Colombian Dancers at Folk Life Festival

Morning Coffee Nook

My Coffee Nook

It is a fantastically cool Saturday in DC. The weather is, dare I say, almost fall like. The rare cool morning coupled with the suburban calm of NW DC inspired a longer run. I ran through the campus of American University and past the NBC DC affiliate where Meet the Press is filmed; our group is watching the filming next week. 

Today is a very relaxing day. We have a late brunch and then we head to the Folk Life Festival on the National Mall. 

"It is an educational presentation (by the Smithsonian) that features community-based cultural exemplars. Each year the  Festival typically draws more than one million visitors." 

This year the festival is highlighting the country of Columbia, the Peace Corps, and the music genre of "Rhythm and Blues". 

Link below

http://www.festival.si.edu/

After that SPS is hosting the annual, "Alumni Garden Party". I'm looking foreword to catching up with everyone. 

Btw, two weeks until Finland, Russia, and Germany!

Enjoy your Saturday everyone. 

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Working on Friday night

Bad news, I'm working on Friday night. Good news, my working night entails going to the Nationals v. Rockies games. Life is tough in the district.

The Preamble

An arty way to see the Preamble!

Happy Birthday Amuricah!

This is not a scene from the new transformers movie; there is clearly not a hot vacuous girl running around. It's just a photo from the Washington Times of spectacular fireworks show in DC. We watched the show from the roof of the STA. One of the best parts of that was watching the numerous other fireworks shows from cities and towns around the DC area in backdrop. Quite fun.

Hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th!