Emily's friend Joe, a staffer in the senate, took Laura, Emily and me on a capitol tour the other day. He showed us the old assembly halls, the old supreme court chamber and a bunch of the offices. We even snuck past Nanci Pelosi's security and got an elevated view of the mall usually only offered to senators. It looks like this:
This is the view of the Capitol Building from where we were standing.
We got to wander around the seedy backrooms of government. It was surprisingly ornate. We saw the offices for the minority and majority leaders for the house and senate. This is one of the hundreds of individual ceiling frescoes (also, my head).
I'm not sure if this sign is blocking extroverted senators or all non-senators, but Laura doesn't seem to care.
Eventually we made it to the capitol dome (that big thing that sticks out on top of the Capitol Building). Well, it looks like this inside:
It was bright here. Only here.
So I made Laura pose for a picture in the shine. It was hard on her eyes, but she took it like a champ.
This is the chandelier above the old senate chamber.
This is how the old senate chamber looks to a pet dog (or cat) with neck problems who can't look up but can only see the world through the reflections on the bottoms of the crowd control posts.
This is the chandelier and the dome inside of the capitol building. This was built over after the British burned the middle part of the building down after that whole 1812 debacle.
This is in the old house of representatives, kind of speaks for itself.
My old college was named after this guy.
The city of Washington DC was laid out in bizarre diagonal patterns emanating from this central point. Drivers and pedestrians have been confused ever since (Emily=3:00, Robert=6:00, Laura=7:45 and Joe=9:30)
Emily's friend Joe, a staffer in the senate, took Laura, Emily and me on a capitol tour the other day. He showed us the old assembly halls, the old supreme court chamber and a bunch of the offices. We even snuck past Nanci Pelosi's security and got an elevated view of the mall usually only offered to senators. It looks like this:
This is the view of the Capitol Building from where we were standing.
We got to wander around the seedy backrooms of government. It was surprisingly ornate. We saw the offices for the minority and majority leaders for the house and senate. This is one of the hundreds of individual ceiling frescoes (also, my head).
I'm not sure if this sign is blocking extroverted senators or all non-senators, but Laura doesn't seem to care. 
Eventually we made it to the capitol dome (that big thing that sticks out on top of the Capitol Building). Well, it looks like this inside: 
It was bright here. Only here.
So I made Laura pose for a picture in the shine. It was hard on her eyes, but she took it like a champ.
This is the chandelier above the old senate chamber.
This is how the old senate chamber looks to a pet dog (or cat) with neck problems who can't look up but can only see the world through the reflections on the bottoms of the crowd control posts.
This is the chandelier and the dome inside of the capitol building. This was built over after the British burned the middle part of the building down after that whole 1812 debacle. 
This is in the old house of representatives, kind of speaks for itself.
My old college was named after this guy.
The city of Washington DC was laid out in bizarre diagonal patterns emanating from this central point. Drivers and pedestrians have been confused ever since (Emily=3:00, Robert=6:00, Laura=7:45 and Joe=9:30)
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