The calm before the storm

I wrapped up the week with a very quiet Friday at the office. The bosses took the Hearst interns to the National Press Club for taco night. It was a very nice place that's rich with history and when you throw in a free dinner that makes for a great night. After, Alan and I went to see Toy Story 3. I loved it and thought it was just perfect in every way. I'll leave it at that so I won't spoil the movie for anyone, but if you haven't seen the movie yet it's definitely worth it. On Saturday, Alan and I visited the Postal Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. I made a list of things I wanted to do in DC before I came so I'm slowly chipping away at it and trying to get everything done before I leave. I really enjoyed looking at all the stamps from around the world from different parts of history. There were stamps with Hitler on them, from East and West Berlin, and Amelia Earhart's stamp collection. The National Portrait Gallery was huge and we didn't have enough time to see everything, but we saw the highlights. The first portrait I saw was of LL Cool J which I thought was really weird, but since it is a new arrival it was near the entrance. I really enjoyed the presidential portraits and sports champions. We saw the 20th century portraits as well such as Ellen Degeneres, Michael Jackson, and Marilyn Monroe. They also had four of Katherine Hepburn's Oscar awards.

Today is going to be a calm day. I just plan to rest before "the storm" of Congress comes back tomorrow and Capitol Hill becomes much busier again. I'm looking forward to watching the World Cup final in just a little bit. Viva Espana! Hopefully it will be a good game!