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3/17/2021 — rainbow, leprechaun, or four-leaf clover.
A crowd is gathering for some shenanigans, but I’ll keep my distance.
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3/16/21 – Panda or Danger Panda
Just in case I couldn’t be balanced enough for a danger shot, I also cycled by the zoo for their panda iconography and Ben’s Chili Bowl for its Panda-mania artwork. It would have been impressive to get that in a Danger Panda picture, but U Street is not the place for that.
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3/15/21 – Christmas Ornaments or Lights
Coincidentally, I had noticed just a few days ago that the CVS in Woodley Park still had some reindeer and a giant snowflake adorning their storefront.
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3/14/21 – Scientist
This monument is dedicated to Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, a system of alternative medicine. Hahnemann was a 19th century German physician and chemist and is the first foreigner not associated with the American Revolution to be honored by sculpture in Washington.
The monument could also be see as a reflection of the evolution of the perception of science. Now, homeopathy is seen by many as a pseudoscience (statements beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method). But at the memorial’s unveiling in 1900, the ceremony was attended by President McKinley and many medical professionals.
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3/13/21 – Black Cat, Ladder, or Umbrella
This is the elegant restaurant up in Friendship Heights. I also stopped by the grittier Black Cat club on 14th Street, but that didn’t have an image of a cat.
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3/12/21 – Flower
One of the signs of spring I always look forward to is the daffodils in Rock Creek Park. They add a vibrant pop of color when everything is still drab and gray.
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3/11/21 – Face
While “pizza face” is an insult , this “pretzel face” seems warm and happy.
I’m not sure what a “cheese berger” is though…
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3/10/21 payphone
This needed the extra sign “Yes, this payphone works”
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3/9/21 – “Amerigo Vespucci”
Fortunately, this “Escape” was parked, so I didn’t have to get a picture while riding
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3/8/21 – Notable Woman (with her achievement)
The Sheridan-Kalorama Call Box Restoration Project has restored many of the old police and fire call boxes in the neighborhood This call box piece, entitled “Women of Influence” portrays some of the residents of the neighborhood. The main figure is Madame Chiang Kai-Shek (Soong Mei-ling), the First Lady of Taiwan. She lobbied for support of the Nationalists’ efforts and, with her husband, was Time Magazine’s “Man and Wife of the Year” in 1937.
Also portrayed on this box are Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady, civil rights leader, and United Nations delegate), Lou Henry Hoover (president of the Red Cross), and Edith Galt Wilson (First Lady and, after her husband’s stroke, controller of the White House).
What’s particularly ironic about this location of this call box is that it is directly in front of the house rented by the Kushners during the last administration. This call box was unfortunately kept from full public view behind a fence during those four years.
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