Showing posts with label national mall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label national mall. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

gardens of the smithsonian castle


the other day i met some friends downtown to check out the brian jungen exhibit at the national museum of the american indian, which none of us had been to yet.  the three previous days were over a 100°, but this day was a gorgeous 89° with low humidity and a nice breeze.
we took metro to the smithsonian stop so we had to walk a few blocks to our destination, but it was a lovely stroll on the national mall! the plantings at the smithsonian castle were a major highlight! 

 beautiful color combinations ...petunias with roses...coleus edgings ...old time-y blooms like four o'clocks...
every thing was just sparkling.
the water feature in front of the american indian museum was quite cooling!
the exhibit at the museum was wild...and inspiring.


we absorbed the entire experience-along with a few ginger martinis-at hotel monaco:
sweet ending!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

draconids meteor shower

well tonight is date night for the mister and me: the first official one! one of the things we are doing is going to the national mall to lay flat on our backs to watch the draconids meteor shower which peaks tonight and tomorrow night. strong winds gusting up to 45mph have cleared our skies: they should diminish once the sun goes down, and its not so cold here. cant wait!