Kathy took a day off from work so we could go explore DC. Her excellent suggestion was to check out the Renwick Gallery, which is currently doing an exhibit about Burning Man. Very cool. A neat way to get a glimpse of this crazy desert festival, but without all the dust.
We adored the large room built out as a wooden temple, so pretty and peaceful. Yay for friendship!
It was neat to imagine finding something like this in a Nevada desert in the middle of nowhere:
You could write a note on a thin piece of wood and place it anywhere in the temple (not sure if this version gets burned like the one at Burning Man, though):
Mushrooms that open and close when people stand under them:
Intricate latticework:
The amount of time and effort that goes into Burning Man art is pretty amazing:
As are the costumes:
And the vehicles:
One other item of note at the Renwick - a "Before I die" board, which I always enjoy reading (we've seen them in New Orleans and Austin):
We tried to get tickets to the Museum of African American History, but the early a.m. ticket release happened a few minutes late so I missed the very-short window for grabbing some. We stopped by to check out the 1 pm last-minute afternoon line, but it was long - too long for the number of tickets they still had available. It was great to see how popular that place is! Eventually we'll find a way to get in.
Instead we went for a walk. It wasn't far before we found an advertisement at the American History Museum for a film we thought sounded good. So we popped in there, checking out the Batmobile on the way to the theater:
Ready for a movie! It was about music in America, starting Aloe Blacc and featuring John Batiste who I had just seen at the Late Show a few days before. Quite enjoyable.
Getting a tour of Kathy and Bob's trailer, love it! Someday Howie (our trailer) will get to meet it too and we can all hang out together at a campground. Can't wait!
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