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December 20, 2005

mr. santa goes to washington...

So, I ranted and raved in my last entry about American holiday commercialism. Now let's do a show-and-tell thing about Christmas in Washington!! I was recently out and about DC a couple of weeks ago, and took these pictures...


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Charity, our fellow gBlogger, standing in front of the Norwegian Christmas tree at Union Station.

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Holiday decorations being put up in downtown Washington (near the National Theatre).

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The garland and ornaments!

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Holly at some florist downtown, where all the lights are.

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Ok, so this isn't related to Christmas, but it's cool. Some dude pickin' some riffs in front of an AAA office.

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Mini-Christmas trees on the sidewalk in front of the Hotel Washington.

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A huge wreath at the Hotel Willard, one of the most famous hotels in DC.

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Some left-over pumpkins and squash from Thanksgiving. Tasty, si?

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Self-explanatory.

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Another irrevelant picture I thought was cool.

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A Christmas wreath at Union Station.

Posted by robyn at December 20, 2005 5:11 PM

Comments

Robyn!! It's me, Elena from SLO & Wynd. I work in DC now and was wondering if you're still around so we can get together sometime! Email me :)

Posted by: Elena Grover at January 16, 2006 2:41 PM

Hey Robyn! I just wanted to say hi. It was good to see you on Friday at the Open House. Stay in touch!

Posted by: Jennie Coyne at February 13, 2006 3:12 PM

 
 

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