Holocaust Museum

This is a poem that was in this month's Volunteer Voice, which is the Holocaust Museum's newsletter for its volunteers. I liked it so much that I wanted to share it.

Why We Serve – Or Why We Shouldn’t  by Ed Weiner
“How can you possibly volunteer at the Holocaust Museum – it’s so depressing.”
“Is it safe? I mean really safe. I’ve heard stories…”
“Enough already, at your age it’s time for you to slow down.”
“You need to spend more time with your grandchildren.”
“I just read the metro system has broken down again.”
“And with all that flu going around, you don’t need to be there.”
“So just give me one good reason why you must still volunteer.”
“No, I can’t give you one good reason, but I can give you six million!” [Deafening silence] “I rest my case.”


And while I'm at it (and in an attempt to preserve the integrity of the PHOTO blog), below is one of my favorite quotes that is written on a wall in the museum.



I feel like such a tourist...

In my attempt to find Daniel Chester Drive, I was making loops around the Lincoln Memorial with quite a crowd of tourists since it was so nice out and Cherry Blossom Festival is coming up. Anyway, I realized I have no pictures of Lincoln Memorial, so here is my tourist-y photo of probably one of the most photographed places in DC. :)

Daniel French Drive, SW

Although not acknowledged anywhere in the area, this is the street named after Daniel Chester French. (For the record, this was supposed to be an awesome picture of the street sign with his name and the Lincoln Memorial in the background - very disappointed that this wasn't possible ).

My 24th Birthday!

Instead of a re-tweet, I am doing a re-blog (yes, I just made that word up).

My wonderful roommates made me a delicious feast for my birthday last week and then during the cake portion of the evening, a certain Samantha Peterson went a little camera happy. For some of the reasons why I do not like my own picture taken (I am aware of the irony), click here.  :)

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens - last batch

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens - Original Color

Based on a comment from my last post, I must admit that I did feel torn about converting the photos to B&W, but I had been so determined to include some B&W that I did it anyway, despite liking the color versions myself. Therefore, below are the original color photos from my last post.

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens (cont)

Since I've missed doing black and white photography I converted some of the Kenilworth photos to B&W.