Lulu's busy year as president of AASL starts - - - right now. We are in Washington DC for the AASL and ALA Conventions. For the next 7 days - it will be nothing but buns and bifocals. Over 10,000 librarians will be here.
The boys and I will be here on June 29th in our tuxedos to witness Lulu's coronation as the new president. All rise - hail to the chief!
We are staying in the Hyatt Regency Hotel at the corner of H and 10th Sts. Our room on the 9th floor overlooks a large park area that is between us and the Conventional Hall. There is a tennis stadium set up outside our room window - it appears there is going to be an match here.
We flew up this morning on Delta Airlines - typically through Atlanta to Washington National. It is very hot here but nothing like the last two weeks we had back home in Tallahassee.
We will return to Florida on June 30th - then in two weeks we are off to London - where Lulu teaches a course at the FSU London Campus.
Internet access in our hotel is expensive - $15 a day. So - I am in the atrium of the National Portrait Gallery where there is free wi-fi. The gallery is a Classic Greek structure that had a open courtyard in the center. It has been glassed over and air conditioned - and is a perfect place to relax.
Also - 39 years ago today - Lulu and I passed through this town on our elopement and honeymoon in Miami. It is hard to live a life where you made your best decision 39 years ago and your spouse made her worst. On that month long trip to Miami we vowed that one day we would be residents of the Sunshine State - be careful what you wish for.
Videos - First video is the inside hotel atrium. Second video is from our hotel room looking north from the 9th floor. Our family stayed here once before when we came to town to attend a Duke at Georgetown basketball game.
