Newseum, much like a museum

Actually, it is a museum..about news. 

Very clever if you ask me.

After we finished out in Chicago we shot over to Virginia/DC for a much appreciated vacay with the family! We spent a few days there relaxing and enjoying family and I was looving on having Kimball not at work all day. Here are some fotographias from the newseum! (yes, it really is called that--i didn't make it up, i'm not that witty)

P.S. The newseum is a museum of everything news; how it has evolved over the years, the major players in news and the major events covered by the news and how. It was extremely neat and very insightful as we learned about everything that goes into news and how it really differs from country to country, region to region and even station to station. Okay, now here are some fotographias :)

top: kimball, momma hicks, tay-z on the balcony of the newseum looking out to the capital 

right: sections of the berlin wall and a guard tower (verry cool!)

left: an entire room mapping out the history of the newspaper

we also momentarily became newscasters and i found out that i am apparently not so great at reading monitors. not only am i completely incapable of reading at the pace that the monitor wanted me to read at, i supposedly am also great at making up words when the monitor isn't moving fast enough. 

i blame my many years as a student. speed reading is extremely practical when you have fatty textbooks to read through but apparently the people listening to the news don't want to hear garbled mumbo jumbo- who knew?

the 9/11 exhibit was probably my favorite.

not only did they have an antenna from one of the towers but along the wall were all of the major newspapers from 9/11/2001, it was extremely interesting to see the different perspectives of the differing newspapers. also, there was a video of point of views from newscaster covering that morning. so personal, so intense and so so heartbreaking. 

That day at the newseum was truly eye opening and I will never watch the news in the same way again!If you are ever in DC I highly recommend you check this out!

beach pictures soon to come!!

because i am blessed.