palm march to...hey, why not DC

This was before my day, but here was a march on DC in Holy Week. Something tells me it might be a good Palm Sunday idea.

Folger: what's inside

Inside the Folger Shakespeare (see yesterday's post and link) the guide gave us a sneak peek of the reading room, off-limits to all except post-doctoral scholars with special passes. Elite. A shrine to Elizabethan England. It opens once a year on the Bard's birthday. Below the candelabra is the entrance to the theater. The long hall has the exhibits showing the very first newspapers in England. The first was printed in Holland and shipped to England.

What to learn? Readers back then wanted the same news that sells today: scandal, celebrity goings-on, gossip, etc. Folger, by the way, was not the coffee company but a Standard Oil of New Jersey mogul and his refined wife.

day trip to culture

A day trip to a cultural spot brightened up today. Milton went along as friend and co-pilot. We pulled off I-83 at Timonium, Maryland, to warm up on a misspelled "donut." We drove to DC and parked in view of the dome on East Capital and 5th Street, close to Miller's Court. The goal was the Folger Shakespeare Library. Had never heard of it. Read a review of their current exhibit. The question is: in which picture would Shakespeare feel most at home? The library in the next post.