Sunday continued...

Anica's apartment; there's even room to swing a cat. Juno!




A room with a view. In the distance you can see the National Cathedral. At night it stays lit until 1:00 a.m.


After visiting the WWII Memorial (see previous post), we walked past the 58,226 names of vets killed in Vietnam inscribed into the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial.


Then after visiting the Lincoln Memorial we made our way along the Mall to the Korean War Veteran's Memorial which is represented by 19 service men clad in weather-proof ponchos.


From there we headed out to make a round of the Basin. A couple of months ago it would have been awash with color from the blooming cherry trees, but it was still beautiful and tranquil and gave us a great view of the Jefferson Memorial which we stopped into after hiking through the Roosevelt Memorial (see previous post).


After this long trek we were craving a big, bad burger. So we decided to head back up 14th towards the Washington Hotel to dine on their rooftop terrace. We passed the Holocaust Memorial Museum on the way and regrettably didn't stop, but did get a shot of Joel Shapiro's sculpture, Loss and Regeneration. Joel has an untitled "guy" in the MFAH's Sculpture Garden.


Walking back from the Mall tour, we stopped off at the National Geographic Society HQ, unfortunately the building was closed but I got these shots of the courtyard...


Including this 1984 environmental sculpture, Marabar, by Elyn Zimmerman. Hmm, I wonder if she's any relation to Robert...


These whimsical life-size animals are dotted around the courtyard.



We made a slight detour to check out Meridian Hill Park, aka Malcolm X Park. There is a beautiful fountain that flows down the tiers shown above, but like a lot of water features in DC, this one was also not running during my visit. This park was extremely active; it's surrounded by housing which encourages gatherings like the impromptu drum jam that was going on as we walked through.


These Zipcars are located around the city for anyone to rent for about $9 per hour. The concept was born in 1999, inspired by a similar idea found in Germany. The hourly rate includes rental, insurance and gas. For a city that is short on parking, this is a great alternative to living with the hassles of car-ownership.