Pay attention. You’re about to get a lesson in what I call “drive-by photography”. It’s when you take photos of the things passing by as you drive past them. Aren’t I clever? I half suspect someone has already coined this phrase. Hopefully it doesn’t actually mean something much worse. How embarrassing would that be?

But I digress.

After MOW and I arrived in DC on Saturday, we met up with Bob. Then we were on our way to The Torpedo Factory museum. That is, until we realized it was closed. I took advantage of the extra car time to take in the sights.

Swine flu warning! Cover your sneezes! Wash your hands! Don’t get Obama sick!

There’s something about this sign that tickles me on the inside. I love U 2!!

There were motorcycles all over the place. With drive-by photography, it’s ok to incorporate parts of the car window into the photo. Here, we have a nice vignette effect on the bottom of the picture.

Washington Monument! Well, the base of it anyway. (There’s that car window frame again.)

The view through the rear car window. Sort of romantic with the sun behind it, no?

Here’s a picture of the Pentagon. Oh wait, I’m sorry, that’s a picture of Bob. Pointing to a sign. A sign displaying a picture of a camera with a big red X going through it. No photography! Something about “Homeland Security”. Bah!

Finally it was time for dinner. Hello, Chinatown! Now that I think about it though, I don’t think I saw one Asian person the entire weekend we were in DC…

There’s much to be said about having fun with drive-by photography. But at the end of the day, it’s nice to be at rest, enjoying a good meal with great friends.