district visiting

Sunday October 2nd, after church I drove down to Jackson to stay with my Granny for the night.  The next morning my Aunt Angie drove me to the airport for my early morning flight to Washington DC.  I had some informational interviews with potential jobs and an interview for a potential paid internship. I was very excited about these possible opportunities as well as spending a few days in the district with my UNA friend Christa!
Christa graciously let me stay with her for three nights/four days I was in town and we had a GREAT time.

Monday night we went to a film screening at the Newseum that was presented by the University of Mississippi. They presented a film profiling two of the cases from the Mississippi Innocence Project. Basically the project uses DNA evidence to overturn wrongful convictions in cases that were decided before DNA evidence was used. Through a documentary we heard the stories of two men who together had served 30 years in prison for seperate crimes that neither committed. One of the men was on death row and one was serving life in prison. Through DNA technology they were found innocent a decade after they were convicted. It's very interesting and one of the men who had been wrongfully convicted was in the audience. Please check out their website. Super fascinating. They had a panel who discussed the film before and after the documentary that included Judge Harry Edwards, American University’s Washington College of Law Professor Angela Davis, Producers: Joe York and Tucker Carrington, and John Grisham.
After the program they had a reception in the foyer of the museum.  Christa and I mingled around and met some really awesome and fun people.  We were just making friends all over the place. It was really funny.

Tuesday night we went to eat at a place called Matchbox with Christa's boyfriend MV. They had amazing pizza and it was a really cute atmosphere. I spent the day Wednesday exploring the Newseum. It's one of the only museums that you have to pay for in DC, but it is well worth it! I had never been before {except for the reception on Monday}and I was excited to spend the day exploring all. by. myself! I love museums and this one was six stories of mass media and news. Pretty much like a Dr. Mac/Dr. Martin class threwup in it {which means I LOVED it} Your ticket is valid for two days because there is just so much stuff to see. I was there from 10am till 3:30pm. I would definitely recommend if you're a museum buff like myself!
After I left the museum I just walked around for a while. It was such a beautiful day.

view of Pennsylvania Ave from 6th floor balcony of Newseum

Famous headlines...Sometimes the race to be first, makes you wrong

From Political Cartoon exhibit. Thought this one was funny!

Tim Russert's 2000 Election dry erase board

Funny gift shop t-shirt

 Wednesday night Christa and I went to this cute mexican place on Captiol Hill. It was outdoor seating and it was such a nice night out. We drove around for a while before we ate and it was cool to see all the cute neighborhoods. 

favorite coffee/favorite newspaper

I was so glad that on Thursday before I left I got to meet Christa and our fellow UNA PR/PoliSci friend Will Hodges for lunch. He just recently moved to DC after finishing grad school at Alabama. He and Christa actually worked across the street from each other and didn't even know it! We had a great UNA/life catch up over some Japanese cuisine. I had some time before I had to head back to the apartment to pack so I stopped for a cupcake and coffee from Crumbs bakery after I left lunch. It was amazinggg! Then I decided to walk around the National Portrait Gallery for a little while. I love art museums.  They are so peaceful and calming to me. I like the quiet.

I finally packed up and hit the metro for the ride to the airport. I hung out at the airport for a while and finally boarded the plane back to Jackson. I stayed in Jackson Thursday and Friday night. My granny hosted one of her Domino parties with people from church in Clinton. We had spaghetti and played til the late hours in the night. I finally arrived home on Saturday and my parents left to go to Oxford for a wedding, I used that time to catch up on my DVR and be lazy. It was a long but eventful week!