Das Kapital

I just got back from an awesome trip to see friends in DC, and figured I’d try putting photos up here rather than on the Facebook for a change. All of the following photography (except for the image of my cousin and I in the ZOO) and all after-edit by me.

Enjoy!

: Tasty Middle-Eastern baklava rolls

: Touching a piece of moon rock.

: Soviet-US cooperation

: In early Soviet Russia, space-suits were made of sweat-pants/shirts and came equiped with survival knives

: To find out why you can see right through this ‘mirror’, call 202-747-3405 followed by 5# for the brief version or 6# for the extended version.

: Samples of the Gemini heat-shield before, and after, use.

: Specialty Space-Man Pooper-Scoopers!

: Monkeys in space! #able-baker_mission

: Space fanny-pack!

: Space-Shower!

: NB: This is air, not space.

: This Mars watch is set to the length of a Mars, and not an Earth day.

: Mars Penetrator, a comet probe.

: In the American Art Gallery, LL Cool J is condemned to an eternity of looking at Laura Bush.

: Donald Trump

: Two Models in a Window with Cast Iron Toys

: The man on the screen is punching my silhouette.

: SMS

: Rosie the Riveter, statue style!

: i-Phone hijinks for the un-initiated…

: Under-whelmed

: Aux Etats-Unis, des fois nos hangars paraissent comme ça.

: Carniverous plants #1.

: Carniverous plants #2.

: Carniverous plants #3.

: les fleurs du cacao.

: D.C. fashion is so hyper-cool!

: Dogon ladder in the African Art Museum.

: Door with lock, the Nuna peoples, Burkina Faso.

: Works depicting the Battle of Adwa, Ethiopia.

: Primus, DRC.

: Ghana coffin.

: Doctor Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first Prime Minister.

: DRC as a Belgian colony.

: USDA. Still under-whelmed.

: For a long time now, flags have been at half-mast. #hoping-for-a-brighter-future

: I really have no clue what’s going on here. This statue is a Boy Scout Memorial found on the National Mall. What else could the nude male behind the young boy possibly be implying?

: Segway = I-am-future = a bit strange

: The guy on the roof of the White House.

: Rapid PS!

: “i’ll take a nice picture of the white house,” he thought.

: K9

: god-n-adam

: Expert House Movers

: There’s another word for “hipsters” willing to pay $4 a can for PBR.

: China-Town

: Outside Union Station.

: Mt. Vernon

: Bollywood demo.

: Some decadent crepes…

: …and a goat-cheese waffle.

: octo-pi!

: This porcupine…

: …has a prehensile tail!

: Laur-a-gen! #napping

: Okay. You little cockroaches… come on. You wanna play games? Okay, I play with you; come on. Okay. You wanna play rough? Okay. Say hello to my little friend!