Washington, DC

I have visited this town 30-40 times in my life, but still get

goose-bumps seeing the great national sights...

Ditto

Telling it like it is; at the Newseum with

Rachel

The Unabomber's cabin, at the Newseum,

a little Montana home touch

Rachel and Will check out the oysters at the seafood

market; Will shucked, expertly, while Rachel and I

fixed the traditional shellfish bouillebaise; perfect hosts,

they even had a bottle of Bombay waiting for me in the

freezer; Peter is the largest house-cat I have ever seen,

but gentle and very friendly

The Capitol Dome; it's been--what?--days since we have

seen an apotheosis, and so the apotheosis of George

Washington was a particularly welcome sight; seriously,

I have seen my share of museums, galleries, and visitor

centers in the past 18 months, but the new US Capitol

Visitor Center was particularly impressive; damn, I was proud...