Jim, Tony, Per, Marita, Lill, Rick waiting for the streetcar.
What we did: Air and Space Museum, Museum Cafe, Hirshhorn Museum, National Museum of African American History, NASA Headquarters, MatchBox Pizza.
Everyone gathers their own breakfast from the cabinets and refrigerator full of food.
And then we were off! We took the free streetcar that takes you to Union Station.
The rest of the group walked from Union Station to the Air and Space Museum but I decided to ‘shepherd’ my steps from the start so Rick went with me in a Lyft. We got there before the others and my heart got stolen by the smells of a grilled hot dog. It wasn’t very good, I don’t need another one, but oh yes I was very happy to have this one.
Here’s the thing about our visit to the Air and Space Museum, most people’s favorite Smithsonian – more than half the exhibits were gone!
But they had a Millennium Falcon and other planes to admire.
I was going to take this guy’s tour but a few minutes in I saw there was a movie playing narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson about the Dark Universe so I decided to do that instead, cute as this guy was, the movie was in a theater with cushy seats.
Between Air and Space and the Hirshhorn was this thing that screamed my name. Stop! Look at me! Take my picture!!
sigh… and now on to the Hirshhorn Museum that we all adored and intend to visit again.
Oh goodie, two of my favorites! From their website: “Basquiat × Banksy is an exhibition of two major paintings, one by Jean-Michel Basquiat (b. Brooklyn, New York, 1960–1988) and the other by Banksy (anonymous; b. near Bristol, England). Placed in dialogue, Basquiat’s Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump (1982) and Banksy’s response, Banksquiat. Boy and Dog in Stop and Search (2018), reveal throughlines among street art, contemporary art, and the popular imagination.”
We just got stuck in this room which is why we missed so much. Laurie Anderson: Four Talks.
Only a buzz through the rest of the second floor.
And the entire third floor was dedicated to this guy where I could poke my head out of the elevator and go back down to meet the group on time.
Along the walk to our next destination.
The National Museum of African American History. Sure, you know, but it never hurts to be reminded, and important for those who don’t know. Let’s hope we don’t try to pretend otherwise.
I picked a couple easy images, and below is a woman I sat with for 30 minutes and we chatted about this and that, it was her birthday, it was lovely, and all this reminds me again and again how we did not overcome.
More walking.
From Tony: “Here at NASA Earth Information Center getting info from the Director of NASA Earth Satellite program, my friend Dr. Karen St. Germain.”
They call this the Immersive Room. It’s small but we could all fit in and get these shadow pictures. Interesting images are projected on all four walls, ceiling, and floor. We expressed all the ooows and aaahs.
Then we all went for dinner at MatchBox Pizza. The Pizza was fantastic. We all agreed, worth going out of your way.
Our waitress was a delight and took the above picture then she said sure take my picture too. Thank you sweetie!
