Washington D.C. September 30, 2006
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Well, I’ve been in Washington D.C. for about a week now and so far, it’s been mostly work and vegging out. I’ve never been to The District before and despite some initial excitement about coming here, it took me a while to get into a headspace where I wanted to explore.
The other night, a new colleague of mine decided to come to the Park Hyatt Washington where I am staying, so we could go out for dinner and to explore a little. We went to this fantastic Indian restaurant called Taj of India. Afterwards, we decided to drive out to Capital Hill and see some of the buildings and structures we’d seen so many times on TV – The Capital Building, The Washington Monument, The Lincoln Memorial, The National World War II Memorial, etc. It was night time and dark but it was fun to explore and photograph (as you never “shoot” in D.C.) the various structures in the area.
Traveling September 29, 2006
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It seems I’ve been forgetting my blog again. I didn’t mean to. It’s just that I’ve been somewhat busy and somewhat lazy lately. Busy with work making me lazy to do my own things.
I started this trip to Washington D.C. on September 22, 2006 and am finally starting to really take the time to explore. It helps that I’ve had some free time and some colleagues (with cars!) nearby that I could go out and do things with. I know, I know. I could have taken the bus or the subway or some other method of public transportation. It just seemed like too much work and I’ve come to realize something early on this trip… I’m getting tired of traveling on my own. It’s been a couple of years now and I’ve seen some great places, eaten at some fabulous restaurants, and met some amazing people. Perhaps it’s time to spend more time at home and rebuild the relationships that I so value… and possibly establish some new ones.
Everybody Knows… A Little Place Like Kokomo September 4, 2006
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I can’t seem to get this friggin’ song out of my head, probably because I’m in Kokomo, Indiana. Unfortunately, this Kokomo is nothing like that of Beach Boys lore. There are no tiki torches, no steel drums, no piña coladas. No, this Kokomo is like any other ugly, side of the freeway, industry town in the United States. Very uninspired. So uninspired actually, that I have no motivation to even take a bleeping photo of it. Still, if you’ve done any road trip in the good ole US of A, you know what it looks like. As the song says… “Everybody knows…”
Addendum: The sky tonight was beautiful
