We enjoyed a lovely lunch and wonderful conversation with cousins Conne and Mark at the Carlyle Restaurant in Shirlington, VA.
Back in DC, Jerry enjoyed playtime with his grandson.
DC is a city filled with museums so, of course, we met our responsibility. We went to a mysterious exhibit at our favorite museum, the Renwick. On the way there we paused to ponder this installation.
Murder is Her Hobby is an exhibit of miniature crime scenes developed by Frances Glessner Lee.
Lee created Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Deaths to help teach forensic investigators to look for clues in murders. These dollhouse-size boxes are “exquisitely created miniature death scenes.” showing how a room looked at the time of the crime.
She is considered the godmother of forensic investigation by the Harvard Department of Legal Medicine. She taught her students to try to determine if the death was homicide, suicide, accident or natural causes. While she meant these for serious study, the visitors enjoying her work acted as amateur mystery writers developing plots (this writer included).
This lifesize The Final Stop was another exhibit at the Renwick.
We finished with some of the regular displays at this unique American crafts museum.
After enjoying the art we headed to the Kennedy Center for a wonderful play called Me Jane. It is the story of young Jane Goodall and her childhood interest and deep curiosity about animals. Her childish desire to go to Africa became a lifelong commitment to studying apes.
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