Saturday, May 2, 2026

18 April 2026 Washington DC: One Last Museum and Ford's Theater

 


We finish line is in sight.  We walked over to the Museum of American History.  We saw, across the street, a roccus Indian Wedding only to find a live band playing a hot samba inside the museum.  It was a big crowd that filled a couple of  large hallways and an alcove or two where they were dancing vigorously.  We continued to explore the American History with guitars, costumes, robots and iconic objects.  We head home and snack a bit on some left overs and prepare for our departure the next morning.



A new flag!


The music was loud,


The cheering and laughter was infectious 


Off they go 


In we go


It is a samba dance party


More music


Segregated baseblall 


Crooked baseball with the corked bat


This was a fun hall


Star wars


Hamilton


A costume from an 1857 Shakespearian theater production of Henry VIII,  The most unique aspect is that this is a male part being played by a woman,  Charlotte Cushman.  A rare advocate of gender equality.


Glee-fully we bobbed anong.  the blue dress is from the show Glee


Faster than a butterfly


Archie Bunker


Zena the Warrior Princess


Cool jazz


A tribute to the IPOD


I had that exact model of IPOD


Hello to you too


Hanging out before the show


The Fords Theater back in the day


Casts and a death mask


A grand space 


Red white and blue


The President's box


The Queens box


The show starts 


The props become the costumes 


A big bronze Abe


That's all folks!!!





 It has been 3 years and 313 days since we began our Migration

Friday, May 1, 2026

18 April 2026 Washington DC: The Older Folks Day: Tea Time

 


One experience that is guaranteed to be new for the little rascals is a fancy afternoon tea.  So we headed to the Willard for tea.


The Willard's logo


We are very early and a bit hungry so we sat outside at the Cafe du Pare


French Onion soup


Fries!


The interior was quite fantastic


This is the hallway where we will have our tea


Established in 1901


Orchids


The white house


A kimono


Under the blossoms


We headed into the lobby to wait


Explore


and delight in the art work


From all eras


and all the countries


From the orient to the turn of the century France


The cherry blossoms are still a thing ever since 1912 and the gift of over 3000 trees to the USA


Keeping our place in line while under the cherry tree


The long waiting period is over


Harpy!!!


They got the memo that we were arriving, Veuve Clicquot.  


Cherry blossom themed 


Our server pointed out this special Sake from Japan, the rice is hand polished and the mash ades for 3 years


Sugar high!


Here comes the bride!


Ready for anything


Any kind of good loose leaf tea that is


Green tea all day long


Sweetest of sweets


Savory too


The kids were actually given a PB&J


Making some headway


We have an audience


And just like that it was all gone!



 It has been 3 years and 313 days since we began our Migration