DC life, part 2

There's a lot to gripe about living here (the latest: 90-degree weather in early October, when we should instead be getting out our sweaters and watching the leaves change), but I was reminded recently that there are worse things in the world than deciding you need to stretch your legs and get some fresh air at lunch, and being able to see the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the view across the length of The Mall to the Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol, the Lincoln Memorial, and the oft-ignored but very cool sculpture of Albert Einstein, and still be back at my desk within a half-hour...