Playing Tourist in DC

October 23, 2009: We started at the Supreme Court:











































A picnic at the National Arboretum to see the bonsai:






































Suiseke (left) and chrysanthemum stone (right):









The old Capitol columns at the National Arboretum:


The National Gallery of Art:

Julia Child's kitchen at the Smithsonian:

A Day in Annapolis

Annapolis, MD, October 22, 2009: We started with breakfast pretzel rolls at the Pennsylvania Dutch Farmers' Market and proceeded to the tourist sites. The first stop was the Maryland State House, overseen by U.S. revolutionary hero Baron de Kalb (left) and U.S. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney (right):















The John Shaw flag in the rotunda and the 1988 replica of the 1788 Maryland Federalist:












The plaque on the floor of the old Senate chamber is where George Washington resigned his commission when the Continental Congress was meeting in the Maryland State House:
The new Senate and House chambers:









Those with photo IDs toured the U.S. Naval Academy while the cameraman stayed behind with those who travel without photo IDs:










We each ordered a crab cake sandwich for lunch at the Boatyard in Eastport:
Bench with a view AND with a notebook:














Our last stop was the restored Paca house and garden:
































View of Washington from the Air Force Memorial: