I don’t know if this tiny police station has a purpose other than putting a smile on the faces of passersby; it certainly is the cutest police station I’ve ever seen!
University Police, Community Outreach Police Station on W. Pratt St., Baltimore
April 27th, 2017
The reason Barnes & Noble in Inner Harbor looks particularly interesting, is that it is built inside a former power plant with part of its interior intact. The store offers a cafe, views over the harbour from the second level, a small aquarium, an audiovisual section, gifts and, of course, loads and loads of books – all displayed around some of the power plant’s original features. And although it is part of a larger complex of shops and restaurants, it takes a bookstore with a distinct steampunk feel to produce such a winning combination. 
April 26th, 2017
It was already nearing closing time when we found it. As we were gently shooed out by the guards, we knew we had to come back and explore this magnificent space in detail, sometime in the future.
The Great Hall
National Portrait Gallery
April 25th, 2017
Walking up and down the Mall offers gorgeous architectural sights, such as the limestone-clad National Museum of the American Indian, designed to evoke the natural shape of rock formations ~ 
or the steps leading in -and around- the National Gallery of Art ~
I said it before and I’ll say it again: one may well spend an entire trip to D.C., just walking up and down the Mall.
April 25th, 2017
Head of the Buddha
A very early image of the Buddha, this serenely beautiful head was once framed by a halo and joined to a complete figure. The Buddha’s downward gaze conveys that he is meditating. His cranial bump (ushnisha), which signifies transcendent wisdom, and his forehead dot (urna) are marks of his perfected nature. The sculpture was created for a monastic complex in ancient Gandhara, a region that now spans Pakistan and Afghanistan. In the third century, Gandhara was a crossroads that united the Greco-Roman world with India, and the Buddha’s wavy hair recalls classical images of Apollo.
Pakistan (ancient Gandhara)
3rd century
Schist
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
April 25th, 2017
A hot chocolate in many languages, contemplating the irony of such magnificence having to bear the name of its current owner: behold the Old Post Office, now an opulent Trump hotel.
April 24th, 2017
Some incredible architecture courtesy of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which houses offices for White House staff, the Renwick Gallery, a branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, then dinner at the historic Old Ebbitt Grill, Washington’s oldest bar and restaurant and, finally a walk back to where we started, at Dupont Circle. Mari Vanna looked inviting but we didn’t go in, which reminds me that perhaps we ought to try their New York branch, sometime. 
April 23rd, 2017
Views from the neat, well kept houses on 3rd St., St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, back to the Capitol Grounds and the giant sequoia, planted in 1920 in honour of Rep. Charles H. Randall and, finally, from the Capitol itself. 
April 23rd, 2017
Beginning near Dupont Circle back to Union Station with its massive Columbus Fountain and very own Liberty Bell which, in reality, is a replica of this symbol of independence located in Philadelphia – minus the iconic crack. In D.C., it is called Freedom Bell, American Legion, a public artwork dedicated in 1981.
From the Station, a short walk to the Capitol, passing in front of the Supreme Court which is closed on weekends. Still, one can walk around it and marvel at its dignified neoclassical architecture, tall Corinthian columns and bronze doors, designed by Gilbert and John Donnelly, Sr. and sculpted by his son, John Donnelly, Jr.
Each door is made up of four bas-reliefs which represent significant events in the evolution of justice according to Western tradition in chronological order. The thematic sequence begins on the lower left panel, moves up to the top of the door then continues on the bottom right panel and concludes on the upper right corner.
17 feet high and 9 ½ feet wide, and weighing approximately 13 tons the doors prompted the sculptor to declare:
“Out of all of our monumental projects, spread over two lifetimes, the Supreme Court doors are the only work that we ever signed – that’s how important they were.”
April 23rd, 2017
Why do all my walks in Brooklyn seem to end up in BAM? Because there is always something interesting going on there, that’s why; like that discussion with Alec Baldwin for the promotion of his memoir, Nevertheless. As expected, it was a funny, timely, thoughtful and honest account of his life. Thoroughly enjoyable, but I have yet to read the book.
April 9th, 2017
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