Lizzy Want A Taxi?

The only thing I have come to despise in DC is the taxi system. Everyone's told me to take a taxi if I have no one to walk with at night. I've only had to take a taxi twice. The first experience was the worst. My destination was about a 17 minute walk away but it was 10 pm. Yeah, taxi necessary. Anyway, it takes like 15 minutes for the taxi to get there and then, when we're making our way to the place, the driver takes a long route. I kindly inquired, "isn't there a more direct way?" He completely flipped on me saying "You should respect your elders and not question them!" He then mocked me saying, "if you know so much, tell me the streets." I explained that I was in new in town and did not know the streets, but I had taken a more direct route before. He refused to acknowledge I was right and continued to tell me how rude I was and that I should never question my elders. That ride stunk.

In other news, I had a great rest of the work week.

That is General Petraeus... yep, the former commander of troops in Iraq and the current head of CENTCOM. I saw him speak on the plans for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq on Thursday. Too bad I didn't get a better picture. My boss was nice and waited with me to see if we could catch him on the way out. Weirdly enough, his motorcade left without him. Diversion? Quite, possible.

I also had a chance to go to the Pentagon. It's not my official tour; but it was a meeting, so I was able to see a lot the building while walking to our meeting.


This weekend was absolutely phenomenal. I went to Artomatic with my friend Liz. She and I only made it to two floors during our 4 hours there. We got caught up at the "Education" room, where we made dioramas in old cigar boxes. I found the most amazing central asian designed elephant, so I decided to base my design around it. I found a cigar box with a similar centra asian design. The result is the picture to the right. Hooray for art! I'm pretty proud of it.

Today consisted of sight-seeing with Katharine again. This time we made it to the American History Museum and the National Archives. Both are amazing. I was able to see a lot of letters, clothes, etc. that belonged to my second-cousin 10 times removed, also known as George Washington.

Here's to hoping that my work week is just as exciting as it was this week!