In the early days in Washington DC, when people asked me “What do you think about DC?” I rolled my eyes and sighed because it was just too soon to tell plus the stress of the relocation. Now, with eight months of my job contract is over and I’m about to leave the city, I can look back and see what I can come up with. Photo is the usual visual diary to document I find in everyday life and Instagram is the usual channel for sharing it.
Here are some of the things I find in eight months living in Washington DC.
Beers…craft beers
DC Brau, The Corruption IPA 
Flying Dog, Bloodline blood orange Ale 
DC Brau, The Corruption IPA 
Not Your Father’s Root Beer 
The Premier OB pilsner (Korean) 
Stoudt, Smooth Hoperator IPA 
Bohemia Clásica lager (Mexico) 
Flying Dog, The Fear imperial pumpkin ale 
Natty Greene, Buckshot amber ale 
Blue Point, Hoptical illusion IPA 
Cass lager (Korean) 
Victory, DirtWolf double IPA 
Jailbreak, Welcome to Scoville jalapeño IPA 
Orion lager (Japan) 
DC Brau, The Corruption IPA 
Sweetwater, 420 extra pale ale 
Handsome, Abbey zle 
Firestone, Nitro Merlin milk stout 
Firestone, Nitro Merlin milk stout 
Champion, Black Me stout
So many and many of them. There are endless choices of craft beers and that doesn’t help for a big drinker and an ale lover like me. My preference is ale and the favourite one would be DC Brau’s The Corruption IPA. Two bars I become a regular are Purple Patch and Songbyrd. There are more of them I didn’t take photos.
Reflections and shadows
Morning reflection on my office building 
Shadows of tourists in front of the White House 
Reflection in an alley way 
Sunset on the street on a block away from my gym 
Morning shadow at the bus stop 
Shadow play on a sidewalk 
Sunday street reflection on the way to the gym 
Another Sunday street reflection on the way to the gym 
Shadow from streetlights on sidewalk construction cover
Downtown DC has distinctive urban light, I find. Possibly, that is a result of building height control. No high-rises block sunlight, especially, vertical lights that stretch longer shadows. Double glazed windows add distortions to the reflections. It is the most obvious on Sunday when no one on the streets except me commuting to the gym.
Seasonal skies
Summer: twiight at Songbyrd 
Summer: rooftop band at Adams Morgan Day 
Autumn: gingko tree in twilight 
Autumn: soaked leaves on sidewalk 
Winter: tree, cloud and blue sky 
Winter: snowstorm, view from Songbyrd 
Spring: magnolia budding and blue sky 
Spring: busy crowd for cherry blossoms at Tadal Basin
Surprisingly, DC sky is quite clear and blue. I’m not here the full whole year but some glimpses of summer 2015 and spring 2016 give me a good year-round summary. Autumn is still my favourite season for natural lights. The full-blown of winter and my first snowstorm aren’t that bad.
That’s all I could make out of it this time. I haven’t gotten out of DMV. There’s a strong tendency that I’ll be back in September for another contract. And I could explore more, appropriately.
sylmobile 02 Apr 2016
I never knew there were no high rises.
'Pong 18 Apr 2016 — Post Author
I was told DC was provincial. Didn’t see that until took a cab to the airport. I guess I’ll need get out more next time.