24 July

20140724 110946 Back to the White House neighborhood 20140724 171831 Skirting around the White House 20140724 171914 Richtone(HDR) Michelle's kitchen garden is to the left 20140724 173513 Brigitte and Washington's obelisk
20140724 114142 Looking east to the Capital 20140724 174147 The Capital 20140724 114157 Looking west to the Lincoln Memorial 20140724 114227 The landscape is all symbolic
DSCN1831 Looking north the White House DSCN1829 All so symmetrical! 20140724 174319 Bri catches Greg looking for more angles 20140724 174351 Another one!
20140724 174608 Richtone(HDR) Brigitte and the Capitol 20140724 174749 Richtone(HDR) Brigitte and the Lincolm Memorial 20140724 174819 Richtone(HDR) Christine, the Lincoln Memorial and Bri 20140724 174902 Richtone(HDR) Christine, Bri and the Memorial
DSCN1832 WWII memorial DSCN1833 Be there soon! DSCN1835 Lincoln's Memorial is about as sacred as it gets in the USA IMG 0270 Greg and Bri read the Second Inaugural
IMG 0271 The view from "I Have a Dream" spot DSCN1836 The more prosaic measure of a civilization 20140724 183359 Some many war dead - The Viet Nam Memorial 20140724 184640 The Korean War Memorial
DSCN1837 Finally, a memorial not about war: FDR's memorial DSCN1838 The sculptures and the text are both striking 20140724 193112 We complete our circumnavigation of the Mall at the Jefferson Memorial DSCN1839 The Giant Memorial to Cheap Food
DSCN1841 Francis has arrived... DSCN1840 and we go to Hyattsville IMG 0275 so that Bri can hold Valérie! IMG 0276 Aunt Bri does a good job!
IMG 0280 and she's so fun to look at! DSCN1843 Back to momma! DSCN1844 where Valérie feels so comfy! DSCN1845 Four Generations I
DSCN1846 Four Generations II DSCN1847 Four Generations III DSCN1848 Four Generations IV DSCN1849 Socializing in Apt 204
DSCN1850 Depending on how you count V3, V2, Greg and V1 DSCN1852 now, with Brigitte! DSCN1854 Brigitte DSCN1857 conked out on Mom
DSCN1856 Life is tiring work! DSCN1859 We moved the party to the Club Room DSCN1861 where we used the Big Gas Grill fro chicken, ribs and peppers DSCN1862 Vivi retreated into the quiet of the room
DSCN1863 so Valérie could dine in peace. DSCN1864 Christine takes charge DSCN1865 Spritzs all around! DSCN1867 while Greg oversees the grill
DSCN1868 All the sisters together and 2/3rds of the brothers-in-law together with the new great grandfather! DSCN1869 Poolside DSCN1871 V1, V2 and V3 DSCN1872 Francis, Austin and Bri