Eleanor vs. Ike

I finished reading Eleanor vs. Ike this weekend. Now, this is in no way a good likeness of her, and I'd like to try a formal, full, painting portrait of her at some point, because she is by far one of my favorite historical/political figures. She did so much. Plus, she said the most profound, eloquent things, with such economy.


Well, the book was fine. I'd never read one of those alternative history books before. This one had some really corny moments, like Eleanor meeting a childhood Hillary Clinton. Not one of my favorite books that I've read this year, but I finished it.

Gadsby's Tavern

Here's an image of the sign outside of Gadsby's Tavern in Alexandria, VA. We went there on the haunted tour, and even though there was just 3 of us, I wasn't able to sketch as we walked around. So, this is from a photo I took that night.

Gadsby's Tavern

Here's an image of the sign outside of Gadsby's Tavern in Alexandria, VA. We went there on the haunted tour, and even though there was just 3 of us, I wasn't able to sketch as we walked around. So, this is from a photo I took that night.

Newseum

Whereas this would be a good sketch had I done it all in gray, I didn't. But, I don't know why my scanner will only scan in black and white.

This is a scene outside of the Newseum on the day after the election. Everyone was gathered to look at the headlines on the front pages of newspapers from all over the country, even all over the world.

Manassas, VA Rally

Since I early-voted, I visited my sister for the last 4 days in Maryland. One of things that she took me to was the Obama Rally in Manassas, VA. Above is a picture of how many people were behind us (which is a lot--they estimate that the crowd was over 90,000). We waited about an hour to get in, and then about 4 1/2 hours until he got there and spoke. It was his last rally before becoming President Elect. The crowd was great, talked a lot with the people around us.

To put things in perspective about where we were. See that bright light below? That's where he was. He was under that bright light, and by our perspective, about 1/4th of an inch tall. I just have really good digital zoom, is all.