A week of contrasts

We are often stunned by the contrasts in D.C. between it being the center of government and a place where people live. This week the contrasts were especially stark – political turmoil, holiday beauty, the raging pandemic, and ordinary life.

Capitol Christmas tree ©Miki Jourdan
Saturday December 12th: MAGA rally at Freedom Plaza starting to march up Pennsylvania Avenue to the Supreme Court. ©Victoria Pickering
Saturday, December 12th near Black Lives Matter Plaza. © Rob Klug
National Menorah on the Ellipse. ©Victoria Pickering
Saturday December 12th: Near Black Lives Matter Plaza © Rob Klug
Saturday December 12th: 15th Street near the White House. © Rob Klug
National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse. ©Victoria Pickering
Saturday December 12th: Near Black Lives Matter Plaza © Rob Klug
Saturday, December 12th: Women for Trump and other Trump supporters are grouping on the Mall and eating lunch at the food trucks. ©Victoria Pickering
Long exposure with cars passing. ©Miki Jourdan
Saturday December 12th: MAGA rally at Freedom Plaza starting to march up Pennsylvania Avenue to the Supreme Court while others join in. ©Victoria Pickering
©Miki Jourdan

Nature within the city continues to be awesome:

Constitution Gardens. ©Miki Jourdan

And, in what might be a fitting metaphor for the year, the implosion of the Holiday Inn in Rosslyn could be seen from Georgetown:

© Rob Klug

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