Washington, D.C. – The summer is a muggy time to be headed to D.C. It is sometimes easy to forget its proximity to the South, but it literally falls below the Mason-Dixon line. From the shores of the Potomac, you can hear the cicadas in full-blast, as you wind your way through green forests and past the many interstates that snake their way through here.
From the Silver Line public transit, one can hit many of the spots, like the National African American History Museum, being built the last time I visited D.C., and now a much-visited site. Sculptures adorn the building, a sculpture itself, with light flowing through the corrugations.
A short line hop away is the Library of Congress. Bypass the library card line, and minimize the hassle, to view the beautiful architecture. The library, initially meant for the Congress, branched out into more subjects, and is now meant to be an international library. If you have the time, the Science and Business branch is well-worth a gander to explore through a multitude of topical fundamentals.
Let’s hope that you visit D.C. on a day less humid and storm-prone. It is perhaps another reminder that the tempers of nature yield for no man, be they governmental or not.
DC Book Recommendations:
The Picture Not Taken, by Benjamin Swett, 2024.
A photographer exploring his personal history of photography, crossing through the 60s Baltimore of his father’s youth to the idea of what is not shown being as important to the story as what is
The Oyster Diaries, by Nancy Lemann, 2026.
A woman recounts her life in DC, a stark contrast with her youth and familial ties in New Orleans
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