Heller's Bakery

Located in Mount Pleasant, Heller's Bakery is a cool, old skool place with huge pastries, and lots of great breakfast foods. I highly recommend it.

DC Greek Festival

Today's photos come from the spring festival held at Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral. The festival was great. There was a ton of delicious food, the same Greek song being played hour after hour, dancing, and crafts. It was really an enjoyable festival, and I would recommend you check it out if you're in DC.

Inkblot at Bloombars

Inkblot performed at Bloombars on Wednesday night. They had an interesting sound and a cool background that contributed to the photos.

The Garden

Bloombars holds an open mic night each Monday called the Garden. It's mostly poetry and spoken word, with a song here and there. On Monday I went with my mentee to see the featured performer, a recent Howard grad. I hoped my mentee would get up and perform a poem, but he wasn't feeling up to it. Maybe next time. Here are a few pictures from the performances.

Nicaragua Picture 2

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I'm still learning this whole link from flickr to blogspot thing.

Nicaragua Picture 3

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Eckington Artworks first exhibit

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I spoke with the owner of the Windows Cafe and Market, just down the street from my house, and I am planning to have a photo exhibit there this spring or summer. I have had a few pictures hanging there, but never did much more than put them on the wall, and after a few days two of the three had fallen and broken the frame or glass. I didn't push it because there was another group, Ten Miles Square, that has photos posted there. After reaching out a few times to the woman who put that exhibit together and not getting a response I decide to approach Mr. Abeje myself. He is supportive of the idea, so I am putting together a plan, and he will host a wine/cheese night at the cafe, we'll have an opening reception with information and about 12 pictures from my trip to Nicaragua last year. I think we'll have the photos there for a month and see what happens. Wish me luck, and if you live in or around DC I expect to see you at he opening! Here are a couple of preview pictures that will be featured in the exhibit.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

I went to a DC United game with a student I mentor. Here are some of the highlights.
The first set of photos of of the Fan-atic, Darth Hooligan. He plays a huge bass drum, he screams, he yells, he chants, he poses for pictures without being asked...how can you not love Darth Hooligan? Not to mention the fact that his number is 69. Get it, 69...ha ha!






Now on to the actual game. The DC United defeated the Kansas City Wizards 2-0. Some action shots below.