In contrast to Boston’s, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in DC is an unqualified success.

Flora and fauna, locked in an embrace at Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (not to be confused with the park, library, or museum, all within a stone’s throw).

Is a rainy day in the life of a cat really different than any other day?

Our old neighborhood on Ontario Road, this time last year. Half of these row houses are now but a shell, ready to be converted into flimsy condos. So it goes…

The best thing about fall is that if you do fall there are always fall leaves to soften your landing. Also, its versatility as a word.

Move over, Batman. This is what true living on the edge looks like, as seen at a Library of Congress exhibit.

The Georgetown waterfront is great for airplane watching, although the residents may not be too happy about that. I don’t think this one would have turned out as well as it did had the glare not been so intense.

There are graceful, majestic sports played almost every week at the Capital One Arena; and then there is Monster Jam. Oof!

From the Department of You Can’t Make This Up: the face of D.C. pedestrian safety was hurt in a hit-and-run. And not just a little bit:

Stephen Grasty was placed in a neck brace and taken to George Washington University Hospital, where doctors treated him for a long list of injuries, including a broken leg, foot and vertebra. His C6 vertebra was “hanging on a hair,” Shelly Grasty said.

D.C. could be one of the most pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities in America (just look at these lanes!), but you just can’t get away from out-of-town drivers. (ᔥAxios)

From the archive: the author presenting some preclinical work on the cell cycle at the AACR annual meeting in Washington DC, circa 2017. Little did I know that six years later I’d be living just a few blocks down the street.