Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery
Daniel Givens and I
"Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle)", Wassily Kandinsky
"Woman With A Parasol (Madame Monet & Child)", Claude Monet
This past week was great and a lot went on! I definitely dont waste much time here in the city.
Monday after work I took my Mac into the Apple store to get looked at, as it's had problems since November and now since i'm forced to have 2 accounts it is literally out of space (minor problem!!). Basically, i have to wipe out my entire computer and start over again- thankfully i have a backup harddrive and will do this as soon as i get home. im just glad to have an answer as to how to fix it after many an hour spent in the Apple store. i LOVE my mac but have been issue ridden with it for awhile.
Wednesday i met Maria and her big Kelley in Bethesda for dinner. We went to a really wonderful Malaysian restaurant called Penang and i had a really yummy dish that i didnt really know what i was eating- but that was ok because it was really tasty! After that we wandered around Bethesda for a bit and then went home- it takes about an hour on the metro to get to pentagon city from bethesda so i had to get home.
Thursday was amazing- I got to leave work at 1 and go to CNN for a tour with the VIEW group. It. was. so. cool. i think the tour would have been great regardless, since a really prominent CNN producer {Vandy Alum} gave us the tour. However, we got lucky and were there the day that the news broke about the oil spill potentially being capped. Therefore, the whole place was buzzing and scrambling to change their entire evening programming. Not only did we get to sit in on both main control rooms, we got to stand on set next to Wolf Blitzer while he was live on air for The Situation Room. We were introduced to Wolf, the two experts (former congress members) on the show and many other prominent people. it was truly amazing and made me want to reconsider going into media for a career. I have missed being in a fast paced environment!
After the tour we went to a bar/pub for dinner with the group and then went home. Friday I was 'sick' to work (hey, i'm unpaid after all and had a legitimate excuse) and went with Jill, Katelyn, Gheremey, Rohan, and Courtney to the Arlington Federal Court House. It's easily the nicest courthouse in the country and we got to go because Jill & Gheremey's mentor is amazing. He's a lawyer and really cares about us having a great DC experience, so we got to sit in on 3 actual trials that were really fascinating. He then took us all out to lunch and disccues grad school with us, amongst many other things. It was a really fun morning. In the afternoon, Katelyn, Rohan and I went to Arlington National Cemetery. I remembered it really well from the last time I visited but it was still so impressive. We saw the Kennedy grave site (now with the addition of Ted Kennedy), the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (and we saw the changing of the guard!), and Robert E. Lee's house. The view from the top of the hill where Lee's house is is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. We got to tour the whole house and it was a really great afternoon- if not meltingly hot.
That night we went to the grocery and then Katelyn, Jill, Matthew, Rohan and I went to Urban Thai and had Thai food (after my food poisoning incident some weeks ago i was just ready to have it again) which was yummy, and then we came back to our place and baked cookies and watched Wedding Crashers. I was definitely exhausted after a long day but it was a lot of fun and definitely worth it.
Saturday we were supposed to have a VIEW service project but that turned into a bit of a debacle...but that's an entirely different story. katelyn was with her mom for the day and Jill and I went to the rooftop pool and laid out for awhile. I got a lot of my book read (currently reading The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand) and got to talk to Laura on the phone!! Then Jill and I watched The Hangover and hung out for a bit. That night, Daniel Givens came over (he was in town for the weekend) as did Maria, and we all went to Hawk & Dove, which is a really popular bar/club near the Captiol for interns and people our age. It was a fun night and it was great to see Daniel and Maria.
Yesterday I spent about 6 hours in the National Gallery of Art and i have to say i cant remember when i've been happier. I went to a (free!) lecture entitled, "Kindred Spirits: Rothko & Kandinsky" on Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko and the much earlier Kandinsky. It was really fascinating and so cool that it was free and so available to the public. The gallery was nothing short of incredible and i could easily spend DAYS there. I was basically blissfully happy. Then i went back and the 3 girls (katie was out of town for a wedding this weekend) cooked burgers, green beans, fries and corn on the cob and had gheremey over for dinner. it was a really nice time and then we all watched True Blood together- our favorite show!
Now, time for week 7 at work. hard to believe its all almost over!
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