Today I ventured out to the Museum of American History for a bit, but only toured a few of the exhibits. Call me unpatriotic, but there is such a wealth of material in that building that it's a little nauseating. Let's throw an entire locomotive, fifteen antique generators (each one about the size of my desk), another fifteen colossol factory machines, and a gazillion showcased lightbulbs in a room and call it an exhibit of American enginuity. Oof. I did enjoy the Scurlock Studio exhibit, however, and found the photographs of 'black Washington' to be enlightening and very well done. But the COOLEST exhibit I ran across was the Jazz exhibit, featuring the work of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Original transcriptions of Caravan and "A" Train !!! Made my day :)
Apart from seeing President Obama putter home in a helicopter, not much else went down today...BUT, stay tuned, this week promises to be a wild one!
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