Washington D.C. Sketchbook: December 2010

Friday, December 31, 2010

New Year's Eve Thoughts on Seeing Clearly

This week I gave away a bunch of eyeglasses to New Eyes For The Needy, an organization in Short Hills, New Jersey that collects used eyeglasses and distributes them world-wide to those who can't afford them. I put a collection box outside my office door and got about twenty pair. I also had some of my own old glasses to throw in. I did go out and buy a new pair of eyeglasses, though, and I have to admit that I am attached to them. When it came out that Sarah Palin wears $700 Japanese frames, I couldn't hold that against her (a lot of pundits were saying that the high price tag of her frames shows she's a hypocrite, i.e. no "Hockey Mom"). I think that when you find a pair of glasses that fit right and look good you have to get them because more than any other accessory they will make or break your day. My new frames are Bevel from Japan and cost (gulp) $400. I went to Blink in DC to get them, a fantastic eye-wear store with nice, knowledgeable staff.

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Happy Memories

Leslie Geddes, New York style

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Elizabeth Seeberg

Elizabeth Seeberg was a sexual assault victim of a Notre Dame football player; her death was a direct result of the assault. In death, she fell victim yet again to an indifferent Notre Dame administration and prosecutor's office.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/ct-met-notre-dame-seeberg-folo-20101216,0,1201556.story