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[wildflowersoul]

OMG. DC feels like a hot wet wool blanket.It is seriously gross, I think I will take our winters if it means being able to function in the summer without sweating gallons. Which is too bad, as I have always entertained the idea that someday we might move to DC, given that all my dream jobs are here, unattainable as they may be (White House librarian, Congressional research office researcher, librarian for a congressional committee...).

Last night I grabbed dinner (sangria and pizza!) with my sister in law, and then we walked around the city-- I finally saw the White House up close!

Today I have a packed schedule, including a "lunch meeting" with my catalog vendor, who is not actually providing lunch because they suck that bad. Now time to learn about web 2.0!

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[tenillypo.livejournal.com]

It's pretty muggy here too, unfortunately.

Your vendor is a total cheap ass!

[wildflowersoul.livejournal.com]

They are! And their catalog suxxors anyway.

[timepiece]

You get used to it - I went to college in DC. Though I have to admit, when I went to ALA there a couple of years ago, it was pretty bad.

Go visit my favorite unknown monument - Einstein! There's a statue of him behind the National Academy of Sciences that's big enough you can sit on his lap for a picture. And the dais has a star map. Hard to see from the street, so almost no one knows about it.

http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ABOUT_building_einstein_memorial

[wildflowersoul.livejournal.com]

Neat! I will consult the map to see if I can make there without melting. =)

[timepiece]

It's right on the mall, north side, at the Lincoln Memorial end. I used to walk there from the GW campus.

here you go

[timepiece]

So, any pictures on Einstein's lap, or did you skip it?

[wildflowersoul.livejournal.com]

I didn't venture that far away from the hotel/convention center, I couldn't bear to be farther than a 10 minute walk from air conditioning. That was some brutal humidity. Next time, for sure!