For the past eight years or so the National Air and Space Museum,1 the most popular Smithsonian site in DC, has been undergoing a major renovation. During that time the institution remained open to the public (except during the pandemic, of course) as they worked on the various galleries.
Tonight my wife is in downtown DC – for the first of three very hot, humid nights – to do the annual PBS program, A Capitol Fourth.
Not that Elvis.1 I’m talking about DC’s own version, the pandas that used to be the star attraction at the National Zoo. In a high-profile exit, they left for China this week.
Needless to say, many people around here are upset.
I’m not one of them.
Today is Labor Day, the official end of summer.
Unless you’re outside the US and Canada, using the meteorological delineation, or in the southern hemisphere.
