DC by land and sea

Saturday we went to the Smithsonian, starting with The Castle, which contains random historical items.

Like the American Idol judges table

And this bird eating tarantula

Then over to the National Museum of American History

I never had a cool lunch pail. Just a brown bag and Toughskins jeans.

Kermit

Puffy shirt

Hoods worn by conspirators in Lincoln's death. Creepy.

Lincoln bronze

Stuffed WW II dog

Our first choice of where to eat lunch was closed, so we ended up at this Caribbean joint: Naby's Island Restaurant.

Jerk chicken, rice, beans, and cabbage = delicious

Coming out of the Metro: Redis, Jina, Alena, and Kelly

On Sunday we took a Potomac river cruise on the Spirit of Washington.

The buffet was ok. Not my favorite meal of the trip.

It was good enough for Gary Coleman though.

Ship mates.

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Bumming a smoke

Unflattering jeans.

kiss

Sheneneh Jenkins

Marrakesh Mayhem

In Washington DC over the weekend on business. Friday night before our event we went to a Moroccan restaurant called Marrakesh.

Jina, Redis, and Kelly in front

Erin, Kelly, Jina, and I at our booth

Hand washing was a must, since our eating utensils were attached to our arms.

I took before and after shots of the 7 course meal.

Course #1: Cold salads of eggplant, carrot, and a cucumber-tomato-pepper mixture that I loved.

Course #2: A sweet phyllo dough pot pie of chicken and egg

Course #3: Whole chicken with potatoes and green olives.

Belly dancing intermission

Back to the food.
Course #4: Lamb with almonds. Having watched my share of cooking and travel shows, I took the chance to suck out the bone marrow. Not bad.

I was a little late on the draw with course #5: couscous with squash, carrots, garbanzo beans, and raisins. It was pretty before our fingers went to work.

Course #6: Fruit

Peppermint tea break. Wow was that good.

Course #7: Baklava. The best kind of lava really. "Hot Lava" from The B-52's coming in a close second.

Junell and I, one step away from a food coma.

Stay tuned for more trip photos.

Out and About in D.C.

This is my first trip with my new camera, the Sony DSC-T100 Cyber-Shot, with 8.1 mp. I did a lot of research beforehand, and so far it hasn't let me down.

Here are all the photos I took on an afternoon bus tour through D.C.

Where the House and Senate meet. The House flag was at half mast due to some member from Iowa passing away.

Korean War Memorial:

View of the Washington Monument from the Lincoln Memorial.

The Lincoln Memorial

Bridge over the Potomac river

Vietnam Memorial

North side of the White House

More photos I took the next day on a walkabout

Experimenting with a close up macro feature.