The Capitol Bldg

I start to lose track of globes when I have mulitples from the same city. I think I have 4 from D.C. but of all different buildings. This is where Congress meets, not the geographic center of the city but where the quadrants of the city are divided. Probably some freemason stuff at work there. There was a competition for the design, lots of things got changed in the original construction, its been burned by the English, bombed and attacked over hundreds of years. They also passed some important laws inside. And the interior walls have some beautiful art and design on them.

So far all the D.C. globes have stars for snow.

Built in marshy swamp, inspired by some of its employees, it would have been great to have muck floating around in this globe. But that seems defeatist. The buildings in the city are really beautiful and the landscape could double for a Rome snowglobe.

In DC it has snowed only nine times in recorded history on Christmas, including about an inch in 2002. That's snow in the air, not the ground. But the snow in this globe is actually stars (perfect), hearts (huh...), moons (er....) and music notes (whaaaaaat?). Apparently snow by committee.

As the globe declares "Washington D.C." the inside is just the White House. This makes me think of other cities with a single landmark - Eiffel Tower, Seattle's Needle, Empire State Bldg, Hollywood sign - what would a DC globe look like if it reflected the town itself?