… I’d like to wish a very special birthday to Zach, who is not only our special friend, but also a devout follower of Juxtaexposed on the blogosphere and especially double-posting days. Welcome to 1/4 century, my friend! Please leave him some love in the comments, or any advice you may have about turning the big 2-5.
The road to Super Bowl 44 begins today at Redskins training camp , Day 1. Soon it will be time to dust off the Cooley jersey!
This brick wall in Kalorama reminds me of “The Secret Garden” movie I always used to watch when I was younger. Man I loved that movie !
the gilded age, originally uploaded by m hoek.
There is a church on M St NW just past the Convention Center that always caught my eye due to its large golden dome. Turns out that this church is the United House of Prayer for All People of the Church on the Rock of the Apostolic Faith. Now that is quite a mouthful. It also goes by a (slightly) abbreviated name of United House of Prayer for All People.
According to the always reliable wikipedia entry, this church has a bit of an interesting history. It has an estimated 1.5MM members, is known for its “shout bands”, and was founded by a gentleman named Pastor Grace in 1919. Pastor Grace’s nickname was “Sweet Daddy”, which I think is just a fantastic nickname for a religious leader. He also, allegedly, made this proclamation basically claiming that he himself was god: “Salvation is by Grace only. Grace has given God a vacation, and since He is on vacation, don’t worry about Him. If you sin against God, Grace can save you, but if you sin against Grace, God cannot save you.”
So….the point is: I like the gold dome and Pastor Grace sounds a bit crazy.
Its been tough getting back into the swing of things at home after a week in the great Alaskan wilderness, but I figured it was time to get on with pictures from DC, and hopefully I can get around to the full Alaska gallery later today.
So today’s photo is of Logan Circle, in Northwest DC. It’s 6 blocks to the east of Dupont Circle, and is on the National Register of Historic Places since 1972. It was originally called Iowa Circle (Matt will like that) up until 1930, when Congress voted to rename it. US Senator from Illinois and Union Civil War general John A. Logan stands memorialized, with his horse of course, at the center of the circle. More interesting tidbits: Logan was unsuccessful in his bid for VP of the United States in 1884 alongside James G. Blaine. There is another equestrian statue of him in Grant Park in Chicago.
OMG live-blogging here from the train. We are on our way from Whittier to Anchorage and finally got to post a picture from Denali National Park taken a few days ago. Some interesting and beautiful scenery passing by the windows of the train right now and trying to capture all of it on film just doesn’t do it justice. Such is the story of this trip and Alaska itself really. Too grand to encapsulate in just a photo. Well, between having a sunny clear day to see the mountain (as only 30% of visitors actually see it) , landing on a glacier at 7000 feet, white water rafting down some class 3 and 4 rapids, seeing sea lions and boating right up to a crystal blue glacier, and no bear or wolf attacks, this had made for one helluva trip and a 26th birthday I will never forget. More pics soon to come!
Tomorrow morning we finally fly out to Anchorage, by way of Seattle, to visit my brother and Kristy!! We’ve all been anxiously waiting and tracking the progress of their new house. All the latest photos are on their website, Wild Wasilewski . We have a packed itinerary, including time in Denali, Seward, and where ever else the wind, I mean RV, takes us.
I’ll try to do some blogging from the road, but, as the AT&T customer service rep informed me on the phone yesterday, “Miss Lori, there are some places in Alaska that will not receive cell reception.” Yes, thank you. Six minutes on hold was worth finding that out.
See you all next week!
Well, Artomatic is more than a week over and Matt is officially de-installed as of this weekend. Having sold two framed photos and traded a few others, plus a notebook full of amazing comments, visits from parents and lots of friends, I’d say his exhibit “Whitewashed” was a smashing success! …And now we have to wait another year to see the Peeps again! Next time around I’m definitely going to get my act together and submit a diorama.
Its 10 days shy of the 6th month anniversary of Obama’s inauguration but I figured I’d remind everyone what give or take a bazillion folks looked like. I tried to do a little Googleing to see what the accurate number was and am getting estimates anywhere from 800K to 3MM, soooo a bazillion sounds about right. Happy Friday!
This is why we love the Dupont Circle farmers market.
The House of the Temple is the headquarters of Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite of Freemasons. It is a very impressive (and imposing)structure located on 16th Street in Northwest DC. Modeled after the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, it was completed in 1915 and designed by Architect John Russell Pope. Pope was a prolific and important Architect around Washington DC, designing such notable structures as the National Archives, Constitution Hall, the National Gallery of Art, and the Jefferson Memorial. The House of the Temple was Pope’s first major commission in the District and served to cement his name in the city’s rich architectural heritage.
The building is open for free tours but as these are available in the middle of the work day I’ll have to settle for the virtual tour. A very intriguing building and secret(ish) society.
Hip hip hooray, this photo won me DCist photo of the day! It’s really the little things yah know. Though the photo, or rather my recklessness in taking the photo, did garner a bit of hating in the comments. C’mon, I’m coasting to a red light, in a bike lane and taking the photo with a point and click film camera w/o looking through the view finder. No more reckless than talking on the cell phone while driving or blindly walking into intersections while in an ipod trance which it seems most everyone is guilty of.
Regardless it is always fun to see my photos up on a blog outside of Juxta or my flickr page.
This photo was taken with my plastic toy Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim 35mm camera.
We watched the fireworks on Saturday night from Meridian Hill Park, but unfortunately didn’t snag as good of a view as this guy.
The backyard
The meat flag!
America! cake
Sparklers!
Hope everyone had a happy and festive 4th of July!
A new bike rack was installed (somewhat) recently at the Dupont South metro station. It is a pretty clever design saying “bike here” through the design of the rack. It looks functional enough but might be a little awkward. While I am certainly a proponent of more bike racks and particularly attractive ones the main function of the rack — a secure, accessible location to lock up your bike — needs to not be overlooked for art and aesthetics sake. The Dupont “bike here” rack achieves this balance much more than some I’ve seen.
Artomatic ends this Saturday! If you haven’t checked it out yet, go go go! Look for Matt’s wall on the 9th floor. 55 M Street, SE.
ps happy july!
