U-Turn to avoid Newark

Another fly-in trip where I didn't get to capture anything particularly local or interesting. There's downtown Newark. Enjoy.

Dinner date

Interviewing at a college in New Jersey, I was fortunate enough to have Sue & Joe join me for dinner. Best part of the interview.

Minnow? Guppy?

I can't remember if they called us beginning swimmers minnows or guppies, way back in the '60s.

Yom Kippur

Our high holiday services are held in a Unitarian church that used to be a Jewish synagogue. (Note the stars on the benches.)

During the rest of the year, we're at our synagogue, which used to be a ... wait for it ... Unitarian church.

Our nation's capital

When I knew I was going to D.C. for a job interview, I figured I'd snap the Jefferson Memorial or some other iconic structure for my photoblog. However, I managed to spend two days in D.C. without seeing any of the expected marble edifices. I could have taken lots of pictures of the grim '70s sci-fi Metro subway stations. All those concrete cylinders need to be complete is Logan starting his run.

Here's a tranquil little city park, near the college where I interviewed. Although this neighborhood is called the Waterfront, all I saw was some decayed urban renewal housing stock and a whole lot of cranes ushering in the next wave of urban renewal -- upscale condos.

The park was nice, though. The perfectly circular pond even had ducks.

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Ever wonder where those little 'equal sign' bumper stickers come from? The HQ of the Human Rights Campaign is right across the street from my D.C. hotel. When I picked up "HRC" on my laptop's wi-fi, I thought Hillary Rodham Clinton had an office nearby.

Trickling

The top of Minnehaha Falls. Normally, there should be a steady stream of water or even a torrent. We've had such a dry summer that only a few rivulets are pathetically dripping over the falls.