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Where I Live Weekend, companion post
Aug. 6th, 2007 12:21 amYou can check out my posts for this event on my flist; not sure why I couldn't get them to cross-post. The point of the thing it to show others where you live, doing a mini photo journal.
So, I was going to go take pics the other day, but got distracted. I actually took a couple of pics coming home from mymagritte's house last weekend, then put the camera away and took no more. Yesterday, the temp hovered around 100, and I didn't want to go walk a few miles in that. Today the heat broke around 2pm, lowering the temp to around 90, and there was cloud cover, so I went for it.
Walked from my street (Hamlin) north on 7th street to Monroe (the street names and numbers go up as you head away from the center of DC. In my case, I live in Northeast, so the numbers go up as I go north/letters go up as I go east). At Monroe I turned left/west and followed Monroe a little over a block, where it dead-ends/merges into Michigan Avenue, a major road in and out of the city.
I walked west past CUA (Catholic University), Dominican House, the National Shrine, and the Oblates, finally reaching TU (Trinity University) my alma mater. Walked around campus a bit, then crossed Michigan and headed back east. Made a left/north off of Michigan at Harewood Road, the street that runs along the Shrine and the CUA campus. Followed that up the hill to where it ends at Taylor Street, then went down the hill to the right/east on Taylor until I hit the Taylor Street Bridge over the Metro tracks. Rather than walking the bridge, I turned right/south down John McCormick Road along the other side of the CUA campus, until I reached the Metro station.
I took the Metro tunnel under the station to get to the other side, crossed the bus circle, walked through the 'Kiss & Ride' past the Brooks Mansion to Newton and 10th Street. Took Newton Street east to 12th Street, then turned right/south and followed 12th to Monroe again, which I hit about 5 blocks further east. Walked another block east, before crossing the street and heading back to 12th. I took 12th Street further south for 4 or blocks, took pics of some shops and did a little shopping. Then I crossed the street and headed back north to Monroe. Took a left/west on Monroe and walked to the Metro tracks, crossed the Monroe Street Bridge to 8th Street, and headed left/south on 8th street until I reached my street again.
The whole thing took two and a half hours. I was verry tired when I got back. Some pics I didn't get to use in my other posts:
So, I was going to go take pics the other day, but got distracted. I actually took a couple of pics coming home from mymagritte's house last weekend, then put the camera away and took no more. Yesterday, the temp hovered around 100, and I didn't want to go walk a few miles in that. Today the heat broke around 2pm, lowering the temp to around 90, and there was cloud cover, so I went for it.
Walked from my street (Hamlin) north on 7th street to Monroe (the street names and numbers go up as you head away from the center of DC. In my case, I live in Northeast, so the numbers go up as I go north/letters go up as I go east). At Monroe I turned left/west and followed Monroe a little over a block, where it dead-ends/merges into Michigan Avenue, a major road in and out of the city.
I walked west past CUA (Catholic University), Dominican House, the National Shrine, and the Oblates, finally reaching TU (Trinity University) my alma mater. Walked around campus a bit, then crossed Michigan and headed back east. Made a left/north off of Michigan at Harewood Road, the street that runs along the Shrine and the CUA campus. Followed that up the hill to where it ends at Taylor Street, then went down the hill to the right/east on Taylor until I hit the Taylor Street Bridge over the Metro tracks. Rather than walking the bridge, I turned right/south down John McCormick Road along the other side of the CUA campus, until I reached the Metro station.
I took the Metro tunnel under the station to get to the other side, crossed the bus circle, walked through the 'Kiss & Ride' past the Brooks Mansion to Newton and 10th Street. Took Newton Street east to 12th Street, then turned right/south and followed 12th to Monroe again, which I hit about 5 blocks further east. Walked another block east, before crossing the street and heading back to 12th. I took 12th Street further south for 4 or blocks, took pics of some shops and did a little shopping. Then I crossed the street and headed back north to Monroe. Took a left/west on Monroe and walked to the Metro tracks, crossed the Monroe Street Bridge to 8th Street, and headed left/south on 8th street until I reached my street again.
The whole thing took two and a half hours. I was verry tired when I got back. Some pics I didn't get to use in my other posts:
