Let's See DC

This summer several of my friends at work and I have been trying out different places to eat on Fridays. Each time tends to be a different group or different food but it's always a lot of fun.
The photos is from Sarah, Erica, Me and Anjali hanging out in Norfolk.



A different week we decided to eat at the oceanfront. Afterwords Erica and I (and Anjali, who took the photo) decided to play on the beach. It was the perfect night.



As the title of this blog post suggests, in July I also got to visit my friend Brittany in D.C. Brittany and I were communications majors together at Flagler, although she preferred newspapers and I loved television. For some reason I took lots of photos of my tour around the city but none of Britt. Guess I'll have to remedy that next time.
Enjoy the tour (there's lots of hipstamatic photos).

The Washington monument (from the World War II Monument), The Lincoln Memorial, and the White House.

Here I captured two different style shots of the Jefferson Memorial.

I also tried a double take of the Capitol Building. Both came out pretty cool.

Another neat moment for me was getting to see the Newseum. It wasn't built the last time I was in D.C. As a member of the media the first amendment is important to me. As a Christian, it's even more so. I know everyone is not always thrilled with the freedom of the press and speech but I think they are vital to our country's foundation. Also inside there is a section dedicated to 9/11. They have a whole wall of front pages after the tragedy. To say it was emotional and moving is an understatement.

For me no trip to D.C. is complete without a stopping by the Korean War Memorial. Thank you to all the brave men who served in this conflict and all others. And a special thank you to my Granddaddy, Charles Russell, who was on the front lines.