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While I was shooting footage of the latest episode in my ongoing web series The Baltimore-Washington, DC That Tourists Rarely See in downtown DC a few weeks ago, I came across this utility box near Union Station where someone had wheat pasted this poster featuring a quote by Martin Luther King that, sadly, still resonates today. It says “Everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.” It was a Holocaust reference but it’s also a pointed commentary on the fact that just because something is legal doesn’t make it moral or right. After all, slavery was once legal in the United States but that doesn’t mean that it was ever moral or right.
A few weeks ago I went to a reception for a friend’s art show that was held at one of the locations of the Whitman-Walker Clinic known as The Corner. While I was there I took these photos of the wall murals that one can see in the area of 14th and U Streets, Northwest. Some of these murals included famous people like Martin Luther King, Jr., and Duke Ellington.
A look at a spectacular close-up view of a fiery-throated hummingbird.
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The Polish ballerina who shot Nazis on her way to the gas chamber.
Revisiting the horrifically sexist Battleship game cover from 1967.
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A 14th-century nun faked her own death to escape convent life.
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The U.N. report says the U.S. is the most unequal developed nation with 40 million in poverty.
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25 things you do as an adult when you’ve experienced childhood emotional abuse.
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The FBI plot to bring down the gay man behind the 1963 March on Washington.
President John Tyler, born in 1790, has two surviving grandsons.
Martin Luther King spent the last year of his life detested by the liberal establishment.
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After one American lived in Norway, she found that America felt backwards by comparison.
Hasbro unveils hilarious twists on classic board games like Clue, The Game of Life, and more.
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Rare poignant photos of Frida Kahlo during the last years of her life.
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A look at some NSFW figurines based on the surreal characters in Hieronymus Bosch’s paintings.
As you can guess from the above gif, today is someone’s birthday. It’s my birthday. Happy birthday to me! Now that I got that out of the way, here are some links for you to check out.
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Without Haiti, the United States would, in fact, be a shithole.
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John Bisbee turns common steel nails into beautiful sculptures.
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I attended my first-ever meetup of a group known as District Creatives. I’m trying to expand my network of people that I know so I can take advantage of whatever opportunity comes my way. I ended up leaving for DC a few hours early mainly because I wanted to avoid paying the higher rush-hour Metro fares commuting to and from the event. (I managed to do that, which made me happy.)
I decided to take the Metrobus to the Metro station instead of driving because a roundtrip Metrobus fare is only $4 while parking in the Metro station parking lot costs $5.20. Since I was attending a meet-up for a group that is interested in using technology in a creative manner, I decided to bring my Makies doll, Victoria, since she was printed on a 3D printer to my specifications and I customized her. It’s only too bad that Makies as a company no longer exists. In any case, here she is at the bus stop.
Here she is riding the Metro subway. I only brought her along as a potential conversation starter. I ended up not using her at all during the meet-up.
I arrived at the Eastern Market Metro station. I had a few hours to kill so I decided to walk around the area while taking pictures.
The next photo shows the historic Eastern Market. It’s a pretty popular food market area, especially on the weekend when there are local artisans who sell their wares outside of the building.
Here are a few shots inside of Eastern Market. They sell all kinds of fresh foods but the prices are a big high compared to the grocery stores in the suburbs.
I walked around Capitol Hill while I saw that some of the houses were decorated for Halloween.
The homes in Capitol Hill are known for their gardens. Even though these photos were taken in mid-October, there were still plenty of flowers in bloom.
When I came upon this street sign noting Tip’s Way, I thought it was in honor of the late former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill. A quick Internet search revealed that Tip’s Way was really named after a Capitol Hill lobbyist named E. Linwood “Tip” Tipton.
‘The next photo shows that Tip’s Way is basically an alley.
The house located next to Tip’s Way was all decked out for Halloween.
The one thing I noticed about Capitol Hill is that there are some subtle forms of resistance against Donald Trump and his administration in the form of the residents posting signs in their yards. The majority of them contained quotes on social justice from Martin Luther King, Jr.
I also saw some anti-Trump graffiti in the area as well.
One front yard had a Little Free Library box that was flanked by two signs featuring Martin Luther King quotes.
I took a rest inside of the Southeast Neighborhood Library, which was a nice and cozy place.
I took one final photo of Victoria reading a book. Like I wrote earlier, I brought her along as a potential conversation starter (since she was printed on a 3D printer) but I ended up not using the doll at all.
This library posted a notice on how to spot fake news and the characteristics of fake news vs. the real thing.
The meet-up was held inside of a digital design firm known as Taoti Creative. That firm had a giant spider outside that was put up just in time for Halloween.
They had a Minion serve as the receptionist. (LOL!)
Taoti Creative is located inside of a historic building. It’s a really cool mix of technology with history.
They had a bulletin board with the question “What makes me creative?” where people could write their answers on Post-It Notes then post it on the board.
Here’s my answer, where I wrote “The ability to create something from out of nothing.”
The next two photos show other people’s answers to that question.
The bathrooms also had showers, which may indicate that this building was once a private home.
The conference rooms are all named after Metro station stops.
The basement of the building included a Nintendo Wii with a Guitar Hero game and controllers and an air hockey table.
The bulk of the festivities took place on the rooftop of the building where, in good weather, one can see spectacular sunsets.
The tall thin structure on the left in the next photograph is the Washington Monument.
I was also able to check out the restaurant located next to Taoti Creative, including a giant mural and some of the TV screens on the upper level.
The white dome on the right is the U.S. Capitol Building.
Here’s another shot of the Washington Monument (located on the left) at sunset.
There were also a bunch of cranes among the skyline. I know that the entire city of Washington, DC has been going through many building projects in recent years.
There was a computerized beer keg complete with a computer screen.
There was a serious game of Jenga that was also going on where people played with a giant version of the game.
I shot a short video of one of the Jenga rounds that took place that night.
I managed to socialize with a few people even though meeting new people at a party doesn’t come naturally to me. But I made an effort to be sociable. Eventually I grew tired plus I was using public transportation to go from my home to the event and back again so I couldn’t stay too late. (I know that the party ended at 10 p.m. but some people were planning on checking out some of the trendy bars in Capitol Hill. Even if I wasn’t relying on public transportation, money is still too tight for me to do much bar crawling.) Here’s a shot of the Taoti Creative building that I took when I was on my way back to the Eastern Market Metro station.
Here’s a shot of the rooftop where most of the action took place.
The last two photos show the giant spider that lurked outside of Taoti Creative.
So that’s it for my attending the District Creatives meetup at Taoti Creative.
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