...

too lazy to walk any closer, there's no metro stop around there.

Thanks for the warning!

Future cherry blossoms!!

The Washington Monument in the Tidal Basin...

and in the Reflecting pool.
(It was pretty windy.)

The World War II Memorial...

The only memorial on which the current president has ever slapped his name:

That's just tacky, W... tacky.

Scary ground lighting around the memorial!!

The bathroom at the World War II Memorial...

Gets microbiologist Stephanie's approval:

The Washington Monument

Steph's shoe comes untied at the Washington... yes, this is the natural way to tie it...

The goal was to look as though I was holding the monument... but I just look like Vanna.

A tourist offered to take our picture in exhange for information about the nearest bathroom-- apparently she really had to pee and couldn't stop wiggling.

Big presentation on this paper next week in Models of Emerging Infectious Disease!!!

My new orange tree-- which actually has a few small oranges on it!! Thanks, Dad!!

Brand new ivy...

And a new spikey plant to replace my one that died.

R.I.P. Special Purple Plant from the Writing Center :(

half off valentine's day lights at Target-- but we like hearts all year round!!

Coming Soon: The Monuments at Night