At the gentle suggestion from my husband-photographer, who committed to documenting the whole thing, one picture and one thought a day, for these new days, where it appears our lovely two will be an even lovelier three.

So was it the Lincoln Memorial, or the Jefferson, we looked at from the Monument? (Turns out, it was Jefferson -- he stands). Did the promised hail show up in all that rain, or was it just a summer rain? Will Georgina save the Mall and take all the bottles and trash off the lawn? Who _stays_ in hotels like this, for real? What is Crystal City? Is it normal to put cornflakes on french toast? And yeah, Pepsi really IS the drink of the next generation...