Bucket List

I need to make a list of all the things I want to do while I live in DC.  I have no idea how long that'll be, but if I put off doing these things, I'm almost certain to forget altogether, and then  I'll have to explain to Future Sarah why I wasted such golden proximity.

Besides, it'll be fun to see how many of these I can cross off.  Let me know if I forgot to add something good!

DC Bucket List………………………………………….

cherry blossom festival

National Cathedral

Ellicot City, MD

Post Office Tower

Georgetown

all of the art museums
Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo

Boston, MA (Freedom Trail, Independence Hall, Nathaniel Bowditch's house)

Nationals game

Monticello (Charlottesville, VA)

Dumbarton Oaks

Newsies musical (The National Theatre)

Dulles Air and Space Museum

as a kind of sub-list, here are the things I've done before, but want to do again

                National Zoo

                Mt. Vernon

                the monuments at night

                the Smithsonians (Air and Space, American History, Natural History, etc.)

                Eastern Market

                watch planes land at Gravelly Point

                U.S. Marine Corps Memorial

                Arlington National Cemetery

                Annapolis, MD 

                Library of Congress 

                National Archive 

                Botanical Gardens

 

And now I'm going to kick off my list by crossing off the first item:

cherry blossom festival

It was all of the amazing I was expecting!  Also, it was crowded.  Dan, Chloe and I had to hold hands to keep from losing each other in the metro stations.  It was neat though: all those people thronging the sidewalk to see little blossoms on trees.  I'll even admit to some sentimental 'brotherhood of humanity' moments as I looked at the solid band of people surrounding the tidal basin.  Here we all are!  ...Seriously, ALL of us. 

Other perks included several marching band performances in front of the Jefferson, and the fact that everyone looks fabulous in cherry blossom lighting.  My favorite trees are the ones that hang out over the water.  Most of them are old, their gnarled trunks making bizarre, serpentine shapes, and their low-hanging limbs threatening to clothesline unsuspecting joggers.

 

 

日本、ありがとうございました。我々はまだあなたの美しい贈り物をお楽しみください。

Nihon, arigatōgozaimashita. Wareware wa mada anata no utsukushī okurimono o o tanoshimi kudasai.

{Katy, you'll have to tell me if that's even close to being correct! 

If it's wrong... well, it's Google's fault.}