The highlight of this weekend so far was definitely watching the launch of NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE). Here’s what it looked like over the U.S. Capitol Friday night as it was headed to the moon.
We caught a boat down to Alexandria on Friday. I looked up at the Kennedy Center balcony during the ride and found it hard to believe that it hasn’t even been five months since we were standing up there. It’s been a long, packed summer.
It’s not on our floor, but it’s right above the entrance we use every day.
We pulled these out of the Chesapeake on Saturday. To the best of my knowledge, they’re all from sharks. (Also, I’m testing out some new WordPress image settings as I upload this photo.)
This is just a beginning-of-the-year signal check to let you know I’m still blogging out of Washington, D.C. If you’re one of a handful of people I’ve bumped into online or off in the last few months, I’m still running the editorial department over at Industry Dive. (Check out Education Dive, Food Dive and Utility … Read moreWhere to find me in 2013
Urban foraging is going to need its own category on this blog soon. Last week, we came across a wild patch of sesame leaves near the National Zoo, so I wanted to pass that link along with the Flickr-mapped coordinates for any of you D.C. residents who are reading this. They’re all next to the … Read moreWild sesame leaves in Washington, D.C.
Dolphins and humans coexisting in a single hotel/embassy space together in the nation’s capital—why not, right? If you missed out on the National Building Museum’s “Unbuilt Washington” exhibit this year, I don’t know what to tell you. It was a personal highlight for me for the first half of 2012. If you’ve run into me … Read moreDoug Michels’ dolphin hotel for Washington, D.C.
Just to give a little context to today’s mulberry Instagram post, we recently happened upon a grove of mulberry trees off of P Street near Georgetown. I’m assuming these are widely known to Washington, D.C., locals, but seeing as how we’re new to the area, the discovery got me Googling. Chiefly, I wanted to share … Read moreMulberry trees near Georgetown
If you haven’t been following my tweets for the last few weeks, you might have missed that I joined an exciting new D.C. startup called Industry Dive on May 1st as the company’s content director. I had been looking for the perfect D.C.-area opportunity that would involve multiplatform news editorial and production, and I’m happy … Read moreNew office and general update
Being that this is the first year I’ve been able to catch Washington’s cherry blossoms in full bloom, I took the camera along over the weekend and added a few cherry blossom photos to my Flickr account. I also did a little research before hitting up the Tidal Basin and National Mall, because, as with … Read more5 Washington cherry blossom facts