Friday, August 7, 2009

Ms. Bowen Goes to Washington

The much anticipated weekend finally arrived...and passed much too quickly.

Thursday night Kim flew in from Salt Lake. From the moment she landed, we were running around DC. In retrospect, our planning was much too optimistic - we didn't see nearly as much as we planned - but we did get to all of the monuments, the Capitol building, the botanical gardens, several snazzy restaurants, a few art galleries and a handful of museums.

This photo was taken at the Newseum, which opened a little over a year ago. Hands down, this is the best museum I've been to while in DC. The six floors detail the history of news/journalism. There you'll find everything from segments of the Berlin Wall to the antenna from the top of the World Trade Center to the Unibomber's shed.

On the third floor they have an exhibit where you can do a newscast in front of a green screen. It's free to get on stage, but five bucks to get a copy of the video and photo. I already paid the fee, so you can access it at no cost for then next two weeks. You'll need to go to www.newseum.org/batvr and enter the code kceuqmblhguriu to see the 30 second clip. The quality is better if you download it to your computer. I think we're naturals, no?

4 comments:

  1. Is that your significant other? You make a cute couple.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Someone who wants to remain anonymous apparently. How are things at the office? Only one more week to go in DC! How are Christina and baby doing?

    ReplyDelete
  3. So excuse me if I dont like to post my name out there. I dont know who you are other than by your posts, and you dont know me. If I want people to know who I am, I would use my google account to post, but I dont want anyone reading my stuff who isn't interested and as intellectual as you all are, you would find my blogs to be mundane and not at all thought provoking. And I like to be anon. Is that a bad thing? Would you prefer if I didn't post on your blogs?
    I apologize if this offends either of you.

    ReplyDelete