Tuesday, December 30, 2025

On the Road: DC, Christmas 2025

We were in Washington, DC over Christmas to visit my parents.  

As a family, we've grown fond of the Hirshhorn, The Smithsonian's modern art museum.  Modern art has always been an easy sell with our child, especially when they were little.  The Hirshhorn is also significantly less crowded than other sights on the Mall and exhibits are always changing.  A few current highlights:

Head by Nicolas Party

The Cyclist (Le cycliste) by Auguste Herbin

Woman in a Hat (Marie-Thérèse Walter) by Pablo Picasso

We did see a few National Guard folks around - what a joke.  As a community, DC detests the current president so expressions of resistance are everywhere.  This was one of my favorites, spotted on a bookstore bulletin board:


Finally, my wife and I shared this spectacular dessert, Pão de Açúcar, at The Grill from Ipanema:


Despite our best efforts, we couldn't finish it.

6 comments:

  1. Wow, what a great looking desert. I agree, we need to support librarians and fight against the system.

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  2. Librarians are important. The dessert looks amazing.
    Happy New Year. 😊

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    1. It really was - essentially a Baked Alaska but without the cake on the bottom.

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  3. Love the sign standing up for librarians! That dessert looks amazing! Happy New Year!

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