{"id":23702,"date":"2019-07-10T11:56:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T15:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=23702"},"modified":"2019-06-30T19:58:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T23:58:32","slug":"meet-in-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/10\/meet-in-washington-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet in Washington, D.C.?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Readers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because I like to do everything in the dumbest way imaginable, I will be visiting Washington, D.C. in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to get together for coffee, perhaps Sunday afternoon, July 14, or Monday early(ish) morning, July 15, please email me (philg@mit.edu).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Venue will be <a href=\"https:\/\/conradhotels3.hilton.com\/en\/hotels\/district-of-columbia\/conrad-washington-dc-WASCICI\/index.html\">the Conrad hotel <\/a>near Chinatown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(I would have preferred to meet at the Capital One caf\u00e9 for Pride Month, but I fear that they may have removed their Pride decor (the issue is important enough to be focused on during June, but not for the rest of the year?):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1140\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8143-1520x1140.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23704\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=23704\" class=\"wp-image-23704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8143-1520x1140.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8143-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8143-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8143-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1140\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8140-1520x1140.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23705\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=23705\" class=\"wp-image-23705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8140-1520x1140.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8140-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8140-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8140-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8141-e1561938772336-1140x1520.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23703\" width=\"321\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8141-e1561938772336-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8141-e1561938772336-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8141-e1561938772336-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Readers: Because I like to do everything in the dumbest way imaginable, I will be visiting Washington, D.C. in July. 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