A little run through the Nation’s Capitol....

I needed to get my internal compass situated to DC, so nothing better than a 10 miler around the National Mall to remedy my need for direction. I did get slightly turned around, but the buildings tend to be a little distinctive around here. First, I’ll give you a little tour of my place. It houses 120 women, ages 18-34, on 4 floors dorm style (except we have single rooms). Boys are not allowed above the ground floor and are kicked out of the building after 11 pm. Many of the women staying here are congressional aides since we are right by the Capitol. And when I say we are right by the Capitol, this is the building I see across the street as I look out my bedroom window. (That would be the Hart Senate building where Arizona Senator Jon Kyl has his office)
So when I start out my run down 2nd Street, I pass by the Senate offices and before I can even think about what’s coming next I’m right next to the Supreme Court. Now for many that wouldn’t be that big of a deal, but for me (who had a dream of becoming a Supreme Court Justice when I was little... ok maybe more like last year) this stopped me in my Mizunos. I’ve been inside the Supreme Court before, but for some reason on this quiet Sunday morning it just made me reflective of the decisions that have come out of this building that have so drastically changed our country. I’m hoping to make it to arguments soon... next week are a few cases that might be interesting. So as not to bore you with descriptions of all the buildings I saw on my run, below are some photos I took along the way including the building I’ll be spending most of my time in!

Where Obama lives...
Some flowers for his birthday...
Some of you may know that my sister-in-law is in architecture school, so I came up with a little game for Stacy that everyone is allowed in on: Name This Building! A few rules to the game: the building will be within the District of Columbia and the location will be appropriately identified if it falls outside of the District borders, and besides that, fair game and cheers to you if you can beat the architecture student. So I will start out easy: Although to level the playing field... extra credit to the person that can describe the major irregularity and why it occurred.