it's against the law to frown in....capital city

i arrived in Washington D.C. last night, after a bittersweet goodbye to rainy Reykjavik. i'm staying for one more night (tonight) before flying on to California in about 6 hours. my hosts this time are a sweet and funny middle aged couple comprised of Antoinette (a beekeeper) and Sam (exec of some kind). they live right in D.C. and keep six hives of bees - check out her blog CityBees for more on that. anyway, she picked me up from the airport yesterday and took me to get Mongolian food (!!!), after which we came home and watched the Metalocalypse episode where they destroy Finland, and ate cookies until i passed out from jetlag. yes.

here are some photos from my last days in Reykjavik. some things i don't have photos of but are worth mentioning, specifically the Icelandic Love Corporation retrospective at the Reykjavik Museum of Art. wow. i can't remember the last time i smiled almost continuously through 3 large galleries of one group's work...it was a brilliant, inspiring, beautifully put together showcase spanning 10 years: the performances. the drawings. the champagne. the top hats. the mirror-lined coffins. the licorice portraits...phew. i never wanted it to end, seriously.




went over to Svanny's parents house to eat waffles, drink lemonade and play with puppies.


these little hunting guys are worth about 150,000 isk each


first encounter with the sheep's head


"the red hills"









helga


namesake vessel outside the secret old sailor men's coffee shop near the harbor





















warning: if you want to spare yourself the sight of the delicacy known as ye old Icelandic singed/boiled sheep's head, skip the next three photos











you have to admit this is kind of funny


svanhvit likes the eyes and the tounge the best









two photos from the start of the Iceland Airwaves fest i took before my camera died (at 12 Tonar recordshop)


Rokkuro (IS)


Gavin Portland (IS)





goodnight rvk



anyway i actually have some fun snaps from my day in DC that i'll post when i'm home in California, including feeding bees at a Franciscan monastery, the first American meal in 9 months, hanging out at the Arctic Studies Center, etc.

see you tomorrow.