Topic: Personal
This morning we went to the Capitol and had a tour led by a squeaky keen intern from the office of Ken Calvert (R-Ca). From his work, Bruce knew a lot more about everything we were looking at than the intern, so I actually learned far more about government and the history of DC than I got from the "official" tour.
We went to the National Portrait Gallery, where I had visited alone on Wednesday when Bruce had been at the conference. I attended a tour led by a docent who is a retired history teacher, so it was very informative and engaging. I couldn't wait to bring Bruce back with me today and give him the same (well, as much as possible) tour. Did you know the guy who patented the Singer sewing machine had five wives, some of whose tenures overlapped? Or that President Taft was stuck in the White House bathtub 3 times? Or that Orville and Wilbur Wright were the first newspaper publishers who printed poetry written by a black man? Neither did I until the tour, and we had a really good time goofing off with some of the statues as well.
