Goodbye, DC

The greater Washington D.C. area has been home for awhile now. I live(d) in Reston, Virginia, but many people would have never guessed since you could always find me in the city. In about a week, my husband and I will embark on a new journey to Philadelphia for his medical school residency in Camden, New Jersey. We both have a range of mixed emotions – excitement to live in a city again, fear since we’ll be battling the pandemic at the start of his training, sadness for leaving DC when we know we’ll be back.

Feeling inspired, I illustrated two DC landmarks popular amongst tourists. After all, what better way to think about home than staring at them in my home away from home. This way, I can always carry a little bit of DC wherever we move in the future.

The Washington Monument is a top tourist attraction, but its beauty and uniqueness will always remind me of home. The Lincoln Memorial is another landmark that remains iconic in this region, but tourists don’t realize it’s a stunning focal point in cherry blossom photos each year.

I’m hoping to add the National Gallery of Art and the Hirshhorn Museum in the near future.