Pics came in from the first half marathon on the renovated femur! It's the 0.1 that gets you.

Went for a really pretty run, came back to more shadow docket news. That’ll teach ME to stop doom scrolling for 5 minutes.

Now reading:

Malcolm X Park en plein air.

Spent the morning painting in my mom’s garden. Work in progress (she moved the strawberry plant to fertilize it):

Highly recommend the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria— once a WW2 munitions factory, now a collection of artists’ studios and shops. You can go in and chat with most of the artists. They also host the tiny but cool Alexandria Archaeological Museum! Such a hidden gem.

Bonus sight on my morning ride:

Plus this absolutely un-put-down able book:

Had a basically perfect DC 4th. Today’s sights:

True story: my family is Transylvanian, so I grew up hearing, "lol, like Dracula?!" and rolling my eyes.

You guys... I found my great-grandpa’s immigration records.

He was literally from the town in Dracula.