Okay, obviously a big part of this blog is detachment, trying to keep a distance from Washington D.C so that we can provide you, our loyal reader, with the best perspective possible. Unfortunately for you, this is the kind of post where I admit my deep unabashed love for one of our nation's most enduring symbols.
It’s confession time: I love the U.S Capitol Building. A lot of buildings are more important than their physical parts. Now, if you’ve ever been to Paris, everywhere you go you feel the incredible pull of the Eiffel tower; the tower is just so beautiful and iconic that each glimpse feels epic and dreamy. When I live in Paris, each morning when I walked to the metro and I could see the Eiffel Tower just before reaching the station, reminding me that I was in this incredible place and that I needed to take advantage of it.
That, as douchey as it sounds, is how I feel about U.S Capitol Building. My new job allows me to walk by a gorgeous vista of the Capitol Building down Pennsylvania Avenue, and every time I look at it I get that same little high I got those mornings in Paris. The Capitol Building is simply the grandest physical symbol of the success of the American governmental system: even if it’s filled with weak-kneed liberals, gun-totting conservatives, and maddening moderates, it’s still pretty awe inspiring. In fact, I would venture to say that the Capitol Building is one of the few buildings in the world that manages to be as important as is it gorgeous.
Basically, that's what this blog gushing about something looks like. So, just to assure you that we here at Is DC Cool are still super hip cats, here's some cool food for though- the dome of the Capitol Building looks like a giant boob. Round, hard with a pointy Indian-statue-nipple on top, the Capitol Dome is, in fact, a symbol of what most fake jugs look like. Add that to the wang that is the Washington Memorial, and democracy can titty fuck itself! God Bless America!
The U.S Capitol Building, therefore, whether you love it as an iconic symbol of democracy or still have residual trauma from being weaned, is pretty cool.
