{"id":25,"date":"2007-12-19T12:30:37","date_gmt":"2007-12-19T19:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/?p=25"},"modified":"2007-12-19T12:30:37","modified_gmt":"2007-12-19T19:30:37","slug":"district-of-columbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/?p=25","title":{"rendered":"District of Columbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington DC can be very drab in the winter.<\/p>\n<p>I spent a few days there before heading to Malawi, and the first few hours out in the cold and sleet left me feeling very depressed.  An idea started forming in my mind.  I called it &#8220;Ichabod&#8221; (the glory has departed): lifeless monuments, bleak landscapes, and an overall feeling of a city that has grown hollow with bureaucracy, crime, and corruption&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-007.jpg\" alt=\"dc-007.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-287.jpg\" alt=\"dc-287.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-177.jpg\" alt=\"dc-177.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But then the rain got so bad I hid out in the National Conservancy.  And as the rain poured down on the skylights, I wandered through forests, deserts, and jungles.  And slowly, my perspective changed for the rest of my time there.  The glory hadn&#8217;t left Washington.  It just doesn&#8217;t dwell in halls and rotundas, bills and legislations, people and their promises.<\/p>\n<p>As I learned, Washington DC can be very beautiful in the winter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-058.jpg\" alt=\"dc-058.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-460.jpg\" alt=\"dc-460.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-637.jpg\" alt=\"dc-637.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-123.jpg\" alt=\"dc-123.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-476.jpg\" alt=\"dc-476.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-137.jpg\" alt=\"dc-137.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-557.jpg\" alt=\"dc-557.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-310.jpg\" alt=\"dc-310.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-489.jpg\" alt=\"dc-489.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-370.jpg\" alt=\"dc-370.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-414.jpg\" alt=\"dc-414.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-424.jpg\" alt=\"dc-424.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-433.jpg\" alt=\"dc-433.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-448.jpg\" alt=\"dc-448.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-254.jpg\" alt=\"dc-254.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-520.jpg\" alt=\"dc-520.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dc-603.jpg\" alt=\"dc-603.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Want to see more Washington?  Check out the complete gallery <a href=\"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/view\/dc\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington DC can be very drab in the winter. I spent a few days there before heading to Malawi, and the first few hours out in the cold and sleet left me feeling very depressed. An idea started forming in my mind. 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