Musical Instrument Museum

While Rob and I were in Arizona for Christmas, my mom took us up to Phoenix to explore the Musical Instrument Museum, devoted to musical instruments and traditions from around the world. The museum was full of wonderful cultural artifacts …

(Bonus) Photo of the Day: Invasion of the Domos

My desk collection of tiny Domo-kun figures is getting a little out of control. But they’re so fiercely cute!

Photo of the Day: Daffodils

We’re getting into one of my favorite times of year here in D.C., where the weather starts to warm up (albeit in fits and starts) and daffodils bloom en masse along the George Washington Parkway. I picked up a small bouquet of daffodils this weekend at Trader Joe’s to brighten up my kitchen.

Photo of the Day: Christmas Cookies

This was taken while decorating Christmas cookies with my siblings in late December.

Photo of the Day: Morning Commute

WMATA Yellow Line. Friday morning.

Delaware Cottage Weekend

Rob has been musing aloud for months about wanting to rent a cottage by the beach in Delaware and spend a week away — perhaps using that time to dig in on a subject he’s especially wanted to study or …

Photo of the Day: Secure

A favorite NPR sign, in the elevator lobby off the parking garage.

Going for a Ride

When you select something for purchase at photo / video superstore B&H in New York City, the salespeople, instead of the item to you, will put the item on a conveyor belt that runs overhead throughout the store. When you're done shopping, you can pick up your goodies at a kiosk by the checkout. Here, take a virtual ride on that conveyor belt.

Yosemite

Absolutely stunning. Watch it in full-screen mode.

Photo of the Day: Freeze

Yesterday’s snow (and subsequent thaw / refreeze) iced over the front yard.

Photo of the Day: Hydrangea Detail

A close-up photo of one of the hydrangea flowers in a vase in my living room, taken with a magnetic iPhone macro lens. You have to get really close to your subject before the camera will focus. In this case, I think it worked out well.

Photo of the Day: Election Planning

From last week: Some quick scribbles in my notebook for ways to internally promote different election-related features on our story and blog pages. Lots of pieces to the Elections puzzle.

Back on the Bike

I don’t know why the temperature is in the mid-60s in January, but I’ll take it.

Rob and I rode our bikes down to Old Town Alexandria, got a late lunch at Paradiso, then biked back home.

We were not the only ones with this idea: The Mount Vernon Trail was packed with joggers and bikers.

Photo of the Day: Domo

Happy Thursday.

StreetView Stereographic

Explore Google StreetView via stereographic images. Both awesome and mildly nauseating. Click the “+” sign in the upper left to manipulate the code that produces the images.

Photo of the Day: Up in the Air

Rob and I flew out to Tucson last week for an always-too-short Christmas visit, then returned to D.C. on Tuesday. This photo was taken just after we departed TUS for Denver.

Photo of the Day: Tea Time

Stopped in at Northside Social in Clarendon last night for tea and a little catch-up-on-work time.

Photo of the Day: Nipper

A little office spirit and holiday cheer from Nipper, NPR’s unofficial mascot.

Photo of the Day: Mr. Lincoln

Our friend Rachel came to visit this past weekend — our first houseguest in the new place! On Saturday, after a trip to Thai Square, we did a nighttime driving tour of the monuments along the National Mall. We did walk up to the Lincoln Monument, my favorite to visit at night. And we lucked into a great park ranger-led lecture about Lincoln and the Civil War (especially awesome given that it was so late — 10 p.m.).

Iceland: Midnight Sun

Yet another reminder that I really need to go to Iceland one of these days.

Photo of the Day: Charleston Doorway

While we were in South Carolina for Thanksgiving weekend, Rob, Ashley, Ryan and I took a daytrip down to Charleston — always a favorite. We didn’t do a whole lot — mainly just wandered around downtown on foot — but it was a lovely afternoon.

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A Time-Lapse View of Earth from Space

Absolutely stunning.