Last Days in DC

Another fantastic summer in DC. From visiting family and friends to the faculty and students of SPS the summer of 2010 in DC could not have gone any better. Although the weather was a bit hot, OK it was a scorcher, it was still a fantastic learning experience, a great deal of fun, and always and adventure.

The hallway of St. Albans

Each summer I think that there can't possibly be a museum or sight that I have not seen in DC and each summer I am humbled yet again. This summer on one of my last full days in town, Norm and Virginia took me to the National Building Museum. So much cool history of the buildings of DC and this history of how the District was built. Fascinating stuff!!!

Above is a photo of the National Mall. Notice the buildings on both sides of the reflection pool near the Washington Monument and where the World War II Memorial is currently located. The "temporary" buildings where put up during the Great War (World War I) and then taken down after World War II.




Left is a photo of a photo of the inscription near the entrance of Founder's Library on the campus of Howard University. I thought the quote was awesome!

Remarkably I have several Godchildren. No need to go into detail, just odd especially considering that the people who have chosen me for this honor know me well. This is a photo of Drew, son of a friend from high school days. Drew and his family met me after mass at Holy Trinity in Georgetown on my last full day in DC. Drew was playing with his Dad's Blackberry. Could he be a future policy wonk in DC? Luckily we met before the torrential downpour later that day. It was very wet, very, very wet.

This Drew after brunch, a walk through Georgetown, some ice cream at Thomas Sweet's, and a visit to a toy store.

He is racked out!!!