I was in DC for a month in April/May with FIDDLER and for a Bachelorette Weekend. I have always loved DC, ever since I visited as a kid with my mom and 2 sisters. We took the train and I remember the DC metro. It may have been the first subway system I'd ever used. It's still one of my favorites. Clean and uncomplicated.
One of the girls on the show worked in DC for almost 10 years and knew people from all the museums. The newly opened museum in Ford's Theatre offered a free tour to our FIDDLER group and I was very pleased to take them up on that. I would recommend it if you get a chance. 
This is a playbill from the night Lincoln was shot. I never realized that John Wilkes Booth was such a famous actor. He was basically the Brad Pitt of his day. Lincoln was a fan and wanted to meet him (months prior to the shooting) and Booth turned him down!
This is the one shot gun that Booth used. He went up to the Presidential Box and the guard let him in because he was a famous actor and of course he would have an audience with the president. He then jammed the door with a piece of broken music stand that he had stashed there. He knew the play very well (obviously, because he was in it) and waited until there was a laugh line and shot Lincoln then so the noise would be hidden.
This is the Presidential Box. Didn't get a chance to go in, because I had to go to work before the tour was over. 
This is the fountain in Dupont Circle. As I was strolling through the circle I saw a bum playing the melodica. All you nun-instructed folks out there know what I mean. But for those who don't, a melodica is played like a recorder horn but has a mini piano-like keyboard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodica
Snapped this one on my way out of town. The rest of my photos are from the Bachelorette Weekend, but I left those on Facebook.
One of the girls on the show worked in DC for almost 10 years and knew people from all the museums. The newly opened museum in Ford's Theatre offered a free tour to our FIDDLER group and I was very pleased to take them up on that. I would recommend it if you get a chance. This is a playbill from the night Lincoln was shot. I never realized that John Wilkes Booth was such a famous actor. He was basically the Brad Pitt of his day. Lincoln was a fan and wanted to meet him (months prior to the shooting) and Booth turned him down!This is the one shot gun that Booth used. He went up to the Presidential Box and the guard let him in because he was a famous actor and of course he would have an audience with the president. He then jammed the door with a piece of broken music stand that he had stashed there. He knew the play very well (obviously, because he was in it) and waited until there was a laugh line and shot Lincoln then so the noise would be hidden.This is the Presidential Box. Didn't get a chance to go in, because I had to go to work before the tour was over. This is the fountain in Dupont Circle. As I was strolling through the circle I saw a bum playing the melodica. All you nun-instructed folks out there know what I mean. But for those who don't, a melodica is played like a recorder horn but has a mini piano-like keyboard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MelodicaI thought the song sounded familiar, but it wasn't until I got around the corner that I realized it was the Sesame Street theme song.
And now some random shots....this is in front of the Canadian Embassy. I don't know what it is, but I see it regularly because a good friend works there. Maybe I should ask sometime...
Snapped this one on my way out of town. The rest of my photos are from the Bachelorette Weekend, but I left those on Facebook. 
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