On October 9, 1888, the Washington Monument officially opened to the general public. It's the tallest building in Washington, D.C. and the tallest stone structure in the world, though it lost the tallest building in the world title a long time ago (initially to a certain wrought-iron Parisian tower...and many more buildings since.) My husband and I have lived in DC for more than 10 years and yet we had never been up to the top of the Washington Monument. So when we heard that the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and the National Park Service had commissioned a six-acre portrait between the World War Two Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial that's best seen from 555 feet above ground and ...
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Namaste National Mall
It's Bring Your Own Matt on the National Mall this Saturday. For the fifth year Lululemon Athletica is organizing a Cherry Blossom Yoga session at the foot of the Washington Monument. Whether there will actually be cherry blossoms remains to be seen (peak bloom is supposed to occur between April 8 and 12, but we also got some slushy flurries over the weekend) but hopefully it will be warm enough for some outdoor downward facing dogs. Day-of registration begins at 9AM on Saturday, April 5 2014 and the yoga class begins at 10 am, rain or shine (let's hope for some shine though!) at Constitution Avenue and 15th Street. ...
