dc.

so i went to washington dc with my family this spring break. overall i really liked it, i kind of reminded me of new york if new york had all the trash sucked out of it and the shopping was replaced with u.s. history.

we did all the touristy stuff from visiting the smithsonian museums (something that i actually really enjoy doing...shocker, i know) to the capitol building (where i was informed by my 7 year old sister that i was getting in the way of her hitting on the tour guide) to the vietnam wall (i never imagined how sad strangers' names etched on marble could be) to all of the monuments. (unfortunately we did not get to go to the white house easter egg roll so i cannot gloat about meeting the jonas brothers to everyone back here who actually cares) but anyway, i was definitely struck by just the sheer volume of history in this small city. almost anything that means anything to the united states is there. but even more than that i was shocked at how pretty it was, especially since most of the buildings are at least 100 years old. i have never been exposed to buildings so ornate and detailed that they took my breath away. and as much as i tried i could not fully capture that feeling on film, otherwise i would put the pictures up to prove my point. i guess it makes sense that the capital of the wealthiest nation in the world would look like that but i just was not expecting it at all.

the weirdest part was as i was admiring all this beautiful architecture all i could think of is how this is going to look to some future civilization. lame, i know. but it just seems like the washington, jefferson, lincoln, and everything else were designed to be dug up analyzed and written about in future societies like we decipher the parthenon or the pyramids. i saw all of the pristine marble crumble away and the nose or some other appendage fall off abraham lincoln. and it was all really strange, its not like i go through every day thinking what people will say about texting or tivo or britney spears or whatever else in the future (i actually don't think i've ever had one of those thoughts...) but something about dc just struck me.