Ted Meinhover Tedericco

DC Places

There are "Washingtonians" and there are DC residents.  The members of one group considers themselves "local" if they manage to stick around for more than two years, they go to cocktail happy hours in the rooftop bars of hotels, they discuss the political drama of the day. Members of the other group  vote in local elections, worry about the local drinking water and the local schools, get incensed about DC's lack of Congressional representation. They are proud of the DC flag.

Unfortunate fashion statement at the National Gallery of Art. Japanese tourists get a pass, however, as their often unapologetic adventures in clothing result in as many "awesome's" as it does "ugh's."

Sitting and Standing, American tourists enjoy the modern art in the Smithsonian.

DC even has good coffee, and pleasant places to drink it while reading a book.

Tunnel between art museums, National Gallery of Art.

More pictures, Eastern Market

Eastern Market, Sunday

Discovering the virtues of manipulating one's Depth of Field, the espresso becomes the sole obsession of the photograph, the background rendered inconsequential. Contrast this with, of course, a perspective whose view of what lies  behind is as clear as that of the object of focus, begging the question what really is the subject?

New Camera, Old City

The figs making their first showing here in Northwest Washington, DC.

These are the first pictures with a new DSLR camera - I can't wait until I figure this thing out!