Quickie after another day downtown with lots of fun and lots of walking! We met Daniel and Cahaya amidst the poinsettias at the National Gallery of Art, which was surprisingly crowded for a workday though it was easy to socially distance except in the Impressionist galleries, so we didn't stay long in those. We went through the main floor American and most of the European rooms, including the Hudson River School galleries and Cole's Voyage of Life, as well as The New Woman Behind the Camera, an exhibit on female photographers and how their use of the medium changed both the art and the role of women in general.
We left Daniel and Cahaya, who were headed to the East Wing, to go visit the trains at the US Botanical Garden, stopping for cheese pretzels on the way. The trains, surrounding farming scenes, are outdoors this year while the indoor gardens are closed, and many of the miniature DC monuments made from plants are on display in outward-facing windows. We met up again with Daniel and Cahaya as the museums were closing, walked to the car, and drove them to shops near their hotel, then we came home, had dinner, and started watching Don't Look Up, but it made me so mad despite the cast that we turned it off in favor of The Beatles: Get Back, which is amazing!
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