Have I mentioned that I love this city? People that hate DC hate it for the heat, the politics, the “stuffy” culture, the “so what do you do?” everyone-wants-something attitude. People that love DC realize that’s all facade – the real DC is a fascinating mashup of cultures, religions, beliefs, attitudes, races and thought. It’s really a great place to be.
When Ayesha Ahmad told me I’d be seconding for her at the National Building Museum, I was pumped. It’s an amazing building, period, but as a wedding venue? Unbelievable. So when I showed up to do details and room shots, I was pretty much a kid in a candy store. These two put on an amazing walima for their friends and family and I was honored to be there and document it.
This was not an easy book to read. Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking sounds like it might be about fairies or princesses, but it’s actually about the shifting mental stability and swirling chaos of having lost your life partner. It’s raw and unapologetic and terribly frank.