Posts Tagged ‘National Cathedral’

National Cathedral Earthquake Damage

The National Cathedral suffered some significant structural damage in the earthquake, with the tops of three of its tower pinnacles falling over, and cracked walls in buttresses and on upper floors. More info from their earthquake press release:
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Light Within at National Cathedral Postponed

‘National Cathedral 1′
courtesy of ‘logan.brown’
The Washington National Cathedral has just released a statement that their much anticipated event, Light Within has been postponed until 2012.   The press release cites “concerns about safety issues, parking and visitor capacity” for why the event will be delayed. 
Light Within was previously scheduled to take place on November 12 and 13 of this year, featuring Swiss [...]

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Tea Time!

Tea time at home by Corinne Whiting
A few years back, a loveably zany Irish friend of mine lugged tea bags with her from her Drogheda cupboards to the communal hostel kitchens of Buenos Aires, Rio, La Paz and Cusco. I’ll admit that I didn’t really get it. (“If only I had brown bread right [...]

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Featured Photo

PKR_6506 by Spodie Odie
When I first saw this photo pop up in the WLDC Flickr pool, I couldn’t quite figure out what was going on.  Did someone stage some miniature people and fake plastic trees on a putting green?  Did someone build a diorama of some tiny sunbathers, complete with tiny little beach towels?  I [...]

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