Ohana in Washington DC

Hey folks.


After visiting Washington D.C. during Spring Break, I feel the appreciation for all the Portland peoples. It may be stereotypical to categorize people from where they are from; though I can spot the difference in people's attitudes depending on where I am. For example, in Hawaii people are very relaxed, in Texas most people have southern manners, East coast people love to honk their horns ("beep beep I am uptight"), and Oregonians love Birkenstocks (they are hippies).

I could not wait to get back to Portland because all of the friendly people. There is something about the Portland spirit that is so unique.
I did a lot of tours of our nation's capital because there is much history that happened in that city that affected us. Understanding the history of our country, helps us to grow an appreciation for our country.
I went on a couple of tours: Assassination of Lincoln, Ghosts of Georgetown tour (where The Excorism was filmed!), and my favorite one called Nighttime Bus Tour that took us to most of the national statues (even drove to Virginia). One of my favorite places in Washington D.C. was the National Mall. I thought I was walking to a mall, but it turned out to be a beautiful park. To the right side of the "mall" is the Lincoln Memorial and to the left side of the mall is the U.S. Capital.
The National Portrait Museum is located in the heart of downtown, close to China town (they have an impressive China town)
The National Portrait Museum took me four hours to walk through. The art is amazing. It holds art from the 1700's and half of the museum is modern art. Portrait painting is my favorite type of art because I love to see people's facial expressions.
All of the media displayed had captions explaining who this person was to the artist and how they have influenced them or someone else.


In front of the White House: