A friend from work recently invited me to a Mat Kearney concert at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. I'd never seen him before (he's talented! was fantastic live); or been to that venue. It was such a unique place for a show. Here's a view from the balcony. We were almost behind the speakers, but I found the view was kind of like seeing the kitchen of a restaurant. You got a cool sense of how they were easing into the show, could see the instruments closely, etc. I'd love to go back there again sometime.
Over Memorial Day weekend we took a ride around the monuments at night - gorgeous! Just wanted to posted a few.
Outside of Philadelphia Ryan and I always used to pass these newspaper boxes and I found them fascinating. I was inspired by one of my favorite blogs, Sweet Juniper, where among witty posts and commentary on Detroit and life in general, James Griffioen has photographed a tragic and breathtaking series on feral Detroit and the many feral houses in its urban wilderness. Check them out if you have a chance.
Before I moved I was sure we stopped to snap a few pictures of these feral newspaper boxes.
I have a lot of cities I consider to be "my kind of town" but in this case, I mean Chicago. I had a recent business trip to Chicago that gave me a lot of time to catch up with Ashley, a close friend from high school. Ashley showed me around the town. It was definitely chilly for April, but we had a wonderful time. Here's a little taste of the weekend:
After helping Ryan apartment hunt a few weeks ago, we took a walk down to the national mall to check out the cherry blossoms. It was Saturday March 27th, which, as the first day of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, was technically a week before the cherry blossoms were at their "peak" this year, but they were still beautiful.... and we had a chance to check out the kite festival.
Kite Festival
A few months ago (I know I've been slow to post) I was jogging up from Rock Creek Park and noticed someone had painted the word DEPRESSION in perfect "way more than microsoft word calculates" point white font on a huge brick wall above sherry's wine at Connecticut and Calvert. It was one of those experiences where I wasn't sure whether it was new, or whether I had seen it many times and only internalized it just this once.
I have a feeling I'll continue to expand this post as I take photos of Ryan's move, but a champagne toast in Philly a few weeks ago was a pretty good start. He just moved on Wednesday April 14 and is starting his new job at The Hartford today!
I thought this "catch all" category might be a good way to share some cool pictures that are older but I thought people might want to be able to download if possible. I'll update periodically if I come across a classic!
sorry for the long delay in my posts. i just recently got internet and finally it's easy to make updates. this weekend tara (fondly known as t-bomb to those who know her) came down for a visit. it was great just to spend time together catching up. it was a mostly rainy weekend that involved some great wine on friday night, and a busy Saturday touring around DC. we made it to the Newseum on Saturday for a little culture, here's a photo of us at the Newseum, with one of the best views of the capitol in the background (even with the fog and rain! taken with my Storm, I of course forgot the camera).
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