Copenhagen, at least to me, has always seemed like one of those places that’s just far away enough to be on another planet. I know it’s there (and even where “there” is), but rarely do people I know travel to the city, and it’s almost never in the news. So, up until our recent trip, […]
If I hadn’t had some computer trouble, I would’ve gotten these out two days, but alas… [Show slideshow] 1 2 … 5 ► I set up at the corner of 14th and P NW, near the end of the 2015 DC Pride Parade. As usual, the parade was full of energy and spirits were incredibly […]
Honoring the veterans of WWII, the Arsenal of Democracy flyover was held on the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe day. The once-in-a-lifetime event featured dozens of different aircraft flying over Washington DC is a variety of formations. I was fortunate to have a slightly different, but excellent, angle on the planes as they flew […]
The 2015 DC Funk Parade was held on May 2nd and featured a huge variety of performances and activities. It was one of the most fun celebrations of community I’ve been able to attend in DC. I spent time at the incredibly high energy performance by local favorite, The Junkyard Band, and then walked the […]
Triathlons are pretty awesome. It takes a heck of a lot of endurance and coordination to complete three different sports in a row–swimming, biking and running (note that the order is most-to-least-likely to die). [Show slideshow] 1 2 3 ► Doing a tri can take anywhere from about 60 minutes to several hours, depending […]
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”8″ gal_title=”Night Sky Photography Images”] Photo Specs ISO: 12800 Aperture: 6.3 Shutter Speed: 15 seconds Background As many regular readers know (since all two of you are friends anyway), we go home for the holidays to east Tennessee, where my parents live on a small farm. There’s not a great deal of that farm […]
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”2″ gal_title=”Udvar-Hazy Center”] On our recent return trip from Berkeley Springs, we finally stopped by the Smithsonian’s newest museum, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. I’m embarrassed that it opened in 2003 and we just now made it out there; it’s absolutely spectacular. Highlights include an SR-71 Blackbird, a Concorde, the space shuttle Discovery, the […]