Before it was New Orleans, this was Choctaw land

Today Symone and I grabbed some soul food for a picnic in City Park, which at 1,300 acres is 50% bigger than NYC’s Central Park. Our friendship grew directly from our shared curiosity about art and the outside world. We have spent many hours playing together in highly curated DC spaces, both in and out of doors. Then there was that one time we explored all of Berlin’s Tiergarten, which is a humble 519 acres but still made for a very big day. We love an outdoor adventure! City Park was the natural choice for Symone and my first adventure in her new city.

Symone gets as stoked as I do about wildlife.
We dined beside ducks and turtles.
Favorite.
Some old dude overheard me talking about how much I’ve learned about snails and what amazing creatures they are. He stopped me later to tell me about a couple if living snails who were mating nearby, “You’re the snail expert, right?”
This place is gorgeously curated, and puts all the sculpture gardens on the National Mall to shame.
Yes, this is exactly how cute the day was.

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