photo shoot!

we took some photos today on campus because dominique and amanda headed home this afternoon.
i'm gonna miss these girls...

The End is Near...

Tomorrow is my last day at Rails-to-Trails. I enjoy it so much there, and will be very sad having to leave tomorrow afternoon. But on to the next chapter in my life, I suppose. There is much to look forward to this summer.
My family came to visit last week, which was very much needed and we had some fun!
The weather has been beautiful (thought the 85 degrees today was a little overkill) so we enjoyed it Saturday evening with a picnic lunch on the grass.
Enjoy the photos!!

friends!

Outside Capital City Brew Co. the other night....
Amazing :)

It's been a while...

Ok, so I know it's been a while since I've updated. And I apologize. But here are some photos from the past few weeks! We've done a bunch of site visits to housing projects and development organizations. Some of the photos below are from the Fredrick Douglass house in historic Anacostia. I've also been spending a lot of time with my new friends! We haven't done much sight seeing because it's been cold, but now that the weather is getting better I'm sure we'll be visiting the monuments again. It's 62 and sunny right now! Enjoy the photos....

Oh, and I have a tour of the white house tomorrow morning, but we can't bring cameras. So there won't be any photos of that :(

Congress!

Today I went to a congressional hearing about predatory lending and forclosures.
Reverend Jesse Jackson spoke. It was pretty awesome.
We ate lunch in the senate cafeteria. Very overwhelming.
But, I didn't take any pictures. Sorry!
I'll update again soon.

Dinner and Development

So I'm absolutely exhausted. And some of us are off to the hill at 7am tomorrow for a congressional hearing. Anyways... here are some photos from the last week or so.
We went out to dinner last Friday at Martin's Tavern in Georgetown. This past week we visited the Anacostia waterfront and spoke with organizations that are redeveloping the area. I thought it was amazing, and the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation is defenitely some place I could see myself working. Enjoy the photos!

Long Day...

Here are some random photos from today. The first is kids at Bright Beginnings, a day care for homeless children where I might be volunteering. They were adorable. Then, Renee, Me, and Ariana on the Metro, some cute row houses in Adams Morgan, and some girls from the group on the Duke Ellington memorial bridge.

"The Pencil" and Snow!

Saturday morning Dominique and I braved the cold and wind to head up in the Washington Monument. The view was amazing, so here are some photos!
The last one is the view outside my window because we finally got some snow down here today.

Capitol, Gradens, Out to Dinner!

Today was a lot of fun! Early this afternoon, Dominique, Katie, Ariana, and I went to the Hill for a class assignment to speak with someone from our Congressman's office. Dominique and I met with Jim McGovern, who grew up in Worcester, and is now the district's rep. It was so great to speak with him. He was really interested in Main South, and we talked about the Boys and Girls Club, UPCS, safety issues, and triple deckers. The first thing you see when you walk into his office is a big poster of Worcester Triple Deckers! It definitely made me miss Clark!!
So aferwards, we went to the Botanical Gardens, which were especially enjoyable on such a cold day. Afterwards, we headed downtown for dinner at Capitol City Brew Company, which was inexpensive and had a great atmosphere.
Enjoy the photos!

internship!!

Monday morning I start at Rails-to-Trails.

Yesssss.
:-D

MLK Weekend

So no photos for this update, but it was a great MLK weekend so I thought I'd archive it.
Yesterday Katie, Katie and I attended mass across the street at St. Ann's. It was a really nice service, and I realized how diverse DC is. All the folks up on the alter (priest, lector, and cantor) were of different ethnicities and none of them caucasian. It was really awesome.
Then a bunch of us went to Eastern Market, which is a great place to hang out on a warm Sunday. I got a Boz Scaggs record for Dad, and some home made tabouleh and pita for myself!
Today I got some resumes and cover letters out, and should be scheduling some interviews for later this week. In the afternoon, some of us from Transforming Communities went to the Capitol neighborhood in an attempt to attend an MLK day event at the Folger Shakespeare Library, but had gotten the time wrong and arrived as it was letting out. Oh well. So instead, we hit the Native American museum and had a really good time.
It was fun getting to know some more people from the seminar and seeing a side of the city the tour busses don't show you. Tomorrow- the real work starts.
Miss you all!!!

Natural History, Chinatown, and Postal Museum

Today being Saturday, Katie and I decided to hit the museums and enjoy the warm weather. Katie, by the way, is one of my new friends from the Transforming Communities program. So, we hopped on the Metro and found ourselves at the Smithsonian where we went to the Museum of Natural History, headed over to Chinatown for lunch, walked down to Union Station and the Postal Museum, wandered around the park outside the Capital and had a whole lot of fun.
The Postal Museum is, so far, the coolest museum I have ever been to.