D.C., here are some observations that you may have missed: 1) everyone has a hand held electronic device that they are talking to or texting on, except those wee persons in baby strollers;
2) not many people in D.C. wear perfume ~ not that they smell bad, but very rarely did I smell perfume;
3) the magnolia trees and cherry trees were amazingly beautiful ~ there are so many and the site of all the blooms are stunning;
4) there are runners everywhere, and they are good runners, not just the jogging variety, really good runners;
5) fashion ranges widely, and included lots of scarves ~ I thought everyone would wear comfortable shoes, but there were many sightings of spikey heels dashing up the mall...(I couldn't fathom this);
6) the President & First Lady made us proud in their European visit....
...and now the bad news....
1) knitting needles are not allowed in the Capitol building ~ they are listed with guns and sharp objects... good that I did not take my knitting out of our hotel room...
2) there were no yarn shops that we could find along the Metro line. A Google search said that the nearest yarn store was over 10 miles away... how could the home of the government of the free world not include a yarn store? I had such fantasies of vacation purchases.... Bad, bad news....
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Your observations about Wash, DC were similar to mine about NYC. Everyone wore scarves and once I stood in the wind, I knew why. AB & I even purchased a couple of them from vendors on the street corners ($10 for Italian Cashmere!) Anyway, I always felt underdressed but there was no way I was wearing heels and walking 10 miles a day! Bad news about the yarn stores though...we had them on every street corner it seemed...of course, they were all very teeny-tiny!
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